Some of those words might even have been adjectives! What's a girl to do?

And are any of your cousins married to a vegetarian watchmaker?

Shit, now I'm crying. Your granddad sounds like a lovely man.

It's unfortunate, because there's plenty of popular non-fiction that does excellent work—Erik Larsen, for instance, does great work, or Mary Roach (Stiff is an eternal favorite).

Luckily for us, she's giving a delightful performance in Feud as Bette Davis' daughter.

This explains why my roommate wants to see this.

Between this and the singing, he's really having a banner season, IMO.

Yeah, it feels like there's definitely a point to be made about however prepared Hannah might be to raise a baby, she has no fucking clue how to raise a child whose ethnicity will differ from her own—the problem is they didn't make that point.

To be fair, the actress who played Athena does speak AAVE in real life—she is a real person, and that headband is her trademark IRL too.

I can see it. Yeah, I would prefer greater depth and characterization, but the actress is a friend of mine and I want good things for her. Especially things that pay money.

I get the second part of the logic, but I don't buy the comparison; there are anti-semitic slurs that might bear that scrutiny, but not that one.

Foothills is your local brewery? Are you from North Carolina, by any chance?

Seriously, y'all, Get Out is so good! It strikes such a deft balance between comedy, commentary, and solid scares. I really want to see more movies from Jordan Peele, and it's cemented Bradley Whitford as fucking terrifying.

I got a birthday card like that once. It said: "Where's the party at?" "You can't end a sentence with a preposition!" "Fine. Where's the party at, bitch?"

Same. I was surprised by how much I enjoyed Birdman, especially since I'm not generally a fan of the whole "extended take" conceit.

Yes, please!

Homegoing is such a good book! I started reading it about a month ago, and ultimately binged through the last half one night. It's fierce and layered and oh, so good.

I need to watch that still! I rented it on iTunes, but I haven't actually watched it yet.

I feel the same way sometimes. I loved "In Cold Blood", by the way; it's such a chilly, atmospheric sort of book.

Nice! I'm listening to Norse Mythology right now; for physical books, I'm working on Lovecraft Country, which I've wanted to read ever since they reviewed it on this site about a year ago.