Also S5. I thought it was a pretty realistic look at how shallow and immature people can grow a backbone and depth sort of instantly in a crisis. Without her sister to lean on, she grew up massively in a short span. The backstory on that relationship is that Skylar and Marie (I think?) lost their mom early, and Sky…

YES. This. *s5 spoiler alert* BB's all about getting the rug pulled out from under you. If I managed to identify with Walt till the end, the moment when Skylar comes at him with the knife and draws blood would have been similar. Although I was completely in her pocket by that point—I really wanted her to kill him,…

I don't know how "repeatedly" it is. I guess technically in the sense that it happened more than once, but I wouldn't describe "desire for comfort and familiarity" as one of her primary motivators after Walt is discovered. You can't ascribe complicity to her before she figures out what he's doing, and then she doesn't…

AAAAAAH!! GENE! http://pixel.nymag.com/imgs…

Well, the sand bar for the refrigerator has been lowered.

Although I bet it's shocking enough to be triggery to some. Hmm.

I completely agree. With all the doublespeak and weirdness that rape is handled with on campuses, it seemed appropriate and indeed overdue to pick a visually shocking and confrontational image. Like, "cut through the bullshit! We're calling it rape and putting it on a pennant! This is a big deal!" Which, of course, it…

Because someone should say it: "all grown up" is a really creepy phrase. Awesome drawing, though, moving right along.

Look at movie clip, Michael!

I'm curious about something—is there a strong reason to use Spotify over Google Music if you're an Android user? I've always found the UI unintuitive and the pricing and features really restrictive, and I prefer GM's radio features to any other service. I guess privacy?

God help me, I'm actually surprised at how robust it is. CMYK support! The Unsharp Mask filter! Levels!

Don't forget the other big (and arguably more egregious) example: Aladdin's fairly tragic ripping off of the Thief and the Cobbler, perhaps the greatest unreleased film of all time. The success of Aladdin, which borrowed character designs and plot points wholesale from the earlier work, encouraged Miramax to…

I'd be interested to see what a Lorde/Cyrus collab would look like. The acidic critic and the insane satirist…could be a mind meld. Could be a mess.

I think rocking the damn Grammys at 17 might help with that as well….

Ribs is bloody good as well. IDK if it charted.

Don't underestimate the depth of most of those songs off Pure Heroine. She had years to work on most of them, she's got a great songwriting partner, and she's obsessed with history and literature. A lot of her songs play with the weird space between being offended by and obsessed with pop's glamour and excess. Tennis…

*audible laugh*

That's a great philosophy.

Also, cheers to the Mitchell and Webb ref.

Now she's a part of Pink Martini, which is…good, I guess? As annoying as Tom Lauderdale is, the music is pretty phenomenal. She seems to belong with that whole establishment gay set. As a disestablishment gay, I'm kind of bemused.