I finished Gone Girl yesterday. It was terrible. I'd heard good things about it and picked it up expecting something intelligent and clever. My mistake: although it started strong, by the end it was all I could do not to hurl it across the room. You know those books that suddenly drop a "But it was only a dream!" in…

I completely agree. I wonder, too: had she been male, would this dramatization have happened?

What if it's just that masturbating increases testosterone production? Shouldn't there be a follow-up study? Just because testosterone and masturbation are correlated doesn't mean the former "makes women" want to do anything.

I agree. I think it's possible for whistles to be complimentary, not harassment, and I think most adults know the difference. Being told you look great isn't necessarily demeaning or objectifying.

The girl is his sister, no? Don't be. ;)

"Chimping" attention! I am hearting you just for that. I love it.

It's no worse than anything Roger or Peter or Don or Betty or Lane (etc) have done, but people seem somehow fine with accepting shitty-two-facedness in their characters. Why should Megan have to be perfect?

Me neither. Megan is one of my favorite characters, and I think she and Don—unlike Don and Betty—are well-matched. She's no more self-absorbed / self-interested than, say, Peter or Roger or even Don, and yet somehow people seem to find this inexcusable in Megan's case.

I think I am too much of a control freak to ever become an alcoholic. Certain drugs make me feel more in

Did you watch the whole thing? It basically said that even though she / they went to this top tier school, they're broke and working minimum wage jobs.

But wouldn't you be concerned about STDs? If this gets approved, I predict either a rash of herpes outbreaks or a resurgence of HIV.

Lucky! Did you see Eyes Wide Shut? I think she was at her absolute peak there: more adult than girlish, but before the botox. (And you're right... she's still stunning.)

Drive is available for streaming on Netflix? And I'm supposed to be going out tonight? Argh.

Dexter— brilliant!

One of my favorites lines from the show House was it's "Rules are for people who can't think for themselves." I think this holds doubly true here.

I know! She was a dead ringer for Juliette Lewis circa Natural Born Killers. It was bizarre.

I have a (French Canadian) friend named Aurelie. If I ever have twin girls, I am not sure I'd be able to resist naming them Aurelie and Annalee.

She did? I thought her teeth looked as gappy as ever.

The reason that something is off about Megan is that, for a character who gets so much screen time, she's never the protagonist: that is, she's always playing a role in someone else's conflict or story. The other main characters we've all gotten to see as people in their own right: they've all had episodes or been a…

I find Megan endearing, too. She's gorgeous, but her smile gives her such a disarming goofiness (the perfect word for it!), and I can't help but admire her optimism: she manages to be bright and sunny without being shallow. And I like how part of her acting ability (Megan's, not Pare's) seems to involve her being a…