Where is her long essay about this, where she really makes a case? She has no case. So she tweets. (...) No case for why formulaic fiction ought to be reviewed in the New York Times.

Yes, but also why is Cate Blanchett costumed for the 1940s when everyone else is costumed for the 1840s?

Honestly, I'm probably just showing my lack of literary credentials (beyond, you know, literacy), but he just doesn't sound like my jam. I mean, Jennifer Weiner doesn't sound like his jam, either, but at least he could just say, "I'm not interested in her books," rather than trying to make it sound like she writes…

He may be a dickhead but he's a brilliant writer (I have read him) whereas Weiner is a popular fiction hack who is totally trying to blame sexism for the fact that she's not taken seriously, when the reality is that she's not taken seriously because she writes generic, badly written fluff that is fine for planes or…

I read The Corrections, and there are some redeeming qualities to the story. But I've had enough of the English professor has an affair with a student bullshit that seems inescapable in the current literary landscape.

God, what a D-bag. That's certainly the last time I'll pretend I've read one of his books to seem smarter.

She kinda reminds me of Geena Davis in this pic.

Eh. Corsets, man. I can get my waist down to 22" and I'm by no means a thin person.

She has always had the eye thing, people.

I was raging on Defamer about this last night. Something along the lines of: "It was her makeup people!!! Strong brow, no eyeliner or mascara. It's an editorial look! You're all idiots that do not understand how makeup works! GAHHHHH!"

Well, yes, but the comments were virtually all along the lines of "Oh my Goooooood, what has she done to her face?!!!!!!!!!! Why do celebrities get such shitty plastic surgery and ruin their faces????!!!" Which, in retrospect, was maybe a wee bit of an overreaction to someone just not putting on mascara.

Fucking vindicated. Called it. But I have a theater makeup background, so.

Without mascara, she reminds me of Joni Mitchell a little bit.

This one:

"Showing lots of natural aging" sounds like a crushing insult, but I think I get your point. I think she looks great.

Right! She's just not wearing liner and mascara. So? She's showing loads of natural aging. (if you can't see the little lines on her forehead and next to her eyes, get better glasses) Looks good on her.

Looks like she opted out of mascara and falsies. Good for her. Nothing makes my eyelids more fatigued and itchy than fake lashes.

She's just not wearing eyeliner and mascara right? I mean, this is the peril of being a natural blonde - you skip mascara and everyone is all like, "OMG, are you OK!?!?!?! Are you dying?!"