But surely they could have achieved the same "very specific look" without tight lacing their star to within an inch of her life? The costumes would still be beautiful, the fanciful mood would be preserved, she would just have a 24 inch waist instead of a 20" one— am I to understand that that would somehow destroy the…

Jesus, just wait till these people encounter real first-world problems.

evidently, you had no party to go to last night, and unfortunately, will have even less in the future.

I have a theory about people who become wildly successful/famous on the level that Steve has achieved: their relationship with their past, pre-fame and success, is an either or proposition. Either they embrace it. Or they shed it like a snake sheds its skin, leaving it in the middle of the road, to dry up and blow…

She also created red carpet culture as we know it, which is a huge deal. It used to be so formal and boring. She brought in humor. "Who are you wearing?" She was the very first person to ask that question on a red carpet, and she made fashion take the spotlight as well. Sometimes it's the only fun part of the show,…

And yet you know when Roman Polanski, Woody Allen, and Bill Cosby die, those fuckers will not only be included in the In Memoriam segment but will have goddamn laser shows accompanied by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir...

Eh, you missed the point.

"Rant"?

I HATE when people say that criticism shows that you're not patriotic. No. Shut up. I'm critical of the US because I'm patriotic. I see our potential as a country and I see that we're totally not living up to that potential. I want us to improve because I think we deserve it and I think that we can. This blind…

What in the everloving fuck is she talking about?

True. It's also amusing because this fundamental reliance on teaching the modern corruption of American exceptionalism at all costs belies this underlying shame about our country's often checkered past. The only real reason you wouldn't want to teach our real history is if you were ashamed of it. Because, really, it's…

As a history teacher this makes me shake with rage. Fox commentators thinking history doesn't matter because they get bummed out having to think about slavery and the extermination of Native Americans is textbook white privilege.