It was just one more thing that made me like him. He knew he was bland. He liked being bland. He just wanted to live in his cold dark castle with his cold dark wife. 

In the early books, I was so drawn to the mothers... the idea that some of them were watching these opportunities open up for their daughters’ generation that they could never have dreamed of... and their different reactions were so fascinating. Elena’s mother protesting and then caving, every time. Lila’s mother…

This comment section is likely to be full of women reminiscing about friend-break-ups that were sudden, the ones that withered slowly and quietly, and the ones with all sorts of drama in between.

This just makes me realize how rarely (never?)I hear about a woman of color in the same sentence as “current top-model”... It’s Kendall and the Hadids. Are they out there and I’m just not reading on the right sites?

It’s 100% this. It’s drawing the line between good and bad, and making sure you are on the good side. And when other people decide they should have a say in where the line is, wittle baby Tuck Tuck gets angwy. 

Someone once told me that since 60+% of life is waiting in lines, when evaluating a relationship, one should ask “Do I enjoy waiting in line with this person? Is waiting in line with them better than without?” If Bendall went to Best Buy, this really is true love. 

Isn’t a 1560 no longer that great of a score?

I wish I were surprised to read that Melanie Bevan became chief of this department in 2016, the first woman to hold the post. The chief when this asshat was reported the first time? Michael Radzilowski, who spent 13 years as chief. 

ARRARHAGHGHGHGHHHHHHHH It’s so easy not to do this 

None of those matches the cultural footprint of the three mentioned above. 

PLEASE keep pushing this to the front of people’s minds: Joe Biden is the past. Joe Biden’s acceptance of intolerance is the past. Joe Biden should NOT run for president. 

YES. THIS. I am pregnant. We are having a girl. I didn’t want to know. Everyone else did, because for some reason it mattered. I don’t think it mattered. The nursery is yellow. It was yellow before we got pregnant, because it was the guest room and we chose yellow when we painted it. There should be Nothing anyone is…

I am frequently torn when it comes to her. I like what I see of her as a person, but I am also very aware of her position in the white-woman pantheon. I think Jez had a piece on this when her last movie was coming out, which was basically a white woman revenge fantasy against Mexicans.

As a very horny and also lazy person who has never been good at “making him work for it” or “manipulation” I have always been fascinated with Anne Boleyn ... I have always wanted to know how she did it.... Just like, exactly, how do you keep a dude on the hook for, what, years? Without giving in, and without getting…

It’s the only part of the analogy i like becuase I like selena

So I remember that one scene from the finale where Wayne stops by Amelia’s classroom, I got the impression from multiple things I can’t remember anymore that they were at the University of Arksansas, which is in Fayetteville. Let’s say for argument’s sake they live there, too.

I really liked the overall themes and narrative here, the way the story tied off some ends and not others. I just want someone to explain the geography for me. Where is this convent where Julie was staying that is close enough to get free landscaping from a family from her hometown, but far enough that no one from…

THANK YOU YOU BEAUTIFUL UNICORN YOU! I’ll see if I can ever get myself alone in that room. 

Not exactly a lie I ever “told,” but more of a lie of not telling.... once I dripped nail polish remover on an end table at my mom’s house, and it ate the finish off the wood in about four dime-to-nickel sized circles. The table is in a corner of the room, between the couch and the wall and mostly hidden by a large…

Congratulations, you have explained male privilege! You get a new scout patch!