I still can’t believe she did this. Obama remarked that the thickness of the bubble surprised even him. I guess the optics really become — to quote Joyce — an ineluctable modality. But in her case it’s an unelectable mentality :(

I can’t say he was a hero of mine. But if it turns out that the public intellectual who had the disarming cajones to actually respond to three glaringly questionable and dire accusations — instead of immediately shrinking into passively validating silence — was the one to found a critical resistance to ideological…

At least we’re appreciating the gravity of the situation?

Dunno. Not without physical evidence.

Yeah I think I’m just grasping right now how stupid they are. Any attention makes them feel appreciated. Meanwhile, I value redeemable assets. What a profound cultural gap.

Truly one of the most shocking and hilarious reveals I’ve ever encountered in literature.  

Didn’t it also have Josh Hartnett in it?

I don’t even need a punchline. I’d be fine with a Big Audio Dynamite sample.

And this one is an incredible painting — the sense of dread and danger is downright Munchian. But it’s woven in Rousseau’s weave. (For whom dread is no stranger, for that matter.)

I’m afraid I don’t really get this article. Is it anti-Hockney? Or that $90 million is too much to spend on a painting? There’s plenty of…

I love Cora too: her journalistic voice is so refreshing.

However, she’s a little off when it comes to Victoria’s Secret. I know a lot about the company because I had a close friend who was a German lingerie designer, and the Limited was courting her. She hated the company, but she allowed they were very pro-women —…

And that man’s name is Flannery O’Connor.

Gilliam sucks. 

Exact opposite for me. But I’ve only seen Ultron and Iron Man, so I had to watch it four times to even orient myself. First I just admired the CGI; second, I got a sense of the different locations; third, I figured out who everybody was; finally I followed the story. The Guardians of the Galaxy are, to me, the most…

While this is a funny comment — especially as (a) I just learned who Tahani is and (b) there really is a comment on the Vulture article reading

Yeah, and it’s also quite disorienting for the Europeans. In Europe, lingerie modeling ranks quite low professionally. It’s how Natalia Vodianova got her start, for instance; she’s tried to quench those shoots, and it’s considered extremely bad taste to repost the pictures online. Thanks in large part to Victoria’s…

That is for goddamn sure. And I’m no fan of the douchebag — you should see him during the “tryouts,” where they actually make all the girls — including such iffy amateurs as Blanca Padilla or Taylor Hill — strut their stuff wearing next to nothing in a big white fluorescent-lit room. (Or, you shouldn’t.) I don’t think…

To be fair, Razek is just touting the company line. The “brains” behind the Victoria’s Secret brand — the fashion show, the miracle bra, the city-by-city tours, the “angels,” and above all the packaging of women’s empowerment — all that’s Monica Mitro, a PR exec and former model. Razek does, and has done, anything she…

“How much more can I be offended”

I love her voice, though. I really do. And I beyond hate the music. I don’t even consider it music.

She’s obviously awaiting maturity, so I’m hoping we’ll be able to compare her career to how the various talents of Lady Gaga, Rihanna, Brandy, Taylor Swift, and even Beyoncé were developed over time.

But she’s older, no?

Too, he’s at work; he may not even have written the line. And maybe it’s just me, but I’m always a bit uncomfortable when her trauma is noted, because the circumstances of his father’s death are thereby both cited and unrecognized.