yes. any teen. like i said, like mine.

Also, aren’t a lot of people like “two different people” when they are out in the world, versus when they are at home? I wouldn’t expect her to maintain the same “on” persona she does in public at home all the time.

not worthless..just tinted.

I think a Charlie Chan reboot with actual Asians and a healthy view of East Asian culture (like, majority-Asian writing crew) with detective-show tropes would be a hoot. I’d watch the shit out of that on Netflix.

Having been on an alarming amount of drugs when I was 18 and having a similar opinion of my mother, but at the same time having had a mother whose idea of “parenting” drove her teenage son to consume an alarming amount of drugs (I sobered up within a month of cutting her out of my life and have remained so for the 19…

I get what you're saying. When I was around that age my manic depression really started to rear its ugly head and went undiagnosed for a while - that paired with hormones - paired with an eating disorder - paired with drinking and drugs DID NOT MAKE ME A PLEASANT PERSON and definetly colored my entire mindset and…

Not really. The walking and talking is due more to Tommy Schlamme, Sorkin’s director on The West Wing and Sports Night. Because Sorkin had a tendency to write these long dialogue scenes, Schlamme developed the walk-and-talk (or pedeconferencing as coined by a recapper at MBTV) as a way to incorporate some action into…

fair enough

Taken at face value, I don’t see anything wrong with the statement. Rosie’s a public figure who is expected to be funny and nice to people all the time. I would probably want to be by myself and watch documentaries when I had time off too. By that description she sounds like any number of parents that are perfectly…

I feel like, she doing that thing all teenagers do. Which is explain a super obvious thing because it’s the first time it has ever occured to them. Everybody pretends to be something they’re not and is a sloppy mess at home, that’s being an adult, kid.

True, but having a mental illness doesn’t make you a liar. Also, having known casually several famous comediennes, that description seems both specific and likely. People that are “on” in public are apparently often withdrawn and controlling in private.

Here’s the thing. I thought O’Donnell’s public excoriation of that…

I, like many a teenager, hated hated hated hated my parents.

I swear I remember hearing/reading that at the time Rosie adopted her, there were serious issues. What they were sort of fit the “kid of an addict” trope but... I’m no defender of Rosie. However, I had to live with a family member after my parents death and she would be giving me shit for something(deserved half of…

I agree. I have issues up the wazoo with my mother (and can actually relate to the dual personalities) but also, sometimes parents put on a brave face bc they don’t want the world to know their issues. Sometimes if you’ve fucked up as a kid they will be nice to you in front of others and then give you a piece of mind…

If Grace Jones said I didn’t have a soul I’d burst into flames and die.

Oh please, 90% of girls hate their Moms at that age. I know I sure did. (Actually I still kinda do and it’s like, 44 years later.) It’s part of the human weaning process. Not to mention the daughter has psychological issues she is dealing with at the moment. Or, maybe they don’t get along and never will! It happens!…

None of her accusations struck me as too outrageous. Rosie should have hid her pot habit a little better.

True, but, man, is her narrative coherent and believable.

NDN anger coming: I hate how Joe Wright and everyone involved in Pan pushed aside any criticism of their casting choices. Yes, Neverland is imaginary, but the Native people Barrie based his racist caricatures on were Native American people. I hate that he touted Ben Kingsley as example of how they didn’t completely…

Teen girl and Mom don’t get along. Shocking news.