My thoughts exactly–they should rewrite it as Bubbie Rose.

Coming from mechanical, so I jumped! So psyched!!!

Coming from mechanical, so I jumped! So psyched!!!

I bought this when my old Oral B finally died–it’s great! Best feature (which they have on others) is the 2 minute timer... this one even rates the quality of your brushing with a star system.

I bought this when my old Oral B finally died–it’s great! Best feature (which they have on others) is the 2 minute…

Also in major cities, and Los Angeles in particular, there are local formal wear rental places with great options (awards season–hello!) and the benefit of local try on and alterations. I’m almost positive a dear friend went here: http://www.onenightaffair.com

Great advice. Per Eckhardt Tolle, Buddhism, and the like– “You are not your mind.” So when her mind is saying mean things, my friend Karen tries to put it in perspective and will say back “Thank you for sharing...” to try reframe.

No, but if memory serves they did a follow-up show with Amanda Peet and a scientist who very intelligently debunked the anti-vaxers; I saw it. Sadly it didn’t get as much attention in the mainstream press.

Yes. She’s grown over the course of her very long, very public career which took off when she was quite young. She herself talks about having a revelation during a show with neo-Nazis about renouncing those kinds of tabloid, exploitive topics in favor of more elevated fare.

“Your input is not revelatory, so just listen.”–wow, great attitude to have in a discussion.

You’re 100% right. It’s name recognition only. No, she didn’t “open” Avatar, etc. But she’s enough of a name that her recognizability helps guarantee a certain amount of interest, press, commercial legitimacy, clicks, downloads etc. to mitigate the financial risk of the film.

I get the point. I get why she decided to do this for herself. But she chose artistic means with which to express her emotional experience and then published it, thus judging it on its artistic merits is fair game. As art, it made me neither feel nor think anything. If I hadn’t read the 500 word accompanying article I…

I’m a Wes alum too and I somewhat agree with you, though I’d put it differently. It comes off as ridiculous because as art the execution is just terrible. And it makes looking at the pieces painful, and not in the good “art made me uncomfortable” way but in the “oh dear, your friends must love you too much to tell you…

It’s fun to have a little fun, but it did make me think of her as a much more manufactured, bullshit star vs. someone with actual talent. No biggie.

Exactly the same. And she was just as good–knew precious little about her other than Jezebel snark about her being carried like a baby. She was terrific–funny, capable, game, good sport with amazing voice.

Great spot! Way to go Shonda, actresses & Tony Goldwyn. Love me some Bernie, but Trump as presumptive nominee is far too terrifying to go with a Bernie & his expensive, tax-raising plans. Hilary is the only choice. Oh, and she’s also terrific.

Great series! I’m a film geek and I’ve seen a bunch of these and there’s a bunch I’ve never seen. Some recommendations:

KK wasn’t slut-shamed, she was attention-whored. There’s a difference.

Got it. Actually, it never occurred to me that the difficulty of getting in the secretary door was comparable to getting into a top school, so thanks to your Mom. That said, I also think the point of the current stats go beyond executive/secretary and that overall, more marriages crossed socioeconomic boundaries,…

I hear you (& your mom), but I think the point isn’t that the women then were less capable, amazing, & ambitious. Rather the point is that the women in the secretarial pool were from more varied economic backgrounds then are the pool of professional peers. To get in the door, they didn’t have to have a college degree,…

Interestingly, money-minded marriage decisions are leading to rising inequality. As the earning power of educated women increases, the ability for “marrying up” decreases. Of course, money has always been a part of marriage has historically been an economic contract... Still I found this interesting.

Great list. For less personal situations, I LOVE Craig Ferguson’s list and using it has helped me avoid unnecessary conflict: