Following three seasons of the incredibly charming, though massively flawed Gillian Darmody as a staple of the show, she was a welcome returning character after being absent in Episode 2. After the almost-coup of last season culminating in a massacre in The Artemis Club, Gillian’s brothel, she’s left with no business to run and a […]
TW: death, suicide Last July, my friend J was found in a park, dead by his own hand. And I lost it. I’m still not completely sure why: though he’d been a huge influence on me, he’d also been out of my life for several years.
Toss back a few with me, will you?
Continuing on with my miniseries kick as of late, over a few nights, I watched the seven installments of the BBC drama The State Within. The story can feel a little convoluted at times, but overall, it’s a good production.
This post will break your heart, but it’s an amazing piece of writing. -Hillary Trigger warning: the following piece discusses a suicide.
I’ve been waiting for Prime Suspect to turn up on Netflix Instant for… oh, as long as I’ve had a subscription. I love Helen Mirren. How can you not love Helen Mirren, really?
Trigger warning: the following piece discusses a suicide. It also might not make sense.
Essentially, Chronicle is a movie about three dudes in high school who get superpowers. These dudes aren’t particularly close friends prior to a strange, underground organism giving them telekinesis. Their friendship blossoms out of the unique experience. Seriously though, when with a tiny group of people, and some ridiculous shit goes down that group can’t really tell […]
Welcome back, Persephoneers! I hope everyone is having a wonderful holiday season. Aside from a few toddler meltdowns when my little one got a bit overwhelmed by all the new stuff, a toy that turned out to be really obnoxious, and eating way too much ham and stuffing at dinner, my holiday season went surprisingly […]
Dear Deus ex MacIntosh, What the fuck is up with mother-in-laws and why can’t they ever shut the hell up about my radish flowers and other inane minutae? Signed, Defeated Daughter-in-Law
I have a confession to make: I watched Kim Kardashian’s 97-hour wedding extravaganza on E! this week. I’m not ashamed, but I’m also not going to be writing about the actual show. Instead, I want to talk about why people do reality television, and if they care about how they are portrayed, even if it […]
I just celebrated a birthday last week, and one of my resolutions to my newly 30-something self was that I was going to take any means necessary to end the drama in my life. As a person with high levels of anxiety, high blood pressure and occasional black moods, I felt it would be beneficial […]
We’ve all had a “well meaning” person crop up in our life now and again. That person who offers you diet pills even though you never asked for advice on losing weight; the person who takes it upon themselves to tell you all about what an asshole the guy you just started dating is; the […]
Earlier this week, I had a really infuriating call with a member of my family. She told me that despite all this “body acceptance stuff,” I had to start taking care of myself. When I asked her what she meant by that, she said, “Making healthier food choices.”
There are some trends, like vampires (thanks, Twilight!), that just won’t go away. Another one is anything remotely having to do with New Jersey, and it is especially prevalent on television.