New Show Recap: Game of Thrones, Episode 3.2, “Dark Wings, Dark Words”
Escapes and capture: the scattered Starks are united by the ghost of Ned.
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Speak Now: Talking About Sexual Needs
Q. My sex drive is bigger than my man’s. When we have sex, I always initiate first and if he gets off first, he’s done and I am left feeling horny, angry, and sad that he doesn’t seem to care enough to help me out or want to satisfy me. I want sexual attention back just like I give him. I …
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Walking Dead Writers: Don’t Ruin Carol
Dear Writers of the Walking Dead, You fucked up Lori. You fucked up Andrea. We’re here to stop you before you do the same to Carol.
Read MoreNew Show Recap: Doctor Who, Episode 7.8, “The Rings of Akhaten”
“It almost felt like a RTD episode.” “I cried.” “Clara is so cute!”
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The Manicured Nerd: If I Ran OPI
I like nail polish. I mean, I really like nail polish. And I’m a huge nerd. Those two things might not seem like they go together, but life is weird.
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Mid-Week News: Margaret Thatcher Will Haunt Your Dreams
Welcome back, muffins, kittens, poodles, and oh! Well, you know, put in there whatever you want. Here we are again, taking to the brimming ether to highlight the week’s events that are enough to send us running for the hills and screaming for mom. So let’s hold each other close and hide under these blankets, because when the news gets …
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We Failed Rehtaeh Parsons
[Trigger warning for discussion of rape and suicide] Here we are again.
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Lunchtime Poll 4/9/13: Taxes
April 15th approaches, which is the deadline for U.S. residents to file our taxes.
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This Open Thread Is Dedicated To Alyssa Edwards
Alyssa Edwards? Who? Children, gather round this open thread, like little cub scouts here to learn-e-ded.
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Science News: 4/9/13
Between three oil spills, a chemical spill, melting glaciers, and a sexist obituary in the New York Times, the news is on notice this week. Hopefully the cool news will outweigh the infuriating! If nothing else, I found a few headlines and stories guaranteed to make you giggle like a 12-year-old.
Read MoreRecap: RuPaul’s Drag Race, Episode 5.10, “I Don’t Know But I’ve Been Told, Drag Queens Always Tuck and Fold!”
There are only five drag queens left on RuPaul’s Drag Race, and as Alaska put it, “It’s turned quickly from Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants to Sisterhood of I’m Going to Kill You So I Can Win.” It’s getting ugly in there, kids! And that’s the best part!
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How About We All STFU?
Don’t you hate it when someone you think is completely awesome does something that makes you really upset? Yesterday, our friend Dustin over at Pajiba posted a rant about the complaints that people without children make about parents and/or children. And although I think we’re meant to view the post as tongue-in-cheek, it was still way harsh, Tai.
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We Try It!: Self-Publishing
About a month before I got my master’s degree, I was chatting with one of my professors about the topic I’d picked for my final research paper and joked that I’d had to narrow my scope pretty severely because I found out that my original topic was so broad that “I could write a book on it.” He said, “Why …
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Weekly Anime Review
The spring season has started! So I get to watch two new shows along with Chihayafuru: Majestic Prince and Shingeki no Kyojin. Majestic Prince is a space-based mecha show with teenagers, pretty formulaic in its genre, but it might be a deconstruction which could make it awesome. Time will tell. Shingeki no Kyojin is a horror/fantasy action show based on …
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Two Questions about The West Wing: “100,000 Airplanes” and “The Two Bartlets”
We’re in the meaty middle of Season Three, readers. Let’s see what happens after Bartlet’s censure after the cut.
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