I think the problem in the Moncada situation is this column in Paper wants to elevate teenagers who are doing AMAZING THINGS to Malala levels of inspirational. So if they’re legitimizing the positive acts of teenagers, they also have to give credence to the negative things they do. (Or, at least, they have to…
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I have a 15-year-old son who lives a life of white boy privilege. And he knows it, which makes me really proud of him (even though, in some ways, it’s a pretty low bar). My husband, a progressive feminist good guy all around, doesn’t really get it, but our son does.
Seriously, Wendy Bell: YOU DON’T KNOW HIM. Whoever said “fan fic” was dead on.
“rhythm like a dancer” “satisfied smile on his face”
I know, I know. It’s applying logic to a fundamentally irrational person. I read the books, I know how very deeply self-destructive Cersei is and all the rest of it; I just sort of keep waiting for SOMEONE—Jaime? Lady Olenna? Tommen?!—to raise this glaringly obvious point.
Also, so far as apples go? That was the most modern, grocery store purchased, shiny ass granny smith apple ever shown on TV. Took me right out of Ramsey’s stupid evil peeling.
“I wonder if the reason Cerci doesn’t want to see Margaery do her walk of shame is the possibility that the people, who still love Margaery, might refuse to shame her.”
She fakes being broken to get released? Seems like, according to the HS, she does the walk of atonement/shame in order to be released, no? How would she fake that?
I got the sense that Margaery agreed to do it after seeing how broken Loras had become. She thought the HS sent her to Loras to break Loras, but really the HS sent her to Loras to break Margaery.
One distinction regarding The Accused and calling Jodie Foster a hypocrite because of her comments about using rape for female character development: The Accused is entirely about a woman who is raped and then faces her rapists in and out of court. The rape isn’t a detail thrown into a movie about other things to…
No, it’s all equally disturbingly graphic. Barbra Streisand directed Prince of Tides and that scene is horrifyingly depicted for all the victims, probably more so for the children than the mother. In fact, now that I’m thinking about it, the son’s rape is the most graphic because it’s his memory and told in his…
We all know that Cersei is greedy, threatened by Margaery, and none too bright with the longterm planning, but doesn’t Tommen need royal heirs to strengthen his position, which is also the entire Lannister/”Baratheon” position, now that Myrcella’s gone and he’s the last in his line?! Neither Jaime nor Cersei is new to…
“They’re awe struck, they’re awe struck.”
Willpower shmillpower. It’s Saturday night: you get that chicken parm sub. You get it ANY night and enjoy the hell out of it, but don’t even blink or pause about whether you “should” for ANY reason—calories, feeling loagie tomorrow, causing harm to the world’s chicken parm sub population—because, if it’s Saturday…
I haven’t read through the responses, but I use cheap shampoo to wash my makeup brushes. There’s a big old $3.99 two liter bottle of Tresemme in my bathroom and it works great. I try to wash my brushes about once/month. Once/week would be better, but it isn’t realistic for me. I don’t worry about the eye shadow…
It’s funny that they use Anniston as an example of a celebrity “driving the trend” away from showy diamond solitaires because of her gold and diamond wedding band when her diamond engagement ring, which she also wears all the time (and was probably also used as an example in whatever the Post’s insipid trend piece was…
LS + RT = DT
L + R = D
Also, just as sort of a PSA in case anyone doesn’t know, the 3-step skincare system is THE WORST. It’s terrible for the skin, anyone’s skin (and in all of its iterations though they give almost everyone Type 2 [out of 4]). Clinique has some good skincare products, but the “3-step” isn’t among them.
Originally, Clinique was the kicky younger sister, the Malibu Stacy, to Estee Lauder’s more mature Barbie. Those dermatologist-esque white coats and highly astringent three-step skincare was targeted at younger skin. Over the years, the brand has grown up with its customer and now it features a lot of anti-aging…