Hiddleston is the reader of the audiobook. It’s one of Ballard’s better works; a really prescient novel, one that’s scary because, intellectually & emotionally, we know there’s something essentially corruptive about privilege and the odd isolation that comes with it.
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Every time I hear “Hiddlestoners,” I’m like: really? That’s the best fan-girl name you could come up with? Read more

This is the season of death and rebirth for Azaleans, as for so many others. However, January is the time that they celebrate the promise of the sacred chlorophyll; that’s their main calendar holiday. It started in ancient times, times so far removed from now that no Azalean can remember them, when the young, dormant… Read more

Good for the President. I’m not sure that this is a “dramatic” step by the President. Using regular people to highlight a particular piece of legislation or policy proposal is pretty standard. For example, American soldiers who were brought to the US as children and would have benefited from the DREAM Act have also… Read more

It looks like he’s in the process of forming a Mickey Rourke tribute band.

A man’s man. A real man. A guy’s guy. Read more

Hahaha, as if most of us have jobs we can do online. Sure, Kasich can bullshit about maternity leave without leaving the house, but my pregnant coworker can’t wipe any virtual asses. Read more

Good Idea: Paid telecommuting options should be expanded for new parents (particularly women) so that employers cannot use an experience differential to justify a pay gap.

The only people who suggest this are people who've never taken care of an infant 24/7. Having taken care of 3 of them it just makes me laugh and laugh and laugh. Read more

I LOVE how people just casually suggest that working from home is equivalent to maternity leave, like it’s so easy to work while caring for a newborn. The first three months with my second born were so intense that taking a shower felt like a major accomplishment. Read more

She’s Yoko Ono for Millenials. Read more

It’s the only think I can look at in the photo. Read more

I’m going to ignore the first two stories, because ew, but can I just say how impressed I am with Amandla? Talk about living up to your name. I hope my kid grows up to be half as wise and aware at that age. Read more

Omg. I thought I was the only one forced to have that horrendous mirror plug plate. (Gaga) Read more

I’ve saw one of these videos when I attended a lecture given by Orlan way back in art school. Everyone in the video was smoking cigarettes while she was getting surgery! A girl attending the lecture fainted while watching! Read more

It’s her! She’s pregnant! Read more

Is that the same Saatchi who choked his wife Nigella Lawson in a restaurant, or the other one?
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Yes, let’s all give Charles Saatchi a pat on the back...

Do you think if your grandmother was mauled by a lion, and your mother was mauled by a lion... You spend some of you time with your fingers crossed and whispering, “Please, get my sister and not me.... Please, get my sister and not me...” Read more