That book disturbed me so much as a small child.

“thus far no angry rat king”

That was my immediate thought.

Thank you!

#JusticeForRock

Gigi looks like a total bitch and I was wary when she first stepped into the workroom but she’s actually turned out (so far) to be nice, and both willing and able to act a fool, which many look queens struggle with. Jackie is still my personal favorite so far but I’m rooting for Gigi, too.

I don’t want to speculate on anyone else’s financial or housing situations, especially during what is turning out to be an economic crisis for many Americans. Personal desperation may have fueled the writer’s comments for all I know, which isn’t good journalism, but this is Dirt Bag. Fwiw, I’m a renter who will never…

That sounds like such a fascinating study. I would read the hell out of that papter.

The indoor merry-go-round thing in the top image looks like it would break the first time a kid tried to play with it.

If you look at the history of rent from a broader historical lens, there have been times when the landlord basically owned his tenants. And there have been times when, while starvation-level poverty was rampant, keeping a roof over your head took a far smaller wedge of a poor person’s wages than it does now. I don’t…

I think the problem most people have isn’t with “the mere mention of a Marxist analysis on the subject,” it’s with calling out individuals like this for merely participating in the capitalist system, when Bell and Shepard are not the villains here and in fact trying to be good landlords. And that Dirt Bag, where most…

I really wanted to like Aiden, I have a thing for underdogs, but the producers are being SO obviously heavy-handed keeping her in this thing and I don’t understand why at this point. She’s out of her league. I also get this Derrick Barry kind of wounded defensiveness from her, but the difference is that, while Derrick…

Sorry, Caity Weaver did this article six years ago:

I feel like Crystal and Aiden both got passes this episode? Crying on the runway often leads to gentler judging, but even still. I didn’t think either bottom contestant improved any worse than those two, and their runways were arguably more polished.

THANK YOU

This was exactly my question as well. What do they pick and choose from the cutting-room floor, and how does that change the ultimate narrative arc of the season?

Rock keeps pleasantly surprising me and there’s something about her vulnerability yet ability to keep bouncing back I find really appealing. I contrast that with Crystal, who I just don’t get that vibe from at all, though after watching Untucked I guess the other queens do?

Fuck, I miss Shade Court.

What did you decide?

I said over on AV Club, that this shows the logistical limits of cancel culture in realtime. It’s a fascinating quandary from that perspective. What do viewers expect of WoW/VH1 vs costs vs the logistical realities of time constraints and a limited amount of footage to work with. I was grumpy as a viewer to have the…