casting a short,curvy, dark woman as Princess Diana would’ve been an interesting choice.

Don’t blame people trying to live under a shitty and unfair system for doing what it takes to make it a little easier to navigate that shitty and unfair system. I don’t know that this woman confronting people who call her “difficult” and “impossible” for being busy is going to change that perception and move the ball…

Well, if more women can become successful and visible in business, by getting around roadblocks in this way, then it could also help in the long run.

I know this makes me sound like an old Auntie (which I am) but, like, she’s not going to hang out with that young man anymore, right? The one who brought his gun to the pool party.  He doesn’t seem like a good friend.

Grief never goes away, it never lessens, you just fill your life with more things, so it seems less. I’m glad that those feelings can be balanced out within the week, with better things. And cake.

JESUS H CHRIST ON A CRACKER DID YOU KNOW THERE’S A MOUNTAIN LION ON YOUR DESK OH MY GOD THE HUMANITY!!!

While the idea of him flailing around in confused panic is pleasing, it comes with a large dose of fear over what his desperation is going to motivate him to do. He’s the 400 pound rabid rodent backed into a corner.

I agree with you. My son did a youth writer’s workshop yesterday and when it was over, I asked how his Zoom workshop was. The meeting host began by having the kids state their preferred gender pronoun, and this is how I learned that two of my son’s closest friends have been having Discord conversations on their…

Agreed. She sounds like someone who would pull some shit and take everyone down with her. Maybe consult an attorney?

This was helpful. I have a ton of odious tasks I must complete related to the recent death of my husband and meanwhile it’s all I can do right now to get dressed in the mornings.
I’ve been tackling one item every other day and it’s working. One day it’s the DMV, another day I call to arrange to return his leased…

This whole presidency is like a stress test for American democracy that’s pointing out every single weakness in our ancient, dusty government. It’s really highlighting the need to codify a whole bunch of norms into laws. This article, from the last time he tried to use the military to do something questionable,…

I’m running out of enthusiasm for cooking food. (It lasted two months, it was a good run.... still don’t really want to get takeout often but I slipped and had Baja Fresh twice in one week and ... ahaaaahhhh sour cream. I digress.)

Respect for having the courage to ask for help. 

“should self quarantine for 14 days if they have any compassion for others”

I think we’ve all pretty much already figured out that “compassion for others” is not a thing these people are interested in.

We’ve had two fucking months to wrap our heads around this pandemic and adjust our behavior. I give none of these assholes a pass.

they’re that flimsy because the ideals therein were buoyed by pure, unearned belief. BELIEF is what drives this fucking country.

A preprint (a scientific paper awaiting peer review) was uploaded Thursday to medrxiv.org that analyzed the infection rates and testing capacity of the sixty-one countries with the most COVID-19 cases. The authors used the data to categorize the countries based on their response: cases trending downward, cases…

FIGS! Figs are INCREDIBLE! Figs and brie and pancetta on toast! Now I need fig jam! Which is an extra-good idea bc fresh figs are rare and GOOD ones are rarer still.

i haven’t waxed my mustache in two months and can still be in public thanks to this mask.

I guess this is as good a spot as any to admit: damn, I actually feel hella cool wearing my washable black masks, and I hope they become the norm now like in Japan/S. Korea? They’re comfortable/weirdly comforting? I don’t know. That and like, joggers/sweatpants becoming accepted in the workplace.