Maybe. The only time I didn't find Jon Snow boring was when he ran off with the wildlings/ Ygritte. Stannis has barely made an impression on me as a character in the show. (I must confess I haven't read the books). Maybe male readers like him because he seems like of like a regular, tough-but-not-unbelievably-tough…

Many times I have had the Worst Day Ever and wondered why I suddenly felt like the world hated me and what the hell was wrong with me. Then I got my period the next day and was like "Oh, that's what. Ok then, s'all good!"

I feel this way, too. I am white, I have had both white and non-white friends. By BFF since high school is non-white. I didn't seek out friendship with any of my friends based on their race or to tick a box; however, I think I might be 'open' to friendship with people who look different from me in a way some white…

God, I miss Firefly. Kaylee <3

Trogdor!

i really want to see a movie about Nzinga Mbande. I had no idea who she was until I read the "rejected princesses" website (here: http://www.rejectedprincesses.com/page/2) but now I can't stop thinking about how badass she would be as the anti-heroine of a historical epic.

This is really true, and I think it can actually apply to other shows as well, not just ones meant to represent a generation. Like for example when I was in high school I couldn't watch high school movies/ shows without thinking how unrealistic and over-glamorized they were, how the characters looked way older than me…

She can. I re-watched Abandon recently which IMO is underrated. Everyone in that movie did a great job, but her especially. There is one scene where she is being interviewed for a prestigious job, and prior to that scene she seems like kind of a shy good girl but during the interview she suddenly shows this inner…

Once upon a time, I was one of those kids who got a "participant" ribbon/ trophy/ whatever, for various events or sports I did. Honestly, no kid took those things seriously. We didn't think it meant we won, or that we more special than anyone else, because everyone got one. Feeling special because of one of those…

My mother didn't even wear makeup herself, I had no older sisters and didn't have youtube either...this situation ended in me spending about a year wearing only dark eyeshadow with no mascara or anything and I thought I looked so damned cool.

I tried to do this, but my parents would go for it. I wonder, looking back, what would have happened if they had. I felt ready to get the fuck out of my hometown long before college but who knows whether I actually was.

It's some kind of partnership with youtube itself where they have a deal to get a cut of the fee advertisers pay to place ads before videos.

Why is there a castle? I don't think the book even had a castle?

I have learned to counter this via sunglasses and headphones. Big assed headphones, not those wimpy ear buds (which always fall out of my ears anyway, damn it!)

I think if it was a serious priority for them, a GOOD female-led movie would have happened already. Those movies were a decade ago. They've had years to try again. Having said that, I fully agree with you that I would much rather they take their time and make something worthy, than push something out just to appease…

My childhood experience was that I wasn't aloud to watch it, or anything else that was "too violent" and "not educational". /stillbitter

The fact that they are still together remains the weirdest thing of literally all the weird things they have done. But maybe they are both so weird they are meant to be.

"They break up, like, every episode! And then they get back together!"

(and honestly, yes, we are all influenced by eachothers art and cultures, there is no real way to neatly separate your influences - and take one musician and trace their influences and it's probably very varied. Elvis Presley's sound, for example, was influenced by black music...)

I remember reading an article years ago saying that one day, long-dead actors of Old Hollywood would once again be able to appear in movies. That would be pretty crazy/ weird if someone made a movie "starring" Marilyn Monroe or someone.