On The Non-Monogamous Couple Returns
@timesnewroman Yeah, ditto- I think it's maybe the way it's split between the two of them without really sounding like a real-life conversation, so it sounds kind of infomerically?
Still, I'm glad it was written and is here! It's such an important thing to talk about.
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On Stunning Nuts & Other DIY Projects for Preteens
@spanglepants Yessssss, it gets better and better. We can market this, make infomericals.
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On Stunning Nuts & Other DIY Projects for Preteens
@redheaded&crazie You lift it out of the cup, then lower it out of the ring and to one side of the cup. I will defend the umbrella holder to the end; it's a dream, it's a genius dream.
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On Friday Open Thread
@4and20blkbirds Anything by the Wave Pictures, but especially Avocado Baby, I Love You Like a Madman, or West Country.
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On The Four White Girls of the Apocalypse
@parallel-lines I agree that that sort of criticism is good; I'm sorry if I jumped down your throat or misread your comment, but I have read a good few comments across the internet about the horror of a show with an actress who doesn't fit the mould and they're harmful as hell.
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On The Four White Girls of the Apocalypse
@parallel-lines Like, I think the presence of a non-perfect woman, sometimes naked, and having sex, and not ashamed, is one of the best things about this show. It isn't a "secret feminist agenda," it's the consequence and a sign of the tiny amount of progress we are making, so that women who do not look like super-models are allowed to be on TV and in movies, so that our perception of a woman's worth can extend past her body. It's a greatly positive thing, and I only wish it was less exceptional and that criticism of this show could focus on the writing, etc, and not on the attractiveness of the cast.
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On Nothing Tastes as Good as Not Being Cut Open Feels
@redheaded&crazie aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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On Amusingly Horrible Things I Have Said: The Bracket
@Ellie Sorry to keep coming back in on this thread- can you tell I'm trying not to write an essay?- but gosh, it is SO COMPLICATED. No-one should ever have to feel embarrassed or bad about their body, but everyone does, all the time. And because the media image of the perfect woman is small, it seems less bad to comment on thinness, because it has to be a complement, right? Except wrong, because then it gets to being about making thinner women feel bad to make fatter women feel better, which sucks just as much even though it happens less systematically. The problem is that we make it into a moral issue- it feels deeply and morally wrong to be fat, and being thin must make people feel like they're perceived as being smug. When people choose these things- and people choose both, although often it's not a choice- it also becomes political. When, jesus, it should not be.
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On Amusingly Horrible Things I Have Said: The Bracket
@whateverlolawants Yeah, no- whoever said it remembered it this long, and clearly knows how bad it is, so this shouldn't be about hating on her.
@whateverlolawants I think that whole "don't talk about other people's bodies unless you're very very close to them and it's about health" guideline is useful here.
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On The League of Ordinary Ladies: Short Dates
Because of my impossible-to-spell name, I lie when I get coffee, too. But- ahh- the name I use is Daria, which is maybe worse. But if you give yourself a fake name at Glasgow airport, you should probably stick with it, right?