Was waiting for the cracks about Meghan’s inability to comment on working folks given her own non-existent work history and am not disappointed!

He spent quite a bit of time in my city while working on The Son and I never once heard anything negative about him, only that people who ran into him while he was out and about getting the “Austin experience” reported how delightful he was. When people come here and/or live here and are dicks, we know (Lance…

Should have been yellow at the very least. He got the same for pulling the exact same move on Dani Alves in the final last year. Only difference is Dani’s easily as tough as Ramos if not tougher, and he’s used to Ramos’s bullshit from his three years as his teammate at Sevilla and eight years as his opponent at…

That’s exactly what I’m talking about with erasure, though. We have to start looking at history beyond just the European lens. There weren’t any European style buildings prior to the 1500s, when the Spanish arrived, but there were massive mound structures that in some cases predate Newgrange in Ireland, Stonehenge,…

Yeah, I can’t see any of the Hills supporting Trump. Especially not Peggy, she loathed Cotton Hill and Trump is just as much of a hateful bigot as he was.

Whereas I think as an American we’re still in such awe of it, because, you know, we really grew up in a country that’s only been around really, technically, since 1776. It pales in comparison with the rich, deep history that England has to offer. So for me, in my own world living in England, I’m still fascinated by…

Oh there are more. Remember the actress who was Rayanne on My So-Called Life? She’s a British countess now too.

I didn’t know it was the FA Cup Final day either, but I stopped paying attention once my team wasn’t in it anymore.

It is a pretty popular thing in Texas, admittedly, but we have a legitimate claim: General Zaragoza was a Tejano from near Goliad. We also know the difference between Cinco de Mayo and Diez Y Seis, and have festivals for both.

The woman in the photo probably has a hairnet under the snood to hold the wispies in. My grandmother always wore her hair in a huge bun, and she always put a net on it to hold it all in place. When I say hairnet I’m not meaning the big visible kinds like you see food service workers use to keep their hair out of the…

I saw some of this unfolding on Twitter over the weekend and knew something pretty big had gone horribly wrong. I wasn’t up on the whole background though, so thanks, this is a great summary.

Huge eyes watching you out of the trees is kinda creepy. I’d probably avoid it.

This is fucking FANTASTIC, Anna. Thank you for highlighting the local Native artisans especially. I’ve never been to Santa Fe or even to New Mexico but if I do, I will definitely visit the local people and buy from them, not from the tourist guide shops.

I always just use the default yellow ones (I call them “Simpson emojis”). Easily sidesteps any such issues of whether I’m using the right color or not.

Ooh, this is a good comparison. Just about anything any of these indistinguishable blonde pop wannabes does to try to push the envelope is something Madonna already did 30 years ago.

Thanks, this is the type of explanation I was looking for. I’m from Texas and my childhood parish was actually named not just for Mary but for the specific Guadalupe incarnation. Because of that I’m aware I don’t have a big enough outside frame of reference, ie. what just seems “normal Catholic stuff” to me might not…

My personal fave was Manic Panic Shakira.

I’m really not masochistic enough to watch the whole thing, but is this really a ripoff of Latinx culture? Lots of people in the world are Catholic. Possibly even Iggy, her real last name (I hate that I know this) is Kelly, after all.

Oh, this wasn’t in America? Ah, I just assumed it was because of the rest of the post. Even so, I suppose there’s inbreds everywhere who hate the advantages of diversifying their gene pool.

“Rex” is king, the other word is trickier because it has several meanings. Could be blue, could be green, could refer to a body of water such as a river. Derives from caelus/caelum, sky or heaven.