Hopefully you’ve never seen it happen because it would be batshit evil.

Damn straight Judas Priest can take Rage’s place.

At least it was Playboy. With my dad, it was Penthouse.

Here’s one: https://www.landsend.com/products/womens-maxi-down-coat/id_315861?sku_0=::HME

You are correct in all ways.

Yep, either a belted coat or I found a miracle that is super-ugly and yet wonderful. I bought a heated muff from Marks Work Wear a couple of years ago. It goes around your waist and does all of that lovely business of not letting a draft get up your body, and it also has battery-operated, adjustable-heat little pouch…

I particularly love the grey sleeveless tie-front blouse with the black pants. That whole look sings.

Hell yeah—I like this guy even though I might be some kind of Canadian socialist Becky.

This is why I love John Deacon. Freddie died and he retired. Done.

That’s the one that always miffed me. Rocket scientists are pretty impressive unless you’re a luddite.

Yes, but the “Queen” title of a Queen consort is an honorific—it doesn’t put the Queen in the line of succession in any way. It’s not a bump in status but a recognition of a bump in her husband’s status. Men’s titles don’t rise with their wives, in part because of what others have said (a consort can’t become a King…

Yep—my big kitty is on steroids, so the weight is a weird thing to manage, and she can’t have normal weight-loss or weight-control cat food because of the stomach condition that necessitates the steroids, so we just have to deprive her as gently as possible (as the vet says, she isn’t starving, she just wants you to…

Yep, too much house sucks. I live in a smallish 1940s house with my spouse—we have had pressure to “move up the ladder” but that means bedrooms that nobody will use since we don’t have kids, rec rooms that nobody will use because ditto. Either that or indigent family will think they can move in with us ;-). We’ve…

You people are crazy I tell ya (also, I love Derek’s username). Personally, I think I would be happier living in a linen closet. I could get one of those inversion therapy things to stretch my spine, sleep like a bat, and be very virtuous indeed.

I blame Friends. A chic fake apartment designed to be a usable television set. Suddenly everyone wanted open concept.

Hell yeah—I lived in “open concept” as a kid because it was a cheap townhouse and the only way to make it seem like there was enough space was to have one big room on the main floor. If there were walls, we’d notice how small the space was. As it was, everyone was in everyone’s space, and as we got older, we didn’t…

Yes, yes, and yes! Tiny houses are there to make privileged people feel good about giving up their luxury—and virtually everyone who buys a tiny house will move into something bigger and more luxurious when they get a promotion/remarry/figure that lent is over and it’s time for luxury again.

I think we have to consider which signifiers are shifting according to context, and which are fixed. Some modification is inherently misogynistic, and as someone mentioned on this thread, we should criticize the pressure to do things that are damaging, dangerous, and deeply self-abnegating, rather than go whole hog…

Yep, they’re cheap to make, but I love them anyway in a good fabric (absolute agreement with another comment regarding natural fibres). A good sack dress suits me and accessorizes well. They do make me realize that I should learn to sew, however.

Ha ha—you said “crazy.”