I dunno, Jillette seems to be having the same problem with too lightweight a fabric that the guy in the interview points out. Look at how the pants are hanging, and the million wrinkles in the sleeve. I mean, yeah, Jillette’s a marked improvement on Trump, but that’s kind of a low bar! ;)

Actually, according to this BuzzFeed article, he buys Brioni suits, but off the rack. He doesn’t think custom tailoring is necessary.

That was Bernie Kerik. Giuliani’s still an ass, though!

“Conking” definitely speaks to the flak that a lot of African Americans get about our appearance, but it’s not really directly related to skin or hair color. Texture, yes, but if that was the extent of what Nina Simone had to suffer, they could have gotten away with just slapping a wig on Saldana and leaving it at…

It’s ironic: Nina Simone, who struggled against the perception that her dark skin, round face, big lips, and wide nose were not as beautiful or “marketable” as the European aesthetic of narrow nose, light skin, etc. couldn’t get a job portraying herself in 2015-2016.

We “allow” tourism to North Korea only in the loosest sense in that we haven’t yet actually outlawed it. There are no direct flights from here, and you have to pay thousands of dollars to a tour company (which must be based outside the US) in order to go. You also have to ignore the State Department’s explicit warnings

Oh, yeah, I’m old enough to remember that—and having the same types of conversations about appropriation that people are having now.

Same as it ever was...

Actually, it’s not random. His disguises are usually context-sensitive: in a settlement, he’ll dress like a settler, in The Castle, he’ll dress like a Minuteman, in Goodneighbor, he’ll dress like a drifter, etc. Giving him a specific outfit can screw this up, though (which is why I never bother—it’s too hilarious to…

Thanks for the explanation! I guess the rub (or one of them) is that, through the miracle of modern technology, esports players don’t necessarily have to physically be present to play anywhere.

It’d be interesting to see whether Bernie flaunting how much the hipsters love him would actually help or hurt him. Sure, there are a lot of hipsters and yuppies in Brooklyn, but they’re not universally loved (to say the least) and, population-wise, there are a lot more black folks and working-class “ethnic” whites in…

Yeah, I never had much use for her, but she is definitely wearing the hell out of that dress! And the wax figure wearing the same dress looks all angles next to her, proving that you definitely need some flesh to fill the dress out.

Woodiwiss heroines were often raped by the heroes—often while the heroes were face-savingly drunk or otherwise out of it. The Flame and the Flower definitely fits that trope, as does Ashes in the Wind and several others. Looking back, though, it seems that Woodiwiss books—The Flame And the Flower in particular—were…

Camouflage is your friend! Tonic water, club soda or ginger ale with lemon or lime in them look like a mixed drink. Nobody will know there’s no gin in your gin and tonic unless you tell them!

That’s a pretty low bar.

“Tone deaf”?! He was in an arena filled with believing Christians, eulogizing a pastor. It was exactly the right tone. It would only be tone deaf if he were at an atheist convention or some such thing.

WTF?! I know shit about cars, but that truck looks like it was driven through a field (fences and all) and into a lake! What the hell is the story there?

Before going to a hairstylist, I’d go to a doctor and resolve whether or not you have hypothyroidism. If you have it, your stylist will have to tailor his or her advice to your medical issues.