What is our predisposition toward romantic stories?  We’re obsessed with ‘couples’.  We weep when two people in stories don’t get together, we cheer when they do, we watch and listen and gossip about couples.  We want to hear about their problems and discuss every nuance.  We do it with fictional characters, we do it with ( Read more... )

It's amazing how you can not realize something about yourself until you're annoyed that someone else is doing it.

My mom is getting my niece an American Girl Doll for Christmas, which is nice.  A grandmother wants to give her only grandchild a (very) nice doll - there's nothing wrong with that.  In my not-so-subtle attempt to subvert the Disney- ( Read more... )