Funny timing. I just read this Fresh Air transcript, an interview with Alison Bechdel, last night. I found her take to be very interesting:

I know that they/them may be difficult to follow sometimes but abandoning correct pronoun use in favor of convenience and comfort for cis people marginalizes non-binary/trans people. My identity and how I have asked people to honor that with my pronouns isn’t an option to disregard for reading comprehension. (I’m a 42…

While I understand that, I would like to point out that many shitty people contort themselves into knots to use names instead of pronouns as a way of avoiding correctly gendering trans people. So, like, just as a heads up: that will send some deeply mixed signals if you use it on a trans person.

I honestly prefer the use of either a first or last name in articles because ‘they/them’ is REALLY fucking confusing to read and follow.

I am old (bout to turn 42 in a month) and fully support using whatever pronoun. But JFC it makes reading the written word BRUTALLY difficult. It’s not great writing to use ‘Lovato…

Knives Out was badly written? You really want to criticize someone else's writing?

I went to a tasting from a distillery that had several kinds of single grain whiskies, like spelt and oatmeal. I had fallen hard for the oatmeal one, so wanted to try the others. I can’t believe this, but I’m not going to diss Paltrow for quinoa whiskey. As long as she drinks it and keeps it away from her cooch.

Well, whatever the difficulty we face in selecting shorts, we can all agree on NO CARGOS. Right?

I don’t think the Baldwins owe the world an explanation for how they chose to plan their family, but I am very curious.

When attendees of the reveal party at which the explosion took place were asked why they would engage in such a dangerous, pointless exercise, they replied, “WHAT?”

Morissey right now:

Sean...Penn? The man with a history of violence spanning (at least) 40 years?

My first thought was that she looked like she was unexpectedly interrupted while taking a stealth poop in her backyard. In a designer gown.

Maybe Gwen was on Disney shows as a kid?

Pardon me, what now? Sounds like some prince has a really great publicist. Might I bring us all back to normal as we enjoy this:

Maybe he wanted to say that he liked how she smelled in the morning?

Both people have equal legal right to the embryos. However, before you can begin any IVF treatment you must sign several consents indicating how you agree any unused embryos will be handled (destroyed, donated to science, granted to one member of the couple, granted to a known third party, or anonymous embryo…

ok I can’tcan't be the only one who thought that the larger bald baby was the newborn, thought “holy hell that thing is huge” THEN saw the tiny baby hidden between them??? omg lol

I’m older than both generations too—Gen X but just missed out on being a Boomer (that one was a close, close call). And I find this amusing as all fuck.

“You’re gonna need a bigger butt.”

Please let Olivia and Harry get married so they can hyphenate their last name as “Wilde-Styles.”