As soon as I saw this, my immediate reaction was to imagine her being hosted in Obama’s White House and how delighted he would have been to meet her, and the adorable photo ops we would have had. And then I cried.

Right? When I was nine I was busy reading my way through the Tamora Pierce books and thinking I was on the high edge of the curve.

Wow— between this Super Genius, and yesterday’s authority-questioning Cub Scout, and the girl who told off InfoWars, I am REALLY getting the faith for the next generation! Every time I think we must’ve reached our quota of brilliant kids in the news, I hear something else like this, and it just makes me glow. (And…

She has a science room. And reads the MIT Department of Materials Science and Engineering for funsies. She named her experiment after the Greek goddess (Titan) of fresh water.

Her point about offering to give him a massage instead of accepting one is so telling. When we’re afraid we bargain and try to give narcissists what they want so we can minimize harm or plan our escape routes. I have no doubt that Weinstein will pretend that Nyong’o happily instigated the encounter. We smile at…

I’m annoyed that the adaptations keep making the doctor a suspect. He’s not one of the suspects! He’s in another carriage!

Peter Ustinov blew me away in his own right, especially when he confronts Linette about her stalkery behavior and says, quietly, “Do not let evil into your heart, mademoiselle. It will make a home there.” It echoed the reality of his career as a dectective: facing the evil that so many had let into their hearts and…

“Excuse me?”

Sorry to geek and nerd out on Jezebel, but I have to....

Age is totally part of it— with age comes the great Giving Of Fewer Fucks Every Year. After 45, there’s a sharp acceleration in the rate of fuck-loss. You just find yourself less & less willing to put up with shit that has no hope to become something positive, or people who are clearly toxic & unchangeably treading…

Sydney Newman also hired Verity Lambert, the youngest and only female producer at the BBC as the first showrunner for Doctor Who in 1963. She made it a hit and went on to become a production legend at the BBC. He put is his money where his mouth was.

Alex Kingston did a better Indiana Jones as River Song

A 10 year off/on/off/on relationship may have died its final death over the casting of this character. I am remarkably unbothered by that fact.

Also factor in that he is Meg’s dad in the new Wrinkle in Time film!!!!

silly trivia - do you know who Chris Pine’s dad is??

This conversation reminds me of the Buffy episode where the Trio of villains were arguing over who was the best James Bond.

Look how happy he is to have the Jez endorsement!

God I loved him so much.

It’s easier if you don’t call them Chris.

“We are probably going to die. This is a terrible idea!”