Thanks! I think I’d probably enjoy writing it more than I enjoy my job lol 

Definitely not the same woman then. I’m telling you, they’re everywhere ;)

I adored this series and Claudia was my favourite too, along with Stacey. I was a rebellious kid but also a huge nerd, so I had issues with authority but I expressed them by shoplifting BSC books from the local bookstore lol, and sneaking ‘grown-up’ novels out of the library (which I would always return!) because I…

Ha! Maybe we do know the same woman. Where do you live? 

Lol maybe. Or maybe there’s just a lot of them out there?

No, not a conspiracy. I don’t believe in them. But I think Greece’s reputation for corruption, incompetence and mismanagement of public funds predates the current crisis and in fact probably contributed to that crisis too, it wasn’t just external factors. I mean, it’s ranked number 67 on Transparency International’s CP…

No. If they were actually cool this sneaker would have come out 4 years ago. Fuck, even Everlane has an old lady normcore sneaker. Balenciaga started it with their massive tourist dad sneakers and bedazzled crocs. And it was a fun fashion normcore troll but the people fell for it in earnest and it became a real trend…

Interesting.

Yeah, first time I went to Greece was in the mid-90s, and you could see the differences with western Europe back then too. I also lived in Europe for 15+ years and went practically everywhere and trust me, this isn’t a new problem. Italy has similar issues. Some of it can be linked to economic issues, but it goes…

I think there’s a direct link too but I don’t think it’s the only one. Thrown in are also our current obsessions with identity/labelling/belonging or, as a commenter said in response to me, modern-day tribalism.

I think there’s a direct link too but I don’t think it’s the only one. Thrown in are also our current obsessions with identity/labelling/belonging or, as a commenter said in response to me, modern-day tribalism. 

I don’t even know which one is Gigi and which one is the other Hamid sister but who cares if she works her ass off or not, if she’s rich or not, if you’ve ever been to the Greek islands (and parts of the mainland) it’s pretty obvious their infrastructure kind of sucks and is pretty lacking in many respects. Like, how…

You forgot to add, consumer culture and the obligatory accoutrement to go with your identifier and hashtag. Off to Etsy for cutesy matching t-shirts for the whole family, etc.

Or his take on what happened. Either way, highly subjective. Not to mention, the movie is fiction even if it involves a story and people that really exist(ed). 

Oh I don’t doubt men do it too. That’s why I said I think women are more likely, not that men don’t do it at all. 

I’ve noticed that when it comes to social media, women seem to feel the need to label and categorise themselves, at least more than I’ve seen men do it. Not just mothers, but groups of women friends too, whether it’s hashtags around brunch and rosé and their “squad” and the like, and I know several friends who came up…

Yes I know, that’s why I qualified it as awful plastic surgery. I’m not counting the good work.

Yeah it’s true 

Lol well yeah, Jocelyn Wildebeast makes even the Real Housewives look like all-natural crunchy granola types. 

But why would you get to keep your advance if you’re the one pulling out from a project? It’s one thing if they pull the plug on the book and don’t let you keep the money but if you’re the one quitting, it makes sense to me to give back the advance.