We met online, purely by “accident.” I’m still getting to know her. She is very active in all kinds of neat pursuits. I’m a bit busy now, but - yes - I’ll get back to you with some info.

The Marvelous Mrs Maisel is really good.

Oh my god those are gorgeous! I would definitely agree. I would have thought they were real had you not said otherwise!

I made this cake for my girlfriend’s birthday! First time doing the sugar flowers on my own since the masterclass I took in December. I think that class was worth every penny.

My husband entered hospice this week. As helpful as they are, it is also overwhelming. So many people, so many moving parts. So many medicines with the idea of helping, but which seemingly just serve to take away his person and leave his body.

I don’t know if it could be called a craft, but I am currently getting my hands on any second hand clothing (mostly coats), and mending, adding zippers, etc. so that I can send them to a woman in San Francisco who gives them to people who have been pushed out of the economy there and can’t even afford clothes for…

What’s everyone looking forward to this year?

All of those “british invasion” bands stole American black music, repackaged it and sold it back to Americans.

two things i love that you can try instead of your drying oil:

It might be because I’m pregnant, but you just made me cry thinking about your grandmother being so happy to see herself reflected on screen.

Also, please remember that it isn’t all about you. Even if you’re healthy as a horse and never get sick, you could still be getting it and while fighting it off, passing it along to an infant, an elderly person, or someone who is immunosuppressed/ immunocompromised. Literally any percent reduction in the chance of you…

Speaking of the double bind, whenever I see pics like this of old black actors in these kinds of subservient roles their faces always remind me of the actors in Get Out. I wonder if Jordan Peele did that on purpose.

“The majority of women in the workplace are not tender creatures and are largely adept at dealing with all varieties of uncomfortable or hostile situations,” Roiphe wrote in the New York Timesin 2011. “Show me a smart, competent young professional woman who is utterly derailed by a verbal unwanted sexual advance or…

She was also a singer and songwriter so I hope they cast someone who really shows the amazing range McDaniel had. It’s important to show how insanely fucking talented she was and how charismatic.

“I’d rather play a maid and make $700 a week than be a maid and make $7.”

I’m here for this. It used to strike me as odd that my grandmother, a black woman born in the 30's, had a collection of Mammy and Prissy dolls. Now I’m seeing that this was probably because she wanted to honor women who looked like her and broke down barriers, in whatever way that was. Duh.

Over told story or not, I would love to see this and if I could choose anyone, would definitely like to see Octavia Spencer do the role. I have no doubt that Mo’Nique would do awesome, but I have a soft spot for Ms. Spencer.

I think it’s relevant in the sense that it follows the deadliest year on record for trans people. I think the point they were trying to make, which perhaps didn’t come across clearly or artfully, is that 2018 appears to be picking up where 2017 left off.

do I need to post the Margaret Atwood quote or do we all just know it by heart at this point?

“She was always belittling him”