Well, Vigo the Carpathian had to wind up being good for something…

I think the white paper I wrote and had to present for the class was somewhere about the causal interrelationships between language and the formation of identity.

That feature was downright heartbreaking.

Anthem was my first encounter with actually having to read Ayn in college, rather than just by reputation.

They're all fantastic examples by virtue of embodying - building distinct editorial sense of fashion atop an existing foundation of history and knowledge. Compared to an image of fashion as a shallow, vapid endeavour, they each invest a smartness and encyclopedic intelligence to their fashion that helps elevate it…

Oh, I'm not proposing that all the queens are forcing fakery upon themselves and each other. But when you have prior seasons to compare the most recent ones to, it's clear there are degrees of self-awareness the queens are expressing that they didn't feel compelled to in the past. For better and worse, early-season…

I've been critical of the relationship of the fandom and queens having taken on some very Afterschool Special vibing. There's something to be said for recognizing that queens have taken on role model dimensions to their work. Watching the Q&As at DragCon definitely attest to a degree of representation for LGBTQ youth…

The real test is how much advertising time VH1 inflicts upon the show that Logo didn't. Without having timed it outright, I've had a sense that VH1 has been running more ads.

It may not be the same blasé that we got from Pearl's flazéda. But I'm curious to get a sense of the comparison and contrast from your perspective.

If there's one element of schadenfreude that I find the most delicious (and there are many), it's imagining the First Amendment whinging that must be going on over there, despite this being an exquisite example of Free Market microeconomics at work.

I'm going to go with "Concept art from 'Alien Resurrection' come to life, with less convincing animatronics".

I could readily imagine that garment is something that Pep's had made for her, or at the very least had a great deal of help with.

It seems like after several seasons of editors trying to inflict conflict on the workroom, they've maybe chosen to just go ahead and start leaning into the sisterly relationships. It seems like queens go onto RPDR with far more awareness of how shadiness can impact their post-race careers.

Don't quote me onnit. I'd have to go back to the episode for confirmation; I only recall Pepper mentioning something period about her intentions for the look.

1) I took notice of Trinity's edit this episode, too. To the point of setting up to be disappointed with her sashaying this episode. There's definitely the angle that the final challenge definitely favored Shea and Pepper's skillsets. As adaptable as Trinity has been throughout the season, musical talents are arguably…

One has to admit - having bloody Rolaskatox back together is probably the one clear guarantee for that. Especially with a reasonable expectation that Alaska would be performing well over the course of the season.

Not a whole lotta Random 'pinions for this week, but sorry I missed y'alls last week. Was in LA.

I've made the claim in prior Trek articles.

HAM.

Sssshhhh. Next thing, you'll have him dividing by zero.