I’m not sure I like the song, but I’m also not sure why the coach is equating having a higher belt-range with being a better singer. Just because you can sing higher notes louder doesn’t make you objectively sing better than someone with a different range/timbre. Signed, a Bitter Contralto.

Ruby Tandoh’s series of tweets about Paul Hollywood are giving me life. They begin here:

Eh, I’m of two minds with this. I agree it shouldn’t be trivialized or sensationalized, but if approached correctly it could be good. I grew up with physical and sexual abuse and I think if I hadn’t believed I was the only one going through something similar (or that it was a bad reflection on me and my family - like…

Let the circus begin. No matter what happens people will still find a way of blaming Angelina . They still hate her for ‘splitting up a marriage’ and Brad came out of that unscathed even though he’s a grown man who can be held accountable for his own decisions. Christ I’m now ranting.

“Hi, welcome to Fresh Air. I’m Terry Gross. You may know Jesus of Nazareth from his kicking the moneylenders out of the temple or possibly from his biographical anthology, The Bible. Jesus, welcome to the program.”

“The closeted perv has never come out as gay”

Because he very well may not be; being a child predator /= gay. Abusive sex is about power, not identity.

Since these came in pretty late last night, it should be noted that ANW competitor and Supergirl stuntwoman Jessie Graff won the Emmys red carpet last night:

One of my favorite plays ever.

I freaking LOVE when you all think we are paid to post about songs we love.

“funny how you don’t criticize women of color for straightening their hair.”

Mazel Tov!!! So many tears. My WWII Veteran, Holocaust Camp-Liberating Jewish Grandpa just died last week. He was the best, most wonderful mensch of a human I could ever be honored to know. He had his Bar Mitzvah as a 13-year-old, but was a lifelong learner and student of all things including Judaism so he had an…

That’s true, but that’s why punching upward works and punching down doesn’t.

Sorry. Sorry. Sorry. I hate myself.

Jesus, you scared me for a minute there.

Condo boards and parent-teacher associations are where NIMBY helicopter parents and other sanctimonious meddlers go to indulge their autocratic fantasies.

oh this sounds like a GREAT idea.

I see and raise.

It’s still creepy as hell