Yeah, it makes an otherwise cute clutch look tacky. They could've done the brand name in raised white, and that would've looked better. Or the 2 interlocking Cs in black would've been okay, too.

Whereas I know folks who decided that one of the parents would just stay home, because the bill for daycare would literally (no really) eat up their entire paycheck, so what's the point?

But the troll's name is just so apt!

And...it's hard not to see this as using the kid to get back at her, rather than what's actually best for the kid. Ugh. I hate when divorcing parents pull this kind of shit.

So basically she's dressing like all the queer femmes I knew in the early 2000s. Except we fully embraced the sleaze and generally added fishnets and stompy boots.

I fully expect to be able to walk into a Mac store soon and request the latest iPhone model: the Lepidorae edition.

I actually know at least one 4-year-old boy who LOVES her. He specifically requests to watch the Dance Apocalyptic video and sometimes sings Tightrope to himself.

This calls for a celebration!

Yeah, I went the illegal streaming route and skipped ahead. Patience: I do not have any.

No, sorry, I was thinking of O'Brien's replacement, Baxter.

Edited because I was completely thinking of the wrong character. Carry on! You are correct: Edna Braithwaite was creepy and awful.

I don't think that's what MorgendorfferSyndrome25 was trying to say. I mean, it'd be ridiculous to never include rape in storylines, because of course it is a Thing That Happens to People. It felt unnecessary because it was gratuitous and stereotypical and trite in its execution as a plot point. The writers failed.

THANK GOD this is finally airing in the US. I watched it online a few months ago and haven't had anyone to process my feeeeelings about this episode with.

Oh, FFS. That's not even a mean joke, really.

What was the original joke even about? It all just seems so silly.

If I never hear that damn phrase again, it'll be too soon.

Also, as an adoptee myself, I get all sorts of cranky when words and ideas like "admirable" "noble" and "needy" come up. I'm a person, not someone's frickin' charity case/pity party. Blargh.

I actually let loose a little involuntary "YAY!" when your pup got through! D♥gs.

Seriously. The "just adopt" argument really ignores the shady, fucked-up history (and often current) of the adoption industry. Which isn't to say "don't adopt." I just wish more adoptive parents were thoughtful and deliberately ethical about their participation in it.

This looks like maroon and red together. I can't handle maroon and red together. Reminds me of my colorblind stepfather, who used to wear hideously clashing colors.