I planned to ask if DeRay McKesson wears that blue Patagonia vest even while he records a radio podcast; however, your post beat me to it. Plus the article you share spills all the tea on the BTS branding deals. Thank you.

Really? I enjoyed this profile a great deal, which is why I shared it. And the closing paragraph featuring her former track star exit

Can you name this alley or its nearby Melbourne streets, for those of us outside Australia?. I'm so curious about the history of all graffiti and public art.

The handwritten element is what enhances its beauty for me. The leather, calligraphy, the egg-white paper that reminds me of parchment. The Book of Kevin production process emulates how stories circulated pre-printing press, doesn't it?

Yep. Last week AND this week, too! ;-)

Yes, and pissed off Nora channeling her rage —> determination. Magnificent. Her dash to catch that Melbourne public bus, unstoppable. If Nora had to jump and cling to the public bus' exterior, stand on a back bumper to get to that appointment, she'd do it .*

Until Nora told Kevin why she hid her $20K, I was *positive* Nora's relief, smirk, and strut was 100% because she didn't set off any TSA alarms or bizarre tech issues . So she didn't have to tell Kevin any of her secret goings on.

When Kevin Sr. hugs Kevin Jr. and explains how he found him, I could just imagine Laurie's voice calmly explaining to Kevin, "Why do you think your mind projected an image of a person you HAD to see and who HAD to stand right in the window of " G'Day Melbourne!" live taping"

The commentor @actionactioncut - asked me the very same question; her comment appears directly below yours. I corrected my misuse of the term whitewash for post-racial and expanded at length in my reply to her about ways that I've seen TV critic reviewers write about and fail to write about Rita/Martha.

I interpreted the handmaids' strut to be an internal fantasy of Offred's. In the meantime, others external to her observe little to no difference in her appearance.. Perhaps they note she or other handmaids walk a little taller or hold their backs straighter; if they did notice, however, these onlookers don't think…

edited: I am a black woman also. I, too, read Rita as black. I chose my words carelessly in my OP. I'll try this again. I worry critics whitewash Rita because they only ever mention Samira Wiley's blackness in their complaints about the post-racial politics of this series.

My argument makes more sense if you've seen the TV adaption.
THT on TV cast women and men of color. Luke the husband of Offred (nee June) is Black, they have a daughter who is multi-racial. On the TV series, most of the PoC are extras with no lines in roles handmaids and soldiers. My original post focues on…

Honestly, I don't know. We do have to factor in the time jump, which happen after S4's "David Copperfield" episode and lasts long enough for Pastor Tim and Alice to conceive and birth a baby girl. Almost two years, I guess. I'm positive I've read omments after earlier S5 episodes where more meticulous fans than I am…

If Oleg dies this season, we riot.

I cried, too. Their kindness uplifted me and gave me relief. The handmaidens could've turned against her. Undoubtedly, the Aunts will use Offred's scarred feet and painful gait to be an example, a way to deter other handmaids' fugitive flight. Historically, slave drivers might punish an entire group of slaves because…

I haven't fist-pumped so hard about a lead's triumphant smile and exiting strut, since Carrie Matheson's "The Smile" in the earliest seasons of Homeland. Elisabeth Moss's tiny, subversive smile is perfectly played.

Rita is played by Amanda Brugel who identifies as a Black Canadian . She's the Martha houseservant at the Waterfords. Brugel won the 2015 Best Black Canadian Actress Award http://www.imdb.com/name/nm…. , so I feel safe to call her a person of color because she self-identifies as one. Did Brugel's racial identiy play…

Two other differences, minor and major:
Titles: Margaret Atwood chose chapter titles that mirror the tedious passage of time for Offred, or to identify Handmaid activites ("Shopping") or ceremonies. Seven of The Handmaid's Tale chapters Atwood simply called "Night" (Ch. 1,3,7,9,11,13,15). The television series…

A few thoughts:

Dee's curly bob >>> Brenda's angular cut bob. Keep Brenda's Lisa Loeb glasses.