I don’t know if I fully understand the causality they’re implying- like, WHY are mixed gender friendships more distracting? From my own high school experience, I feel like nerdy nerds (hiya) weren’t confident enough to talk to the opposite gender and had same-sex friendships, and also high grades...because they were…

I like her, she seems really clever and was always keen to not come off as ‘just’ a model and show her personality. Really not enjoying this snarky article about a young woman using her position and privilege to highlight the problem of sexual harassment in the modeling industry.

Bobby, I love you forever for the In The Loop reference. Fuckity-bye.

In response to people who’ve mentioned keeping their calm pets snuggled up in a blanket on their laps, and how no one noticed: if I were a seatmate, I’d notice. Because I’d be sneezing, wheezing, and covered in gigantic hives. A lot of people have pet allergies, and airlines don’t keep tally of who can’t sit next to…

Why so much whiskey everywhere? It has its merits sometimes, but gin and rum and vodka are so much more versatile and less likely to make me heave.

I agree that she’s a cut above a lot of the rest- I guess I personally have a lot of friends who try and demand my respect for Taylor, as if she’s uniquely talented, just because she writes more than Rihanna or Katy Perry. I find that attitude insulting to all of the other female musicians in the world who have been…

See, this is where I differ from Taylor’s fans. She writes her own songs, fairly poorly, she sings in a thin reedy voice, and she’s attained a basic level of musicianship. Her fans are free to love her, but I hate it when ‘but she does it all herself!’ gets trotted out as a reason I should be impressed, even if I…

Best gelato in Rome: La Romana. They have a few locations, including near Barberini (where the Trevi fountain is, but it’s closed for repairs) and Piramide stations. It’s where the locals go- incredible flavours, cheap prices, all in the cutest little village-style shops.

The Forum isn’t free to walk through, but you can see lots of it from the surrounding streets. It’s worth the few euros to actually go in if you’re a big fan of architecture- ditto for the Ostia Antica, only 20ish minutes away by metro.

Really hope the headline is a Radiohead reference.

Using the UK usage of pants makes your story a lot dirtier.

Weed makes interesting people sooooo boring. As someone who’s neither a heavy drinker nor a weed smoker for health reasons, I don’t mind hanging out with most of my friends when they’re drinking- they’re silly and hilarious and boisterous. Weed just kills any party energy instantly.

But GSAW doesn’t really shed light on the reality of Atticus Finch...because Harper Lee decline to publish it for decades and decades. The whole thing is dodgy as fuck. It’s not comparable to JK Rowling announcing that Dumbledore is gay and everyone freaking out- in that case, the author clearly, lucidly announced the…

Despite being a fairly petite lady, my Polish genetics mean that I can get away with drinking pretty much as much as I want. I never throw up, I never get memory blanks, and most importantly it never clouds my rational thinking. I’ll get stumbly and dizzy and lose coordination like everyone else- but my brain stays…

I think this is a stealthier tactic. By fighting for this law, pro-lifers know they’ll make pro-choicers fight back. Then, they can go around saying that the liberal abortionist scum are scared that all the women who regret their abortions (and they all do!) will try and reverse them, so they must be kept in the dark…

Autoplay ad? Why? :-(

I mean, she’s a hell of a lot more relevant than Madonna...

Let’s not forget, ‘cheeky’ length shorts look ‘whore’-length on tall girls, because we just got more leg to show. The amount of humiliation I underwent in high school every time I wore shorts or a skirt, despite there being a good 5” between hem and bum, just because I’m nearly 6 foot...

Pretty girls and their maritime forces are soooo distracting

That can’t quite be true, because I remember buying Kinder Eggs at my local Polish grocery store in the Midwest throughout my childhood, e.g. late 90s. Then they disappeared and I heard they’d been banned.