I'm familiar with her story. Some of the female pirates you wouldn't even believe if they were presented as fiction. There was an Irish pirate queen with a similar success story, just on a smaller scale. History is awesome. Executives would be bad even as mulch.

I would not only read that book, but I, too, would watch the shit out of that movie. And tell all my friends.

I want to throat-punch people just after reading that! And I bet things like this happen all the time, too.

It's nice to see people being made happy at Christmas, but I'd have liked to see what they'd have done about my wish list. It currently includes: a job, the financial and mental stability to move out of my mother's house, and a brief hiatus in the publishing industry so that I can read the hundreds of books I've been…

I know it's not the same people, but: If you don't make a Katara / Azula / Mai / Ty Lee / Toph action figure, then I CAN'T BUY ONE. Idiots. I loved the TV show Juniper Lee (female main character, fights monsters) did I EVER see a single item for sale from the show? No. It's not that I don't want to buy things, it's…

This is incredibly depressing and also upsetting. And these businesspeople play a significant role in shaping our culture, deciding what kind of characters and narratives today's kids are going to grow up with, shaping a part of their generation's whole outlook on the world for the rest of their lives. This is the…

Three words: Secret Volcano Lair.

I'm not a fan of retrofitting at this level. Things like the unified Pixar theory are fun to entertain, but there are too many inconsistencies to stick to it on a large scale without losing cool elements of individual stories. I also have trouble believing in a world where Maleficent is considered anywhere near the…

I will eagerly await the sad Saturday night I inevitably watch this, all by myself, enjoy the hell out of it, and not ever admit to anyone that I have seen it.

Uh, she BEST not be naming her child Ravenia Devilsclaw, because that is MY baby name. Maleficent needs to step. off.

is it wrong that I want Jafar's son to be old enough so I can have a cartoon crush on him.

The latter. I can sleep at night!

Here's the thing, Shakes. Following your logic, what's the difference between these two statements:

Lindy West feels so bad for Katie, she put her picture, name, and location on Jezebel for all the other weirdos.

So terribly, terribly bad for Katie.

But your tax dollars won't be paying for anyone's abortion regardless because of the Hyde amendment. The insurance companies will already have to have something in place to show that no government money went toward funding abortions.

Exactly. This is Nero fiddling while the ashes burn.

This is all I can summon at the moment.

I tried this with limited success (because my housemate doesn't give a damn), but since your husband is a decent guy and is at least trying it might work for you.