I think I read the book in eighth grade or something. I need to re-read it. Bummer about not being able to find Swiftly Tilting Planet! I wish Jez had a book club. I’d happily lend you mine. :)

Let me explain to you WHY I made the mistake. I’m trying to say this in a nice way. I see that you are from Gawker but some of us around here with institutional memory of Dodai Stewart and earlier, remember when it wasn’t cool to bodysnark and promote ageist posts. As in: you’d be disemvoweled. I mean, you are in a…

Damn, Jamie Lee Curtis looks fucking amazing. Can I age like that please?

It only seems patronizing to you because you clearly don’t find plus size, dark skinned women beautiful.

How? She genuinely looks a) full of joy and b) beautiful, to me.

Agreed. I was so confused when the backlash was against Janet and not j.tim. He is the worst.

I love those Lane Bryant posters with Gabby Sidibe. She just looks so joyful and beautiful.

six years out and realized I blacked out all of our relationship to get over him/be sane. bits and pieces are just now floating to the surface. hang in there.

I’ve been there, too, with a legitimate covert narcissist. No amount of clever is worth emotional torture.

Yep! That sent my narcissist alarm bells ringing. If so, that sucks for her because it can take ages to recover from a relationship with a narcissist. (Took me oh, about 5 solid years. And it still stings a bit when I think about him.)

That’s even better!

*raises hand*

Yeah, I hitched my wagon to that particular star for about 10 years. Then realized he was also emotionally manipulative, a gaslighter, and a straight up abuser. Sooooo, I got OUT.

Jesus, that tattoo is for real? Like we needed confirmation that his judgment is fucked up.

That’s one of Marge’s lines in The Talented Mr. Ripley.

If a man is aways going out of his way to prove how brilliant he is- or if it’s being proven at someone else expense- he is BAD NEWS BEARS.

The way she described Ben reminds me of many women’s relationship with narcissistic men (I know that n word is thrown around a lot, but I think it’s an epidemic in this culture.) Reaaaally trying to avoid ever being with anyone who is Brilliant And Generous And Charismatic but makes me feel small. Big people should…