The more things change, the more they stay the same. Back in the day, I was acquainted with quite a few couples who proclaimed they had open relationships\marriages. The dramas surrounding these people were epic and tiring all at once. Especially amusing was how often it was the man who wanted to live the alternative…

I hate that so much, that the “third” person (generally female) is the one who gets screwed over - that your pleasure would be inconsequential to them getting their kicks and sorting out their mutual issues. If it were truly about bucking social norms and offering emancipatory, egalitarian ways of loving, it would be…

Or they only remember that Gatsby was rich and forgot everything else about the plot.

Definitely.

So they love a story about a drunk who pines for a morally corrupt woman obsessed with material possessions. Bets on how often they whine that they’ve attracted exactly that?

If you meet a vegan poly that does Crossfit, what do they tell you about first?

Or they THINK they are Poly, because thy think they’ll have unlimited options all the time. 

Okcupid taught me that too many men haven’t bothered to read a book since high school. They all seem to pick the Great Gatsby as their favorite book.

Q: How do know if someone is in a poly relationship?

You’re not old enough, I suspect, to understand just how important the endorsement of high profile people and institutions were to advancing civil rights, reproductive rights, etc.

I have actually heard a dude complain that if only Megan Fox were blonde, she’d “be much hotter”. If they can’t get past a woman who is by all objective current beauty standards the ideal having brown hair, they are never gonna change.

I have no idea! When I bleached my hair out random men would stop me in the grocery store and tell me how beautiful I was and how lovely my hair was. It was ratty as Hell from all the treatments lol. It wasn’t really even nice blonde hair.

the carpets, haunted by trillions of dead sperm

I think it works that way for celebrities too. People who became famous anytime before at 35 are a complete mess. ESPECIALLY ones who became famous young-young. But people who became rich and famous much later tend to be grateful for it and SO much nicer. Just my observation from being here in LA and the news.

I think late bloomers do better. They are thankful for the way they turned out in a way that Beautiful People never are, and they have been encouraged to develop other good qualities instead of just being Beautiful.

Yeah, she was joking about that. That’s a teenage photo for sure. Maybe even early teen.

But...the challenge is “awkward” not “ugly.” I’d argue that Reese photo qualifies as awkward.

Given that every single celebrity in Hollywood claims to have been a victim of bullying, I think late bloomers do better. People who ‘peak’ early in terms of being attractive and popular, etc. would be living with regrets and wishing for the past.

Deborah Ann Woll’s transformation is also pretty stunning.

I found Seacrest and Oliver’s totally endearing. John Oliver I’d expect, but Seacrest, I found Seacrest endearing!