I would also argue that Cersei's whole deal is how she is never allowed real power. How even after becoming a queen, she's just a woman, and her father can still just marry her off without her consent. So much of what is awful about her stems from the sense of injustice she has always had about her situation. She sees…

I really love that metaphor.

This is a weird idea to me, since GoT is basically Gossip Girl + swords. It's essentially a family saga. Girl territory. When you put it all together, it's ideally designed to appeal to both genders, even if you are making the erroneous assumption that our genitals determine our taste in entertainment.

I'm always explaining the backstories and so on to my husband, who has also read the books. I'm not putting forth any theories that this has to do with my magical lady bits, but I just happen to be really good at critical examination of narrative structure, which helps keep all the plots and characters in my head. I'm…

No, because bronzer doesn't go all over. It's more like blush, but in more bronze/neutral shade.

That was my takeaway from this as well.

I know I'm not the first to say it, but I must: I love you.

I need to know her skincare routine, because good lord.

Actually, there are anti-discrimination laws. This happened in Oregon, which has a specific Equality Act in place in addition to the federal Civil Rights Act. You can't refuse service to black people just because you are a juice-arse, and the same goes for gay people.

Isn't this the same guy who was trying to get anti-sodomy laws upheld or reinstated?

There's a whole song about how she's not comfortable in those clothes or what they represent! Ugh, everything is the worst.

Oh! I totally missed that. Thanks! I'm on this site often enough I assumed I would have seen it.

I have a pinterest board called "When Bad Covers Happen To Good Books".

I'm surprised Jezebel hasn't done anything on the coverflip project that Maureen Johnson started. Basically, people imagine what covers would look like had the author's gender been changed. The idea was to encourage people to think about the ways different authors/books are treated by the industry with books being…

I would rather have an 11 year old have access to emergency contraception than to have a pregnant 11 year old.

Dick Queso

Maybe this should be the new default strategy. Any time public officials or schools etc., want to "express their faith", just organize to express a bunch of other faiths and see if they fold.

Since I can't hug that parent, and I'm visiting my dad this weekend, I'm going to give him a hug for the time in 3rd grade when he found out our teacher made us pray every day. He put a stop to that right away. And a retroactive hug to the principal who, despite running a school in Texas, immediately agreed with him…

I also had my life changed by learning that I was a 32C, not a 34B. But as for the putting it on, well, I learned something today. Because I usually put the straps on, then reach back and fasten the clasp, THEN manhandle my boobs into place. This fasten in the front then turn it around, then put the straps on thing is…

Seconded.