This is genuinely glorious. Read more

I just love the phrasing. "You know what kids love? Kids love useless fucking junk." Read more

Oh yeah, to be clear, I think it is genius. It is also just hilarious that "give 'em some trash!" is actual magazine advice, though. Read more

fire is for MEN Read more

yes, v.v. pro forearms Read more

age comes for us all Read more

That is so interesting! Read more

That's Yahoo Answers, though. Think of, like, recipes and service-y content. Read more

That certainly is NOT all, come right back here and tell us more. (Please.) Read more

Not sure how well known it is outside the states, but it's this 50s movie about an adorable surfer girl who is cute in the same mode:

I think she's more like what would've happened had Sansa lived entirely during peacetime, but it's an interesting comparison to consider! Read more

That reminds me that I need to pick up Germania! Read more

nope, It Happened to Her! Read more

Bavarian Gidget is a GREAT way of describing her. Read more

I came down a little hard on the movies, because they are so wide of the mark, accuracy-wise, but as fairy tales they are pretty damn fantastic. Read more

One of the things that really frustrated me while writing this article was having to do everything in translation — I wish I could've read more of Sisi's writing and poetry from her mouth directly. But Hamann was invaluable, in that she combed through that and many other sources. Read more

Oh yeah, that's definitely an important context to the popularity of the movies. Thank you for sharing (and I hope your grandmother gets a kick out of the article!). Read more

I should probably have been more specific and said that Sisi : Vienna :: Scarlett O'Hara : Georgia, although these days Scarlett can't touch her even there. Read more

I didn't want to get too deep into diagnosing her (that's always seemed pretty tricky to me, and I've got zero medical training) but yeah, it definitely seems there was some complicated shit going on between Sisi and food and her body. Read more

God, poor Charlene. Read more