My son and his girlfriend are expecting a baby in Australia. All of their family is in the US. They can’t afford to come home to live here. Their jobs pay MUCH more there; they have paid family leave, paid sick leave, paid holidays, and a really good inexpensive healthcare system. They work in fields that would earn…

Yeah, for the life of me, I cannot remember the plot of A Far Off Place, only that it involved elephants and poaching. But I do remember 12-year old me’s reaction to Reese Witherspoon in that film:

Shit, where do you live? This sounds like a way better deal than work your ass off until you’re broke because you can’t retire as there is a labor shortage due to people not being able to afford raising kids.

I don’t drive, because I live in a country with excellent public transport so there is no need to drive if you live in an urban area. I also got a year’s paid leave with my son, get free health care, paid sick leave, subsidized child care, free higher education and I have never worried that I would be the victim in a…

This kind of reminds me of my conservative mother’s viewpoint on feminism. I hear a lot of “There are countries where women can’t even drive/vote whatever”. And I’m like dumbfounded that that’s the bar for Republicans. As if we should just be grateful to have basic human rights and not be consistently striving for…

Saudi women can drive now; pick up a newspaper.

Women in Saudi Arabia can’t drive? I’d never know that if the GOP didn’t constantly point that out.

“We see so many women across the country right now—Republican women—who are picking up the mantle and want to serve,” Mace said. “They say ‘enough is enough, my kid and my country are worth fighting for.’”

Movie executives, it's called acting. You might have heard of it. It's what most people do in your presence when you won't shut up and the other person looks so engaged and fascinated.

It’s precisely the Tracy Flick quality of Witherspoon that makes Elle Woods work IMO.

You can look at a headshot of Reese Witherspoon and determine whether she’s attractive enough to meet the needs of a character you want an audience to find “sexy.” If that’s not enough, she had also played roles at that point in which her attractiveness was a necessary element of the character.

This movie gave us this, which is more than enough:

You and I both must be close to death.  Just like Johnny’s mother.

Nicolas Cage is hot in this movie. Full stop. No explanation needed. 

Whenever someone mentions this film I am absolutely compelled to immediately respond with,

Yes. All the way. And the way Cher delivers it just puts the icing on top.

“Thank you, Rose.”

“In time you’ll drop dead and I’ll come to your funeral in a red dress” is one of those lines that I’ve always secretly longed for the opportunity to use in real life. One day...

This movie is a true gem. I also love any movie where the protagonist goes through a makeover, and Cher’s makeover in this movie is an AMAZING late 80s fashion/hair/makeup fantasy. At the Cinderella Beauty Shop no less!

My favorite movie of all time. It should always be considered a classic. Olympia Dukakis’s character is what I hope to grow into as I age into old Italian woman territory. “Cosmo, I just want you to know you’re gonna die, just like everybody else.”