This is one of my big problems with pretty much all religions. The built-in logic of belonging to a religion is that yours is the best and usually the only true form of faith and by extension lifestyle. I think modern, tolerant and accepting forms of Christianity can end up itself into knots trying to be humble and…

“You: unworthy, though becoming less so daily.”

I thought some of the tweed pieces were lovely and sharp looking. But yeah, you can tell this was created by a team, and in all likelihood one that wasn’t functioning terribly well. Nothing sits well with anything else. Shows you just how little technique counts for without personality and vision.

Exactely. I have no expectations of every being really wealthy- I don’t want a bigger house or an expensive car or designer clothes. My current aspirations extend to fixing up our bog standard 3-bed to keep up with our local market and maybe one day have a smartphone. In a few years I’d like to take that trip to DC my…

Oh absolutely. My parents were upwardly-mobile working class and me and my sister were the first generation to go to university; they were very supportive but they also had only a limited idea of what a degree would mean and how it would impact our working lives. They never bothered us with extracurriculars either,…

History graduates in the house! Woop woop!
I love learning, if I could have stomached the realities of modern academia I never would have left school, but in retrospect taking a history degree and writing excellent essays instead of taking geography and compiling graphs and computer models was a major mistake that led…

My husband suggested I apply to work in our local library, with an unrelated degree and no experience “Because you’re smart and good at organizing.” He would not believe that these days you actually need a degree in library studies/sciences to do that until I showed him the figures for degrees awarded verses positions…

“It doesn’t matter what degree you take!” They told me in 2005. “Actually a humanity degree is better in a lot of ways because you can work in so many different fields!” “Degree holders make on average 40% more over their working career!” They said.

For me the difference is that we can only criticize her mistake- which was in all likelihood made out of a moment of carelessness rather than through deliberate negligence- in retrospect. The boy acted out of malice and knew he was doing something wrong, and that intent was necessary to render her actions at all…

I can’t agree with this. Maybe if it was 6 year-olds she was teaching, but teenagers are old enough to know damn well that you shouldn’t be using another person’s phone without their consent. Allowing them to use it in the past under her supervision and with her explicit permission does not make it a classroom tool to…

She may also be thinking that if she can deal with him now later on when she has her pick of directors she can tell him to go fuck himself. I didn’t actually realize until I looked at her Wiki entry how few “serious” roles she’s done without him- maybe this is her “paying her dues.”

Maybe I’m feeling cranky this afternoon, but I don’t think either one of them is fit to follow in the great Julie’s footsteps.

It is rather high! The US consistently has the one of the highest unintended pregnancy rates in the developed world. This is also the case for teenage pregnancies.

It’s worth shopping around- prices on a 30 minute mini-facial where I live vary from $30 to $65, and frankly I don’t know what they can do to you in 30 minutes that could be worth doubling the price! It’s been lean times for me recently but once things level out again I really want to get back to my $30 place.

I have combination skin and I’ve found it much easier to just use two cleansers. In the winter when my skin is dry and sensitive I use First Aid Beauty’s cleanser with antioxidants, and in the summer I use CeraVe’s foaming facial cleanser. Right now I have both in the shower because the weather is swinging wildly back…

Oh man, I have deep, large blackheads on my nose and partway down my cheeks, and the only thing that works for me are monthly facials (by which I mean a standard steam and extraction- the other stuff is nice but doesn’t help the blackheads). Which sucks, because I can’t afford them.

Oooh, oooh, here’s a good one: college majors or choice of school. Not permanent, per se, but certainly really formative and often troublesome to correct later. People are always ranting about how millennials will regret taking degrees in Interpretive Instagram etc. so why not just have a old white man decide for you?…

Yep, it’s called Munchausen’s by Proxy, apparently. That was what I thought too.

I’m wondering if it’s possible she was acting out of some sort of wish-fulfillment. If she does turn out to have had a history of suicidal thoughts it’s possible that she was acting vicariously through Conrad. Or it could be a sort of Munchausen’s by Proxy situation, where she was anticipating the attention she would…

Gwen looks amazing.