I bet she gets better money for it, though.

I’ve been arguing since David Bowie died that 2016 may well be the beginning of a dystopia. The signs are all there:
- death of all heroes
- rise to power of a corrupt, lying billionaire who may or may not be a puppet in the hands of another, far shadier oligarch
- insane environmental policies
- systemic oppression and…

May it continue and renew itself with each new, inevitable fuck-up.

I must express appreciation for your screen name.

I’m hosting a small viewing party - it’s only the two of us with four other people - and hopefully someone will bring red wine, because I won’t drink anything else. Given that we’re in a completely different time zone from the US, we might need coffee, too. Lots of coffee.

I don’t remember my 21st BECAUSE IT WAS 23 YEARS AGO.

That last one scared the shit out of me.

It’s fine! I can actually understand where that came from. Obama is so ridiculously good with children that we can’t imagine Clinton being even half as good. It’s cognitive bias: men who are good with children look about twice as good than women with a similar talent.

Hillary reminds me of my mum (they’re the same age), so my brain thinks ACE GRANNY. That is, whenever it’s not thinking “Former Secretary of State and all-around kickass woman who’s managed to stay afloat in the merciless, brutal and visibly misogynistic world of politics”.

Oh, so is Trump, but evidence points to the fact that he hardly talks to half of his children.

I’m starting to get anxiety attacks over the election, and I’m European.

I was in my twenties when it came out and I loved it so much that the original film poster hung on the wall above my bed until I moved in with my first serious boyfriend. Luhrmann understands love, passion and romance better than most directors, and underneath the glitter and camp there is always a huge emotional…

My nephew and I love each other very much and he’s constantly all over me and his uncle. But when he was little I was a little annoyed when the rest of the family insisted that he hug or kiss me when he clearly didn’t feel like it. So I’d ask for permission and respected his denial. He’s the most affectionate kid I’ve…

I’m so impressed with Clinton’s ability to keep a straight face when confronted with this fucking clown. I’d have been all like

I was particularly struck by her insistence that PussyGate happened about ten years ago, and that ten-years-ago Donald is not the man she knows. It was definitely the man she knew, and had married in 2005. The same man who allegedly (but very believably) molested a journalist while she, Melania, was upstairs and…

I move within the self-referential, gossipy ranks of the Italian publishing industry, and I think it’s telling that Starnone was thought to be the author of Ferrante’s book for years, in spite of the fact that he, though a valid and respected author, did not have a fraction of Ferrante’s selling power. I’m guessing…

She’s the Queen’s Mini-Me.

Gay characters on Modern Family do not threaten the mainstream perception of gay people. Cam is all show and flair, Mitchell is reasonable but ultimately quite wimpy. The whole show relies on tried-and-tested stereotypes, but the writing sort of makes up for it because it’s hilarious, and everyone in it is fantastic.…

He’s an English child. He’s comfortable with low temperatures (remember those pics of him taken on the steps of Kensington Palace, in October? I do. I got chills just looking at them).

They do that, but they secretly love it.