Agreed. I felt nothing for him until Damages, in which he frightened and titillated me in equal measure. (Much like my reaction to Glenn Close in Damages, and in Glenn Close in life in general.)

My assumption was that Patrick Stewart and Ian McKellen go without saying, and this is post is an intro to the OTHER guys you might want to add to your list of geriatric hotties. Because duh, obvs those two win the list. ;)

That's what I found most fascinating! I mean, she literally got away with murder because of politics. The optics of prosecuting a "welfare queen" were more important than allowing that cop to actually investigate her. Holy ish.

YES. I actually finished Allegiant just this morning, so I'm still reeling: not because of the big *thing* that happens toward the end, but more because why the author thought any of that book was a good idea. Allegiant has basically nothing to do with the rest of the series, ditching plotlines, character development,…

I've definitely had H&M clothes disintegrate on me (the plaid shirts I got during my/Madonna's "country MUSIC" phase come to mind), but if you're savvy, you can get great stuff. I spent all day today wearing a jacket I got at H&M shortly after the cowboy era, so that means that jacket is over a decade old, and it's…

Nice! I hope he reads this thread and figures out what he did wrong. I know, too much to hope for.

Ha, that reminds me of a chapter in Baratunde Thurston's "How to be Black". In his "How to be a black person at work" chapter, he talks about how to properly respond when white coworkers bring up subjects like Obama and his first black presidency. You're doing it right, apparently. I just tell people what I think,…

I think that's where I read it first too!

I waited until I binged the whole show before looking at interviews & stuff because I didn't want to be spoiled, and it definitely cleared a mindf&ck when I finally learned that bit of trivia! When I first watched that episode, I was like, "Woah, did they make her face up as a dude and digitally paste her head on some…

I waited until I binged the whole show before looking at interviews & stuff because I didn't want to be spoiled, and it definitely cleared a mindf&ck when I finally learned that bit of trivia! When I first watched that episode, I was like, "Woah, did they make her face up as a dude and digitally paste her head on some…

I waited until I binged the whole show before looking at interviews & stuff because I didn't want to be spoiled, and it definitely cleared a mindfuck when I finally learned that bit of trivia! When I first watched that episode, I was like, "Woah, did they make her face up as a dude and digitally paste her head on some…

Yeah, I have encountered racism like woah unbelievable from people who genuinely (not ironically!) have no idea, since moving to SC. (the only state nuttier than FL! ;-) Some guy told me about the "chinky-eyed little babies" he'd have had because he'd have been "seduced" by a Vietnamese woman if he'd ended up being…

I only know from talking to people — not actual curriculum. I speak German, or rather, I did once upon a time, but now I speak rusty Denglish, but I still am interested in German pop culture, though not as much as a decade or two ago. I don't know what they're supposed to learn in school, I only know what friends…

I can't help wondering WTF is up with Germany today? So they've banned everything Nazi-related, great. But they don't seem to be interested in educating young people about what was so bad about the Nazis in the first place. It seems like they feel as long as they're not literally gassing Jews, any hateful comments…

Your hesitancy to vilify every German in the 30s-40s really resonates with me, as I've met and had a perfectly nice afternoon with a dude who was, during that period, a member of the Nazi party. Obviously, he wasn't like a high ranking death-camp guarding one — he was a young dude who joined because it was what…

I don't study it, it's just a hobby. Slightly nerdy, but my parents are academics, so it's what I'm used to. Though recently, I have been making a ton of art, and I really want to find a way to claim my experience as a black american experience (traditionally, I believe the technical term for me is "oreo"). But I am…

I love that you can differentiate. I'd say you'd be surprised at how many people cannot, but considering your subject of study, I'm sure you encounter it all the time. For various reasons, I'm a black lady who's fascinated with the post-antebellum south (really, like the post-post antebellum), and most of the time…

Everybody knows that racism targeting Asians isn't real racism. They're all so smart and industrious — who cares if we make slanty-eyed faces every once in a while?

I wonder if girls these days can relate to Margaret at all in terms of her being a "late bloomer". Back 20 years ago, I was an early puberty outlier, but nowadays it's so commonplace for girls to have periods and boobs long before they are even at the reading level for Margaret.

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