This is exactly what my dad said back in the 90s/ early 2000s whenever when all the kids where I lived wanted those fuzzy GAP sweaters. At the time I laughed, but within a few years I fully agreed with him and scoffed at those LV things. Thanks, dad, for ingraining in me a whole different kind of snobbery!

My parents are like that too, and we’re not even Jewish. They just happen to have a lot of Jewish/ Israeli friends, and their mentality is essentially “Israel is wonderful because our friends are from there and they’re good people, and because I went there and everything seemed fine to me [a white, Western tourist],…

I’m sorry that happened to you :( But glad that you feel good about the decision!

Heh, I’m actually glad you replied to me even if accidentally, because I binge-watched that show recently and I totally agree! It’s so much easier to remember who everyone is than in your average action flick. I love seeing positive opinions on that show. I know it’s been criticized for being too stereotypical…

This. I actually have a problem when people complain that an actor is not the exact ethnicity or ethnic mix of their character. Because, really, it’s not as if we have EVER applied that level of strictness to white actors. We regularly cast British actors as Russian characters and American actors as German characters…

As a writer this resonates with me so much. Nuanced characters are just part of what makes a good story. If you’re not writing nuanced characters, regardless of gender, then you’re not really doing your job. I just want to write good stories!

I remember when I saw that dress as a kid and thought it was so ~*scandalous*~

Oh yeah, I feel like the clickbait thing is a huge issue. Is this inflammatory headline remotely accurate? Who cares! It’ll get us more hits! I guess newspapers were also doing that before the internet, but having the internet allows the outrage to be passed around faster, and also allows people to personally harass…

Agree. I feel like so much of activism/ social justice has become about who can SHOUT THE LOUDEST and be the most righteous. It’s almost like a new form of puritanism, everyone wants to prove that they are the most devout person in the room. And it’s all very defensive, like people are afraid someone will find out…

People do the same thing with Lorde. Every time she says something reasonable and intelligent there is this sense of “Omg, a teenager being smart, whowuddathunk?” And every time she says something that is perfectly normal for a teenager to say, she is mocked. It’s insulting, and I say that as a grown woman.

God, Almost Famous was fucking amazing. I remember watching it over and over as a teenager and being obsessed with Penny Lane/ wanting to be her.

Amen. Also there’s just a huge difference between standing to give someone your seat on the train (i.e. being polite) and telling your coworker that of course you’ll finish their project for them because they have a softball tournament this weekend even though you have other stuff you’d much rather be doing and they…

One of my good friends told me this recently, that her life is too packed with people already so she isn’t really looking to make new friends anymore, as she already has trouble getting enough downtime to herself. So yeah, this is definitely a Thing. Awkward for that person to just say it like that though!

Oh, trust, I did. No way could I have afforded a place all on my own.

Can I still write a biography of my mom? She’s a fascinating person and has kept all her old letters/ journals!

You know, I stopped watching the show after it was revealed Kalinda and Peter had their affair. Never realized the reason was off-screen troubles, but yeah, that was a pathetically stereotypical direction for the show to take and it ruined it for me.

I dunno, my friends seem to come in two categories: the LOADS of sex with loads of people category, who are a minority, and the category of people who (usually) have sex only with those they are dating. So basically they’ve had sex with as many partners as they’ve had committed relationships, plus one or two casual…

Good because I’m also 27 and planning on joining as soon as I move in a couple months.

Funny thing is, I have asked my dad (63 and good looking for his age, if it’s not weird to say that about your dad) whether men in his general age range actually still get attention from young hotties like in Hollywood films, and his answer was basically HAHAHAHA nope it’s pure fantasy, unless the man in question is…

Agree. My mom is amazing but man, I feel like I almost can’t talk to her about feminism because it’s like she can’t just have a discussion—which I would love to have, as I am passionate about feminism!—she has to get worked up. And she can’t stand when I disagree with her about things. We had one argument because she…