Happily Ever After and Happy for Now. Both are required plot trajectories for romance novels.
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I often roll my eyes at Kylie Cheung’s hot takes, but this is a new journalistic low. Romance novels =/= Gothic fiction!!! As a fan of both, this article does a huge disservice to both the book (clearly the latter) and the romance novels of the last 2 decades, which have already moved so far away from their abusive…
He never made it as a wise man.
Like you, I also read all the pregnancy and childbirth books I could get my hands on. After giving birth, my takeaway was that it is so medically fraught for many women because each experience is unique. What is painful or scary for one woman may not be for another. Regardless of how much doctors know about pregnancy,…
It looks like a variation of Hainanese-style chicken: https://thewoksoflife.com/hainanese-chicken-rice-%E6%B5%B7%E5%8D%97%E9%B8%A1/
Not sure if it beats Ikea as that region’s biggest export, but Scandinavian/Nordic noir is definitely a Thing.
Lochte and co. are rumored to have been in an area where they were not supposed to be, so I can believe this. They could also have been looking for strip clubs or prostitutes. It sucks that they were robbed, but it was odd that Lochte at first denied that it even took place and even odder that Rio police want to…
I had to write a short term paper for a college class on any topic I like, and I wrote one about my country’s Clean Air Act (like how abysmal it was). My professor called me out on class on how boring it was. The other students were writing essays on how “dreams are for free” and other cool shit :(
Same here! I had already been thinking about it because Nina Simone is also my favorite.
Actually, I got a little jealous. My relationship with my (still) beloved father had become increasingly strained as both of us got older. It was because of non-political reasons, though he has also been alarmingly leaning to the right more and more. I feel nostalgic about the good old days.*sigh
Your distinct and intelligent voice will be missed here. Best of luck at The New Yorker!
Yeah, I get it that she’s not everyone’s cup of tea, but you don’t get on that list without hard work and smart choices.
To be fair, the show was late in picking up the storyline. It’s been popular ever since the first book. It is important because Lyanna’s “kidnapping” set off a rebellion that overthrew the Targaryens and set off a chain of events that destabilized Westeros (basically, the events that have been unfolding in the show).…
In my head, I would like to see black, Muslim LGBTs practice open carry and watch other people’s brains explode (not literally, but over the sight of it).
Mary Harron directed American Psycho, an awesome movie with an unreliable narrator and ambiguously shot scenes. I think she’ll be able to handle Alias Grace.
This makes me like her even more!
FMLA already covers leave due to a sick parent (https://www.dol.gov/whd/fmla/). While changes could certainly be made to expand coverage to grandparents and other family members (especially since life expectancy continues to increase and the population is getting older), taking time off to pursue personal interests…
I quit my full-time job because I wanted to switch careers. I took a low-paying part-time job because I badly needed experience in the field I want to switch to, and I had the suspicion that being unemployed would work against me in terms of hiring. Thank you, sadly, for confirming my suspicions. That’s awful.
In my home country, maternity leave is already paid for by social security, as long as the employee has been making contributions for at least a few months a year before she gives birth. It’s a condition that needs timing, but nobody’s complaining about the system.
Exactly. What childless people should be fighting for are more paid vacation days and compensation for extra work, instead of hating on paid parental leave. The number of paid vacation days in the US compared to its peer countries is also abysmal. (http://bigthink.com/praxis/why-do-…)- also a person without kids