When I went through puberty, the step-by-step ILLUSTRATION of how to insert a tampon was incredibly helpful. As were the illustrations of how breasts develop. It is very frank and shows kids the whole enchilada. I had a metaphor-heavy sex ed at school (not purely abstinence, but a lot of “you need to be careful to…

I once had a legit emotional breakdown because washing the dishes would involve missing an episode of Trading Spaces. I was 12, and, looking back on it, it was much less about the TV show and more about the fact that I had various emotional problems that were at least a decade away from being diagnosed. Which I…

...I thought when you see signs not to flush your tampons, it was talking about the plastic part....

I feel the need to go find some plumbers and apologize now.

Maaaaan, I definitely think Antoni can cook, the problem is the scope he’s allowed to work in. He’s prepping these guys to have one (1) good dish they can whip out at parties, so I definitely felt like he was stuck in a niche each ep that he didn’t have the chance to break. I also wondered if he put in more work than…

I always assumed it was a reference to the bell towers in old Spanish mission churches. Because the least authentic Mexican restaurant in the world would name itself after an architectural feature of Southwest historical landmarks, I guess???

When I was little my dad jokingly grabbed my redheaded little sister and made to toss her to the pirates when they would yell “We wants the redhead!” She found this extremely traumatizing and we all thought it was hilarious, so whenever we went back we would make a point of whipping around in our seats and staring at…

Yessssss Antoni was so stressed by that house. I’ve seen versions of that dynamic in less severe form, esp. in Christian married couples, so I was like...hmm. HMMM. There’s definitely a subculture of stay-at-home or part-time mothers here in the South who merrily call themselves the “Hot Mess Express” and sort…

It was at the very beginning. I’ve seen other people say she was homeschool, so that might be a case of mishearing, but I’m pretty sure the closed captions said preschool.

It sounded like there was more to it. Towards the end the Dad made a comment that implied that a good portion of her family hadn’t been at the reception for some reason.

Yes!!!! The episode was sweet but I was really struck by the fact that the show claims her second job is being a mom, but the house is in total disarray, the kids seemed to be a bit wild and the only footage of pre-makeover cleaning was of Dad strapping on the gloves. Not to say that a woman should always shoulder the…

In “Make Me Feel,” I also enjoyed the three incarnations of Bowie that are standing together at the party. But I mean, also, the whole thing is SO GOOD. Monae feels like she really levels up with each album she puts out—I don’t know if we’ll ever see an upper limit to her abilities.

The primetime coverage of this Olympics has been mega-garbage. It’s much much more worth it to watch the specific livestream for a given sport you’re interested in, especially if you have some form of smart TV that can host the NBC Sports app. This article doesn’t even mention that the primetime coverage the day…

My dad used to work for a company that professionally swindled lottery winners—they went after the broke ones, which were usually the people who agreed to get their winnings in installments (which never works because you think, “I’m a lottery winner, I can afford a, b, and c!” except you can’t afford them on only your…

I’ve never had a similar experience at this particular theater so it seemed...weird.

Not that I necessarily disagree with you, but at my theater, the loud sounds were LOUD. My seat was shaking for a good portion of the film. I felt it was ultimately well paired with the film, but I can also see why some people wouldn’t enjoy it.

This is crazy awful.

Honestly the Olivia Munn headline is...mildly horrifying? I get that she can afford it, and that she would’ve done it either way, but they obviously didn’t have an agreement beforehand that she was going to pay for all of that, so this strikes me as a nasty move by the producer. No matter your workplace, expenses…

God that’s so sweet.

Also noticed the trend of anyone with a theme wedding (not like “endless love,” but like pirate or Halloween themes) getting demoted. Also fat brides inevitably got a lower dress score because “it didn’t really work for her.”

Chris Sebela, a prolific comics writer, wrote an autobiographical book about his experience living here for 30 days, called I Lived in a Clown Motel. It’s worth checking out.