I mean....me. I’m in my mid 30s, college educated, succesfully self employed, married, have a child, pay all my bills, am an active member of my community, vote in all elections, call my elected representatives often, participate in protests, and wear goofy shirts and (*gasp*) hats with animals on them. I am a…

I think you should carefully examine the respectability politics you’re pushing here.

You nailed it. Not to mention knitting is a valuable skill practiced for centuries and represents self-reliance in an overly capitalist society- but because its primarily done by women, that automatically makes it “frivolous”.

It seems to me that the notion that female-coded things are infantilizing and not to be taken seriously is itself steeped in patriarchal ideals.

Same here. Plus you retain information differently when you read from a screen. Digital textbooks are a nice idea, but just aren’t as effective. I’ve used both, and while I love love love my ereader for novels, I hated having a textbook on my computer. I need to be able to flip pages to look at two things at once.

Everyone loves her so much that they’ve created a whole genre of jokes about her!

Oooh! I like the totes—very nice!

Not to mention it’s the hottest nightclub in town for furries over 70!

As I’m a teacher too I suspect you’re probably right.

Is that because your employer would berate you for not reading the books?

I did love Anna’s piece on Superstar Machine, but for me, NOTHING can top her dispatches from the conspiracy theorists’ cruise. That was such an amazing bundle of WTF delivered in a thoughtful and calm way.

Humans have come close, really close, to total extinction and yet we figured out a way to cling in there, like a spider in a toilet bowl.

Ok, I was with her up until that.

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E-M-E-Ter-I-N-G?

Typical Swinton. Refusing to acknowledge her Spacebug-Weirdo Privilege.

Teen Vogue’s ancestor in the “Who knew teenage girls were so smart?” dept.

Can’t wait to read about it in 2037 when A Dream of Spring is released!

It is entirely likely that the word “hipster” is completely passé now and we are being vaguely mocked. Is there a young person willing to betray their cohort and let us old people know? We have candy! Delicious Werther’s Originals!