Yes. One of the reasons I love L.M. Alcott is that she was queer as fuck, and came from a radical political and religious background, but because Little Women has so much discussion of Good Christian Morals, lots of evangelicals and homeschoolers still allow their girls to read it, and it’s super subversive.

I accept it because I think it’s hilarious Alcott trolled her fans so spectacularly. She was disgusted/disappointed that all so many of them cared about regarding Jo’s future was who she’d marry, and knowing so many of them were Jo/Laurie shippers she went all “Oh yeah? Well guess what - Jo marries a fat middle-aged…

I don’t. Even as someone who has written (and lost) manuscripts in the past, I get it. She wanted to hurt Jo, and that was horrible, but it wasn’t unforgivable, as Jo learned when Amy went through the ice. It is possible to be furious with someone and still love them, and in this case, Jo needed to learn to rein in…

Anytning masterpiece is good as a rule. Also Home Fires, which is on now where I am.

Obligatory:

FSM please let MA get on this—at least Baker knows what side his bread is buttered.

It’s a weird Texas thing:

Alien day being on 4/26 is goddamn stupid. It should fall on the 426th day of the year, dummies.

I was asked to leave my prom (12 years ago) because the dress I was wearing was strapless. I went to a public high school in Canada.

The thing that bugs me, especially as a woman trying to break into the TV industry, is that Hulu, a network that has set itself apart for putting women in executive positions (two of its best shows, The Path and Harlots, both have female showrunners and Harlots has an all-female writing staff), but The Handmaid’s Tale…

I don’t know, I’m a little bothered by the tendency among feminist sites and blogs to pick apart actress’ statements to make sure they’re politically/ideologically correct, and trying to shame them into being sufficiently ideologically pure... I mean, it’s clear from Moss’ statements that she’s on the right side, why…

I generally side with photographers (and writers and freelancers in the arts who generally get screwed by clients) but street photos/paparazzi have always been confusing to me. If I didn’t give you permission to take my picture but you take it anyway, and then I find it and like it so I post it, you can sue me for…

It is the height of male privilege to decide that women’s issues aren’t a deal breaker.

Everybody needs to remember who Karen Handel is. Just a couple of years ago we were all sending donations to Planned Parenthood in her name after she (then working for the Susan G. Komen Foundation) withdrew Komen’s support for PP. Ossoff is fine, but it is vital that we keep HER out of Congress.

What? He’s obviously a hufflepuff.

Yes! I just reread it and also gave it to a young woman who lives with us. She voted for Trump and was in tears after reading it. Good. I’m glad it scared the shit out of her.

It’s not actually a defense/doesn’t make it better, but I interpreted it to mean “imprisoned people” vs “people not arrested.”

That bit frightened me too! WTF “not his own people”?? He killed a few million German citizens, fachrissakes. That phrase is very telling, indeed, of this administration’s attitude.

Intentional or not, it further shows this Administration has pushed what many refer to as “soft” or “softcore” Holocaust Denial. “Not his own people” is a frightening statement about what the Nazis did that is historically inaccurate but more important, pushes the actual Nazi idea that Jews within the German borders…