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CUT THEM EYES AT ME AGIN! (Also: DID YOU WALL THEM EYES AT ME?!) and “SET IT DOWN!”

also the mad rush to find the One Toy that the Child Must Have in order to sit like a Normal Person in the back seat and not turn into the Tasmanian Devil.

This is the first and only time I can ever say I look forward to receiving my issue of Parents Magazine (that my mother bought for me as a “gift” (read:not-so-subtle commentary on my lack of parenting skills).

Nah. Too close an association to Claire Huxtable, I’d think.

Ashleigh?

I think that holds true for women who don’t suffer from the hallmarks of aging — thickening/loss of waist, hair loss, spots, and wrinkles. And if you were fat to begin with (as I was), you can forget it. I’m basically seen as a smartly dressed mammy type now, and it hurts, man.

YES. I saw that and immediately thought, “Oh. Athleisure for rich instagram model types. Nope.”

I was really, REALLY glad to see that too. I’m struggling — more than I ever thought I would — with the loss of beauty and presence as I age, and it was a comfort to see this.

I find it telling and completely ridiculous nobody asks for the Gina Torres.. .

Because different people derive pleasure and self-satisfaction from different things.

“I’M NOT READY FOR A NEW ONE!”

Tina Turner...

Oh, but it’s “Just hair”, right? Let me guess, “management would have Had A Chat with anyone with their hair in braids”?

Hey now, let’s leave the lemon cream pie out of this.

I was hoping it was that pineapple cream cheese, like maybe he didn’t grow up with bagels so he doesn’t really like them, and pineapple cream cheese with banana sounds like it might work?

Yaaaasssss. I was just coming to recommend this.

I would very much like to subscribe to your travel tips page, please. This is very relevant to my interests.

Whatever this is, I love it.

So is anyone else watching Underground? I need someone to talk about this show with (other topics may include Aldis Hodge, Chris Meloni, and the depictions of black and white femininity on the show )