I totally agree that much of Amy is redeemable, but the spiteful burning of the manuscript was so awful and she was WAY too old for that. She was 12 at the start of the story and Jo was 15, so it’s not exactly like Jo was way older and she and Amy couldn’t relate to each other. Amy was a brat as a child and, while I…

I never realized it before, but the Karen series was actually way ahead of it’s time in terms of being a first person POV from a likable but unlikable female protagonist. Sort of a proto-Eleanor Shellstrop.

I agree, I have never forgiven Amy for taking Laurie, or Laurie for being so weak.

Considering that marriage was pretty much inescapable at the time once you got into it, I think Amy was also pretty smart for going with the devil she knew over the one she didn’t. Laurie might not be the brightest bulb, but he does genuinely love her family, seems willing to accept her criticisms of his character and…

Interesting. As a child I was Team Jo all the way. I didn’t want Meg’s life. Beth dies (spoiler alert). And Amy always seemed selfish and whiny. Plus I never forgave Amy for marrying Laurie and leaving Jo in relative poverty with the old man.  I should re-read it as an adult and see if I like Amy any better -- though…

This is AWESOME.

I think the problem is in the Winona movie’s adaptation of her. We only get kinda shit Amy moments in the movie. It wasn’t until I saw the trailer to the new one that I understood Amy actually like, desired to be a painter as opposed to it was something that she was supposed to be doing as opposed to the “Excuse” for…

I feel like I understand LW a lot better now, having learned a bit about Alcott. All of her disdain of feminine things, all of her euphoria over having some free time to write... I think a lot of it makes sense when you figure in the abject poverty her family lived in, how her father’s Thoreau-like philosophy landed…

Honestly with all the people who might have wanted to see Epstein dead, I actually didn’t think of Trump as my most likely suspect. However, his pointing the finger nobody asked for is pretty suspicious.

I'll be shocked if Ghislaine is still alive in two months.  I know that's dark and conspiracy-minded, but this shit is so deeply fucked up.

Especially considering he’d already tried to kill himself once in there. My guess is they let this happen to protect the other high profile people who have been implicated. I’m extremely pissed.

If there’s to be any justice, and I was never optimistic there ever was going to be, the government has to go after Epstein’s accomplices and cohorts, including his defense team that got him that illegal sweetheart deal. Prince Andrew, Alan Derschowitz, George Mitchell, Ghislaine Maxwell, Donald Trump, etc. All of…

I was so looking forward to hearing him sing. How was he not on 24 hour suicide watch? Fuck.

Excuse you they were upper class Chicagoans.

This is a TERRIBLE idea. Not just because the internet exists but because parenting trends and attitudes have shifted. There were still enough latchkey kids when Home Alone first came out that you could suspend disbelief about the unattended eight year old being a matter for social services, but there’s no modern…

Also it’s worth noting there are eight types of herpes that infect humans. Chicken pox is caused by a type of herpes. Most of will have been infected with several herpes types during our lifetime. We all have tons of viruses that we carry around, sometimes our entire lives, but because one type of herpes spreads…

Ouch. Some herpes viruses can cause an infection wherever they land. I had herpes blisters on my cheek, just next to my ear lobe once. They hurt and wouldn’t go away so I went to a doctor who tested the blisters. Herpes I. I probably infected myself by scratching my temple, like people do

Yeah. So most people have HSV-1, which as the article points out is associated with oral herpes. I have that, although I don’t get the cold sores. But through oral sex, I have given my husband HSV-1 on his genitals and he did have an HSV-1 outbreak there. It was pretty upsetting, but also mild. So yeah. If you’re one…

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