It shows extraordinary confidence that he knew when he saw that ball coming towards him that they had clinched it. No panic. Just “got this wrapped up.”

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

I’m super excited to see what the narrator says when the name of the show pops up next episode.

First: Welcome back Laura!

There is a movie actually — from 1945. It only focuses on a very specific part of her life though and in no way tries to encompass the whole book. I haven’t seen it since I was a kid but I remember finding that both enraging (there is so much good material!) and comforting (there is so much good material, it…

When she gets the note from her dad with the flowers? Destroyed.

That is unbelievably cute. In that last pic he has such a clear “why are you doing this to me, I thought things were going so well” look on his face. Mixed with a “just you wait until I have full control of my limbs. Just you wait.”

Sorry, I missed that someone had replied to you already!

Only when you’re using your cowboy skills to lasso Native Americans.

that hurt my feelings :(

Yeah, I was mocking the idea that fiction shouldn’t be viewed as having an important role in shaping our view of life around us.

Everyone sign up to be an organ donor! Don’t let your organs liquify for nothing.

There’s a differnce between liking something and learning from it.

It was a joke, but the definition of “fiction” answers your question.

This makes me think that the absolutely cringeworthy Kelly interview wasn’t even pushing her hard enough. Dammit Brazile.

Those things you thought you learned and were inspired by after reading books like To Kill a Mockingbird or Invisible Man or Black Boy or I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings or A Tree Grows in Brooklyn or Beloved or Remember the Stars or any other book that tackles issues of race and gender and religion? That was…

No one with a stable mind rooted in reality thinks it’s real. People who understand context and history do think that casual sexism and racism portrayed in popular media reflects our culture. Accepting it without a critical eye normalizes behaviors that people who face discrimination have spent centuries fighting…

Such a relief to hear none of the who have trouble standing on their own after their head slams into something are actually concussed.

Surprise poops post potty training are the worst surprise poops. That was my situation as well.

You know that scene in Caddyshack scene where there’s poop in the pool but then they drain the whole thing and it’s a candy bar?