It wasn’t realistic, but at least Carrie Bradshaw had a job. Although, I guess a waste of space trust fund kid having her own apartment despite not working is fairly realistic as well.

More than the apartments, I’m more annoyed by the “quirky female character who eats a lot of greasy, fatty food but maintains perfect skin and stays slim” trope. She’s not shallow like those salad eating bitches, she just LOOKS like them.

I feel like I could pour a gallon of scotch (he looks like a scotch drinker) down that mans throat and the only thing he would say is “don’t be alone with Dick Cheney” and give me one of those seriously looks where you don’t know all the details but you know The Truth.

Honey, Powell needs to change his name to LeVar Burton because he is reading the rainbow.

The reveal that Colin Powell is the go-to person for hot gos in DC might be my favorite news item of the week.

That rape sequence was pure male fantasy, that she's just resisting because she feels like she has to in order to be chaste and therefore desirable. But if she gets a taste of what my Very Special Dick can do, she'll love it and beg for more, so I'm just going to keep ignoring her resistance. Fuck you, Spike.

I think about this movie often, how good it was as I watched it (same age as “Nola” character when it was released) and how Nola was just living her own best life until it was (inevitably) fucked up by the rape scene and awful conclusion. She’s gotta get what’s coming to her is more like it. Bummed me out then & still…

Counterpoint: Victoria did not enjoy pregnancy, childbirth, or children, but all the evidence we have suggests she LOVED sex, or at any rate sex with Albert. Also, her marriage with Albert was more the hobby-horse of her uncle Leopold, than her mother. Her other uncle, King William, actually didn’t want her to marry a…

I mean, fat wasn’t as big a deal back then, either. I’m pretty sure we’re at peak anti-fatness right now.

I’ll have you know, historically everyone actually was categorized as either good, bad, or ugly.

I side-eyed Reign for half a season, then completely gave in to it’s soap-opera-in-fancy-dress-with-cute-boys-and-good-music splendor. Bring on the beautiful inaccuracies!

Sorry, I’m just down here for the Doctor Who references (Bonus points for a plausible fanfic of why Clara is impersonating Queen Victoria)

I learned everything I know about American history from the thousands of westerns my dad used to watch.

He writes for The Spectator. I don’t think he knows how to enjoy anything.

As long as it explains about Victoria becoming a werewolf.

The whole shoot is stunning, I’m glad they found a photographer worthy of her. Lots of colors, so different from what Vogue usually puts out. And of course, Lupita is still one of the most well-spoken and intelligent actresses out there. Were everyone in the business so cognizant and committed to making both…

Thanks for talking about it, Lupita. You probably don’t want to be the poster girl for dark skin, you probably just want to be a kick-ass actor.

Sure, 2-3 years maybe if she was moderately talented or untalented and playing only romantic leads. Neither are true. BUT I wish Hollywood *would* give her a fucking romantic lead once in a while!!!!