YES. This is my family. They say I’m a liberal elite because I worked two full-time jobs while going to school full-time and then took any job that showed me a part of the world or society I wasn’t familiar with (I worked on film sets). They’ve done nothing to improve/educate themselves or even see anyplace beyond…

I’m a huge fan of Doctor Who and I was excited to see Matt Smith as part of the cast, but that’s not the only (or main) reason I wanted to watch the show.

Curious to know if you’ve read him as an adult? There’s an interesting feud between Eugenides and Jennifer Weiner about how she feels his work is only lauded because he’s a man. Reading again after her criticism, I definitely see the flaws in his portrayals of women.

I’m so jealous you have that kind of sewing ability. I drove a sewing needle through my finger in the eighth grade and the sewing machine and I never made peace!

It’s a Jason Wu dress (belted satin wrap). I’m embarrassed that I know that, but it’s gorgeous.

I had that same reaction (I live in LA too). I watched it and thought, “oh, they can make up over cupcakes and fast fashion!”

I was pregnant with my first son and on vacation in London when I read it. I remember being up all night in the hotel, unable to put it down. I felt like the whole world looked different that next morning.

Thank you! I have mentioned Life After Life to so many producers, it’s ridiculous! With the caveat that I’m telling them to option it, fully knowing I’m not the writer strong enough to adapt it, so my motives are totally pure!

He still thinks he’ll come back from this. And that when he does, he’ll take down the people who didn’t have his back. Most people in the industry think he’ll die of a rage heart attack before he gets the chance.

My dad is a HUGE Cult45 member and he has worked at the USPS for 35 years. If we could actually have a conversation these days (he was a rare conversationalist even before the WH became a dumpster fire), I would be curious to know his reaction to all of this.

YES. I audibly groan every time I see him. He even ruined the new Blade Runner for me.

I have a friend named Jamie whose brother is named James, dad’s also named James. And James became HER nickname too.

Flightless Bird was our closing reception song! We danced to it on our first date.

Seriously. When I broke a rib and my husband worked from home for two weeks to pick up the kids (we live an hour from his office), he was hailed as a goddamn hero by his bosses. When the older kid got the flu (and me, too) and I asked for a deadline to be moved from 5pm to 5am so I could finish overnight, my…

Maybe only a state law? In CA, we have daycares for 2 week olds, but they require special training. My kids went at 6 weeks but the daycare takes kids as young as 14 days.

You generally start as an AC (Assistant Camera), which has 3 rungs. Depending on the size of the show you’re on, the equipment can weigh 200lbs. and you have to carry it yourself.

I went to film school. The push toward or away camera work starts very early. In my Freshman production classes, male professors were constantly telling me how heavy the cameras were, how technical the field was. They steered me and my female classmates very deliberately to other roles.

You’re doing God’s work here. I also live in LA and am addicted to Pump Rules, but I can’t drag my new mommy ass out past sunset and the possibility of having to listen to a DJ makes that even less likely. I’ll settle for living vicariously through you.

I went to an all girls Catholic HS and revered the nuns. When I discovered the disparities- priests are given a stipend just for freaking existing, nuns have to earn their own money; priests can retire however they wish, nuns need to live with family or in a convent home - I went ballistic. My favorite nun lamented…

YES. There Will Be Blood has some okay performances but it was painful and painfully dull to watch.