I mean 1980s Cairo looks NOTHING like how they depicted in that movie. No matter what time frame or what city Hollywood MUST depict the ME as a dirt filled village with the oblivious kids playing barefoot in the street, devoid of any modern technology or amenities. I’m over it. 

Seconded. This movie was a flaming pile of dogshit, not the fault of any of the actors but I blame complete SHIT writing.

Okay, I didn’t think Elliot could get MORE attractive but here we are. Guh. Did he always have that jawline??!

Some more context on her time in that office, from the AP:

So how’s high the chances of her being another Tara Reade style sociopath?

I keep having to explain this to my mom.  The vast majority of the spoken lines on the show are scripted....unless it came from some sort of televised interview or something.  The writers have NO IDEA what was said in private conversations between people.

Right?! They were so obviously in love, and really if she was conventionally beautiful and Diana not, theirs would be the romantic story of love overcoming duty. I feel sorry for them, and a bit annoyed at how everyone is eager to rip Charles apart for doing exactly what probably anyone would do in his situation...

I am watching The Crown, because I am bored and out of shows to stream. I’m on season 3, and although I am mostly enjoying it, I am also very conflicted. I am watching a dramatization of real people, most of whom are still around. Much of what I have seen so far is not flattering, and although based on real events is…

I mean, they’re clearly trying to dodge some things. No one’s talked in these episodes about Mountbatten being a pedophile, so there’s that!

Disparaging her looks reminds me of the people who disparage Hillary Clinton’s looks. I don’t think anyone’s worth should be measured that way, but also? It’s just not true. I’m also totally baffled by accounts of Diana’s beauty. I’ve never seen it. I get that these arbitrary aesthetic judgments have more to do with…

I remember Camilla the Gorilla headlines.

As voraciously as I devour the show, it’s also occurred to me that someone fictionalizing your life and airing it for the world to see when the world is really, really bad at differentiating truth from poetic license (or even outright disinformation)...that could be very disturbing to the subject.

Yeah, it was those references to Camilla’s looks that got me on her side. It was all just so gross and depressing to see how superficial it all was.

Charles ended up being a faithful philanderer. 

As the mother of a 16 year old girl and a former 16 year old girl myself, asking for dino nuggets seems kind of on brand. Who among us didn’t go to a fancy dinner for prom and then drive through Mcdonald’s later? Bringing up the cancelling of 16 year old acting spoiled and gagging over snails in a video made for other…

Yes, both should be covered obviously (as should all conception methods when either party is unable to conceive naturally for any reason), it just seemed like a weird aside that had nothing to do with the story. 

They’re bad news because they allowed this woman to find out that she’d been lied to and violated by the doctor?

I’m not really sure what this has to do with access to abortion? Was that mentioned anywhere in the story? Was there someone saying this is fine but abortion is evil (I can’t read the paywalled article)? Yes, abortion should be affordable and easy to access, of course, I just don’t see what it has to do with this…

I personally think Barbie and the Rockers—circa the mid-80s, complete with over-the-top looks and pastels—IS timeless :)

“Perhaps there is some kind of breathable plastic that I am as of yet unfamiliar with”