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Ah, but to "men's rights" people, 'equal rights' are punishment!

In a patriarchy, benefits always, always, always redound to women who espouse the status quo and work to harm other women. It's part of the structure of misogyny.

I find myself wondering how many of the already-ratified states would demand take-backsies if the ERA were pushed forward now....

I think all the chants that footie fans come up with for their players are so much fun. Sometimes I wonder if it might be worth going to a live game to hear them. And then I remember it's soccer. 😄

He was the minister at Trixie and Sol's wedding! Yes, he was!

Why are so many men, specifically men who shave and grow and dye their hair for films, so against trimming their eyebrows? Geez, it's just a snip once a week or so.

Honestly, I loved that moment. For an instant, Peele wasn't bored.

He shouted out Forever, but he did not hat-tip my favorite of all the tv MEs, the venerable Elizabeth Rogers of the Law and Order franchises. Reprehensible oversight!

The sad thing is, I actually know the distinction between lamb/shepherd and beef/cottage pies. When I make it, though, I usually use ground turkey, just to Stick It To The Man. 😉Sometimes even tempeh! Take that! I've only ever seen it as 'worcestershire', like so:

Both Nico and V called it 'worcester' sauce. I guess that's a UK thing? Is it only 'worcestershire' sauce here stateside? (BTW, that is the ingredient that makes it shepherd's pie-y, other than just a ground-beef braise.)

And now we learn Carolyn fences. And brings her fencing club to the workplace, apparently. (Unless it's the fencing club of MI6, which I totally believe exists.) My love for these little character notes is boundless. Boundless, I say!

And in The Night Manager!

One of the ways I know a colleague or friend is pregnant is that they start resting their hands on their bellies (even when they're not showing). I think (and I have nothing to base this on, truly) is that women are really socialized to not put their hands on their stomachs, because it draws the eye, and omg maybe they'll notice we're fat!!! So when a fetus is on board, it's an unconscious signal: nope, not fat, preggers. Especially among show-biz women, for whom an extra bit of padding could kill their careers. I was super coveting that multicolored jacket V was wearing early in the show. The psychopath teacher is doing double duty by playing Thenadier over on Les Miserables a few channels over. I like Adeel Akhtar. He's value-added to a cast.

I couldn't grok who The Specials were embarrassed by.

I was sorely tickled by V's only needing to nod at that dude in the street in order to get him to follow her. Just the pig's head and pinafore was enough. Men, amirite?

I heard 'threesome', cc rendered it that way as well.

I was geeked out to learn about Chuck's podcast! Although, his speaking voice is so lovely and sonorous, I worry I'd be comforted right into a nap if I listened to it! But I bet I'd be smarter afterwards!

Of all the awful things Villanelle does, the thing that made me full-body cringe was the shouting in the museum. Oh!! How could she?!? (Yes, this says way more about me than it does about V or the show. I accept this.) I'm picturing the director with Zoe Wanamaker (C's boss): yes, sure, let's do a take, no 'out-there' is too far this time, 'kay? And then the fabulous textural contrast with Shaw's frosty-bored calm response. Oh yes, ho-hum all in hand. That's spectacular structure. Glad to see V back in fancy clothes again. I'm happier when I'm coveting all the wardrobes.

And you don't need to have passed the bar to appeal to the MMPA -- they are not a court of law, for heaven's sake. They're not a federal agency, even. They're just a small association staffed with stodgy old white dudes who have been accorded a power that theater-owners accede to, even though they don't actually have to. They don't change ratings much, because doing so would clue folks in that they don't actually have real authority -- being rigid props up the illusion. (TV content warnings do a better, more comprehensive job informing viewers what they can expect, with a lot less prudish judginess.)

Not for nothing @ams1001, but have you ever had your clotting factor checked? That seems extreme, both in causation and in duration. eta: I am not a doctor, just an anonymous internet commenter. 😀

I kept laughing at Villanelle's outfit at the school. I would to know if her Toni-Collette-in-About-A-Boy cosplay was on purpose, or if it was serendipity. Down to the hair scarf!

I think UKers have a tabloidy fascination with the sex lives of their pols. This, I think, extends to fictional ones. Plus Hawes's character was closely related in age to the woman who was Home Secretary (and has a different cabinet position now).

I second this exhortation. (And I endorse feeding all the actors while they work. Hee!) I was hoping John would use the word 'Brextension', because it seems perfect and apt. There's still time, though! Till Halloween, in fact! Maybe UK will re-vote and come to its senses.

I snorted when Rachel (in introducing the last story about the several investigations into the inaugural shenanigans) suggested we get more tacks and yarn for our Carrie Matthison Cork Board. Better known as Carrie's Wall o'Crazy on Homeland. Hee!

I lived in MD for 2 years, and just seeing 'hon' typed out instantly triggered me something fierce. 👀