It's Pumpkins. David Pumpkins.
It’s Halloween! Any questions? Look, I know this David S. Pumpkins skit has been making the rounds for a week now. But, dammit, if it doesn’t make me smile each time I watch it, quote it or even think...
View ArticleBirthday Wishes
Hey! It’s my birthday! And what I want most for my birthday – besides that we elect our first female president in exactly one week – is for all of you to have as wonderful a day as Doccubus, Shoot,...
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I'd Cross The Ocean For You
When we first heard about “Oceans 8” we were all like, “YAAAS.” So many talented, amazing, crazy hot women in one movie together. And then, then we saw the first set photos. And we are like, “SHUT UP...
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Fly The H
Last night, the Cubs ended a 108-year drought. On Tuesday, women will end a 227-year drought. Look, it’s been a long, strange, insane, maddening, excruciating year. This election is a never-ending...
View ArticleMy Weekend Crush
I admit, I am getting excited for this movie. Could it still suck? Of course it could still suck. But we have so precious few female-fronted superhero films to begin with, we cling to each precious one...
View ArticleSunday Morning Special Edition About Saturday Night
Perhaps it is this endless election, perhaps it is everything that is at stake, perhaps I am just very, very tired of the ugliness and anger - but this is the very first Saturday Night Live skit that...
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An Ode to Joy This Election. Yes, Joy
This fucking election, amirite?People have called it unprecedented. People have called it bruising. People have called it hellish. Like, seriously, are we all in Hell and this election is our eternal...
View ArticleI Believe That She Will Win
“I believe that she will win!I believe that she will win!” https://t.co/DhNoz11ARV— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) November 8, 2016Well, the campaign is finally over. Now it is up to us. A couple...
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Hate Trumps Love
The simple truth is, hate won.There’s no way to sugarcoat this. There’s no silver lining. There’s no way to take away this terrible, terrible reality. Hate won.Whites so thoroughly repudiated people of...
View ArticleToday
Forgive me. Today I cannot find the words. I hurt and I know you do, too. Be good to each other. Be kind whenever you can. Now we pick ourselves up and we keep trying. It’s the only thing we can do....
View ArticleNot Normal
Right, so here is the thing. Someday, soon, I will get back to writing about pop culture and the effervescent delights of entertainment. Someday, soon, I will smiles uncontrollably at the endless...
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My Monday Crush
This photo of Hillary Clinton on a quiet hike was the balm my soul needed last week. By now you probably already heard the story of how a woman went for a walk with her daughter in the woods and ran...
View ArticleIt’s a cold and it’s a broken Hallelujah
It goes like thisThe fourth, the fifthThe minor fall, the major liftYes, you’ve watched it already. Probably more than once. Possibly more than a dozen times. Possibly even more than me. Yet with each...
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We Welcome Our New Alien Overlords
Dear Intergalactic Neighbors:Yoo-hoo! Hello. Down here. Look, I realize Earth might not be the most appealing prospect right now. Humankind has, once again, gone and made a self-inflicted mess of...
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Join the Resistance
As I cycle through the stages of grief/panic/outrage/incredulity at this election one of the things I keep coming back to is how none of this is normal. None of this should ever be normal. Yet already...
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My Weekend crush
My God, I’m so tired and he isn’t even president yet. One of the things we’re going to have to constantly remind ourselves in these next interminable four fucking years is to take joy where we can find...
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Out, Out, Good Spots
In terrible times, people often show us who they really are. Some people rise to the occasion, others disappoint just as terribly. So one of the few positive things to come from our new national...
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Never Give Up, Never Surrender
My God, it has only been two weeks. Two. Weeks. Now only 206 more weeks to go. *laugh cries hysterically* But, dear kittens, we will survive. We will fight. Together. Stronger. Because we’re worth it.
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The Moviefication of Cameron Post
So it’s about time 2016 did us a solid. Granted, nothing can ever forgive this terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year. Not even close. But we will take any little ray of happiness we can take. And...
View ArticleHappy Eatsgiving
Dearest kittens. May you all have a most relaxing, most enjoyable, most delicious Thanksgiving. Or, at the very least, may you not dump your entire dinner on your lap. Now, if you want to dump your...
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