And art is inherently self-indulgent, really.

OF COURSE Brienne is the greatest hero in GoT. Duh.

I’m in!

I think Cersei genuinely does love her children, though. As fucked up as she is, I think her grief over losing them is very real.

Varys is awesome, and I would totally watch a show that was nothing but Tyrion and Varys.

I want to believe. I want to believe!

IT’S SO DISAPPOINTING! :(

But even if Badu’s point was not about rape, it still throws responsibility for the behavior of adult males onto adolescent girls. If an adult male who works with girls or young women cannot stop himself from leering or verbally harassing them when their skirts are on the shorter side, the problem is clearly not with…

How many minutes before someone turns this idea into an app in the larger world and monetizes it?

YES! That whole scene was perfect.

Oh my God, YES, on the Shosh in Japan. I want so much more Shosh in Japan—with Aidy. One of my favorite moments was when they went to one of those nibbling fish foot spas (which I’ve seen when in Singapore on business but didn’t have the guts to try) and Aidy talked about the fish “going raw-dog” on her heel.

Yep—if the cop is there, it seems like the teacher is probably going to stay out of it. Not only because the teacher doesn’t want to deal, but because the very presence of police in a middle school creates the impression that police are *supposed* to handle this sort of thing. This is so deeply sad, this whole thing.…

SAME! When did this start to even happen? Ugh.

When I saw this photo, I swear to god I thought it was Bill Murray with a Willie Nelson wig on. So disorienting.

Sorry but I call bullshit. That was Banks’ lame-ass attempt to walk something back, but it’s pure bullshit. Saying “the biggest, burliest, blackest Negroes should run a train ON Palin” in no way connotes willingness on the part of Palin. It very much connotes a bunch of huge dudes doing something TO her, not with her.

I read that comment as meaning women SHOULD have the same rights as men to express themselves. I doubt very much that she doesn’t get that women and girls very often are prevented or discouraged from full expression of themselves.

A few of the thoughts I had:

samesies

OMG suddenly so grateful for my mellow, well-mannered gentleman of a cat.

I’ve been okay with doing certain things solo—dinner at a nice restaurant, movies, a road trip halfway across the country, etc.—but for some reason I’ve just always thought of live music as a couple/group event. There’s no great reason for that distinction, though—it’s just been by sheer default.