He seemed genuinely surprised when she texted, but props for pointing out a "coincidence ? I think not?"that should/could be more than just lazy writing'plotting—and there hasn't been any lazy writing//plotting in JTV!

But that just proves the point that every religion is a changing cultural phenomenon reflecting the subjective values of different communities, officials/clergy and laity who pick and choose their interpretations from writings, traditions and a complicated changing collection of doctrine, tradition and scripture.

Gaydar certainly was a suburban mainstream concept in the 90s because it was still so rare for anyone to be "out." Even folks who knew themselves were forced to pretend at work, church, and community(Pause to remember horrible attacks on wonderful people). The closet was so strong & the consequences for those who…

Good points, but since allowing any non-anglo accents on mainstream tv without subtitling them is so recent, I really enjoy every instance. I also love the sprinkling of language other than English with subtitles (also very recent) in FOB & Jane The Virgin. Anything other than English used to be treated like…

Miatas in the 90s, were the cool suburban status symbol/midlife crisis car & signified they had the "disposable income" to buy(not so much leasing then) the hot fun toy.

Yes, it really did make him so antisleazy that he brought her a present that really showed concern & understanding w/o it being a prelude to hooking up.

Tho the only Jesuit many who didn't go to Catholic school have ever heard of is Pope Francis, who is covered in US mainsream media as a tolerant, kinder gentler ecumenical leader, not as a consistent doctrinal conservative about marriage/divorce, birth control,ordination of women and other teachings US laity & clergy…

That's how I feel about the secrets Xo & Abuela kept—-they are exactly the motivations I know so well in my family with shame & guilt playing a big part—and they suffer over their secrets, feeling guilty for keeping them. The guys seem more self-satisfied/self-righteous , with Jane the voice of conscience/agent of…

If the writers wanted us to forget all of Michael's self-serving deceptions(not to avoid hurting feelings, like most of Jane's)wouldn't he have told Jane the flyer for the writing workshop came from her thoughtful friend in the taco truck instead of pretending he was her guardian angel & taking all the credit?

Sounds like the reviewer was looking for Scandal type monologues about social issues & missed how the writing played with and upended stereotypes both in the plot twists and in the time it gave to the suspected parents to show what they were about. They were not deferent, polite or conciliatory to the cops but it…

Leaving Iran has been the tricky part if you have dual Iranian American citizenship & even visit.

There is at least one English language boarding school, Teheran International School. The Farsi website says it has educated generations of Iran's leaders & mentions a girls & boys division. The English language website pictures a little blond blue eyed boy & also anglo looking teacher. Knew someone who studied French…

Nobody at your school was. Especially not the kids who had individualized education plans.