Ann M Martin was just recruiting all of us into her racism!

Hi - big fan of both of you, thanks for being here! Is there any update on the status of Book Smart or Lunch Lady? Also, Sarah, do you ever get to celebrate holidays with Julie Andrews, and if so, can you talk about that in great detail?

People probably did sooo much less drunk dialing with rotary phones. Not that they didn't try, but they just couldn't have been that successful. Rotary phones are hard enough stone cold sober.

She hasn't been great at belting for a long time. This wasn't a fluke - I've seen her perform live a handful of times and she's just...not up to it. But she's kinda not considered very well trained among the Broadway community, so...

Exactly. That's literally what I said - the commenter said something along the lines of, "Well if that's weird, call me weird!" I was like ok. I will.

I made this comment yesterday on the Dirtbag item with the picture of them on the beach. Most people agreed with me, but one person told me they are a 28 year old who hangs out with 13 year olds and 75 year olds, and that I am small-minded and a dumb American or something.

That was my favorite part. It made me think we might be from the same family. Just replace "brother" with "sister," "Christmas" with "Chanukkah," and "Ratchet" with "Kirsten the American Girl Doll." Oh, and it wasn't an inter-sibling gift - it was my parents giving it to their youngest!

K. Enjoy your oddly huge projections, assumptions, and slut shaming. I'm done with this convo.

"It's weird to me how so many Americans seem to think you can't be friends, or at least enjoy each others company, if you aren't almost the same age and have 90% the same interests."

I just can't imagine what I'd have in common with a 17 year old when I was 24. The difference between 24 and 28 is numerically and life-experience wise not as significant as the Lorde/T Swift difference.

Exactly.

Was this reply for me? I didn't say anything about Katy Perry/Miley.

Re: T Swift and Lorde - I suppose there's maybe some bonding to be had over shared fame experiences, but I honestly can't imagine having hung out with 17 year olds when I was 24. Even ones who self-identified as very mature.

I am confused about dirtbag + the NYDN presenting that Marion Cotillard Lady Macbeth casting as seemingly new info...that was announced last summer - they're shooting the movie already.

It was always kind of weird, because if I remember correctly, he was actually a little bit bigger than Ken dolls. He was sort of the oafish giant of the Barbie community.

We had EXACTLY two outfits, and they had each come with Ken and Steve, respectively. Steve's was a gray suit and pink bowtie, natch, because I think he was a "groom" originally. Ken's was this HIDEOUS onesie metallic situation, because he was part of the Barbie Rockers set.

Nobody ever had enough Ken dolls, right? We had one, as well as Steve (Mattel's answer to multicultural Barbie dolls), but when we needed more boys we used to use Rio - Jem's boyfriend.

My barbies had a ton of sex, although I didn't know what "sex" was when I was making them have it. They also played out a lot of really elaborate trashy soap opera scenarios, usually involving the maid trying to steal Ken away from his beautiful wife.

An interview with the first season's costume designer said... "a lot of her skirts were either Prada or L’Wren Scott. Her shirts were Theory, those sort of man-tailored shirts. With dresses we would do Gucci, Armani, Ralph Lauren, and Narciso Rodriguez. Burberry coats."

Yeah, let's not make a hero of this person. Let's call her "petty" instead.