Alias Grace, Stranger Things 2, Dr. Blake Mysteries.

OH MY GOD I LOVED IT. I binged the entire series last night. Thoughts:

Yay for hopeful news! I’m glad you’re feeling okay and that you made it here. I hope this helps!

Your costume is amazing! Pupper is a very good dog. That one dude can die in a fire.

Woohoo! That’s amazing! I haven’t had a mammogram yet (still in my late 20s), but I really really hate getting Pap smears, so I have a tradition—the Pap burger. Any time I have to get a Pap or other pelvic exam, afterwards I get a bacon cheeseburger. It’s pretty much the only time I get a bacon cheeseburger, and I’m…

My week was good! I got to go to the Lore live show when Aaron Mahnke was in my city—got an autograph and a photo; well worth skipping class for.

I love this! I went to two Christmas markets today: one at the Czech Republic embassy, and one at the Slovakian embassy. I bought several Christmas ornaments (still need to order a tabletop tree—I live in a studio), and drank mulled wine and ate soup. As for what I want, I think I’ll ask for something that makes…

THIS IS A VERY GOOD DOG. 14/10, WOULD SNUG.

What up, everybody? It is cold and rainy here, but I am snuggled up with scented candles, The Big Family Cooking Showdown (highly recommended if you like Bake Off), and some Slovakian mead I purchased at a Christmas market today.

Speaking of the Snow Ball, my nephew who’s in first grade had a school dance this week, and he asked his mom to please do his hair “like Steve’s hair” because 1) Steve has amazing hair, and 2) my sister will let her kids watch pretty much anything.

I mean, especially for the sort of men who feel entitled to tell women what to do, and especially when those men are white, the perception of Black masculinity as inherently sexually threatening to white men (because of its power to destroy their property, white womanhood) is too deeply-rooted to ignore.

Erica is amazing. I love that even though her brother is older, taller, and undoubtedly stronger than her, she manages to maintain the upper hand—and gets to put as much syrup on her pancakes as she wants, no matter what mom says.

I’d like a remake of The Cosby Show with Lucas’s parents. I feel like it would be amazing.

I would like more Mr. Clarke in season 3, please and thank you.

I dispute the statement that Lucas’s dad is hen-pecked. His remark that “Your mother’s never wrong” wasn’t a meek statement of deference; rather, it was a warm, joking acknowledgment that when you are trying to make amends with someone, that isn’t the time to point out their fuck-ups. Of all the characters, I think…

I think that’s such an important point. She isn’t necessarily lying to him, but she knows—as Mary taught her—that men aren’t creatures to be trusted, and every action she takes in front of him must necessarily be calculated.

Bingo. My sister texted me last week to say that she never thought she’d have to say “No licking people’s bums!” to her kids (3 & 5). Kids are just weird, stupid, tiny dirtbags sometimes. We just try to make sure they don’t cause too much harm and learn to be less dirtbag-y.

No, it’s not a witch hunt—because the men we’re dragging to filth have actually fucked up. This kind of statement? It’s a Grade-A, premium fuck-up. It is a “doing a shot of Malort in front of your boss” fuck up. And frankly, saying things like this? Blaming women? It makes you a scumbag. So no, I’m not going to give…

Same! I just finished it, and it is incredible.

I literally have the link saved in my bookmarks just in case a raccoon-related story comes up so I can post it in the comments.