I’m on a Jane Austen binge for the weekend. I finished both Colin Firth and Kiera’s Pride & Prejudice. My Q is: Is Becoming Jane worth it? I’ve been holding it off for the longest time, or should I just skip to Emma?

Sooooo beautiful.

Masha’allah, there’s a video:

I like the idea that he finally gets to enjoy himself without conservatives hurling abuse at him and being in the thick of Washington insanity. He looks healthier too.

I would definitely dig a women’s only film & television award show (if there isn’t one already). There’s undoubtedly going to be male directors, writers, actors and producers who will be attending this show and who harassed/assaulted a colleague that we still don’t know about. It feels very strange to have one this…

Seriously, ew.

As is often the case, I really don’t have anything productive or informative to say. I just found an all-purpose gif of Symone Sanders from last night that I think many of you women will find very useful in future debates with Deadspin commentators:

Yeah. Some of my Arab-American friends who were born in the States get upset when I criticise the “old country”. They think it teeters on stereotypes and Islamophobia, but they simply haven’t experienced day-to-day life the way I have. Their parents would agree with me.

This is the kind of garbage that gives “liberals” a bad name. Just write a check to the animal shelter and walk away.

I think the story here is that white women, just like black women, generally vote in their self-interest. Whiteness has real advantages in finding a job, going to the right school, living in the best neighborhoods, etc. It’s understandable so many of them would want to vote for a candidate that would maintain that…

My Egyptian friend forfeited an entire year of dental school because when she finished her final exam, she made a few doodles on the back page. Nothing lewd or salacious. Just her name, some clouds, a happy smiley face. She was just trying to kill time because you’re not permitted to give the test back until a certain…

We owe an unbelievable debt of gratitude to black women.

In emerging and new democracies, the US sends election observers to make sure the ruling party is playing nice and that free and fair elections are taking place.

I remember the first time I heard about the show and how they had a sleeper cell Marine war hero who secretly converted to Islam, prayed in his garage and was planning some sort of terrorist attack on civilians. I guess it’s a relief they’re no longer playing with people’s paranoid fears and are now showcasing a…

Eric Trump genuinely seems like the type of guy who would be lost without his wife. Legally, she can’t leave him at this point without finding him a suitable home.

If only there were a sign...

I’m convinced Terry Crews is just playing himself in Brooklyn 99. I wouldn’t be surprised if he secretly has a yogurt fridge and talks about himself in the 3rd person.

I cannot tell who I love more: The Rock or Terry Crews. Both are so wholesome and wonderful.

In honor of our new Queen, I started watching Suits and borrowed the box set from my sister.

My aunt got tear gas in her eyes when she was trying to walk past the protests (in Beirut) to her work. She didn’t know what was happening, but fortunately some of the protesters saw her and helped escort her through. They were mostly young men in their 20s and 30s, mostly Palestinian refugees.