I need this to be an episode of the “Cults” podcast.

“I’m a fellow actress like yourself. Dost thou like the taste of cheese?”

That’s a great point. At its best, good art is both a window and a mirror: it reveals something to you about yourself (the mirror) and gives you a glimpse into a world different from your own (the window). Some things fall more on the mirror end of the continuum, others on the window, but ideally it does both things.

I mean, I loved Lady Bird in part because it felt a bit like wish fulfillment. I’m Black, and my mom worked 2-3 jobs when I was a teenager; she’d raised me and my sister by herself since I was 6. We had a hard relationship when I was a teen in large part because I felt like I couldn’t have the kind of selfish blow-ups…

That’s a fair point. If I were 68...well, I would be physically incapable of having kids, because the baby factory shuts down well before that point in women, but I see the point of being concerned you’ll probably die/no longer be lucid by the time your kid is about to graduate from college. On the other hand, I have…

Tupperware is at least an actual good product, but I would only go to a Tupperware party if it were the one hosted by the drag queen Dixie Longate, because she seems fun.

Here’s hoping it all goes well for you!

That’s what my mom said! Army hospital, Germany, 1980s: nurses made you walk to the end of the hallway after delivery before you got to sleep. I’m not sure why. It sounded hellish, though.

I read the book and haven’t seen the movie. It’s ostensibly about these girls, but really, it’s a wankfest for the boys who obsess over them. It simultaneously casts them as the ostensible center of the story without us ever getting to hear their voices.

My sister once put the webcam on her first baby while we were Skyping and went to pee. He was in his tiny cot and everything, but I was SO FREAKED OUT because bitch I’m literally across an ocean; what do you think I can do if something actually goes wrong with the baby?

Ooh, damn! This is officially going on the Post-Graduation Reading List!

I loved her in Drop Dead Gorgeous, AKA the ultimate slumber party film.

You have totally inspired me to read this book! At least, once finals are over.

Yes, but that would have involved admitting he didn’t know enough about Latin in the first place to need a translator.

I’m not crying, YOU’RE crying!

That’s a fair point. It’s worth bringing all of this up to my doctor.

Thank you for this. I really appreciate how kind and helpful everyone here is being about helping me figure this out.

That makes a lot of sense. I do typically level out at some point; I think reminding myself of that will help.

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing! I’m on Lexapro, 10 mg a day.