"Monkey see, monkey do! Monkey get in trouble, too!"That's something I heard a lot during my childhood. Although it was often commentary on the behavior of other kids, usually smaller kids than I was at the time, I have a few memories of when it applied to me ( Read more... )

I was about eight months pregnant, my best friend was actually on the same side of North America for the first time in a while, and it was close to my birthday. Her idea of a present was two tickets to the Broadway revival of Equus, which at the time I knew very little about other than "that play where Dan Radcliffe [who played Harry Potter in the ( Read more... )

...because this is apparently A Thing again ( Read more... )

( warning for sexual assault, for child abuse, and for NSFW language generally )

I have to say that, of the films that had a realistic chance of taking Best Picture, The Hurt Locker was certainly my pick BY FAR - and I am pleased that it won.

However, since the nominations were made public I've been imagining a parallel world in which Up not only had an actual chance, but also won. I think I like that world a hell of a lot ( Read more... )

"Mommy, I'm Cinderella! You can call me Cinderella or Alex ( Read more... )

OK, so I know there is at least one person reading this who is going to disagree with me quite strongly, but anyway, here goes:

After having been repeatedly subjected to Monsters vs. Aliens by Alex, I can safely say that I am convinced there is NOTHING "feminist" or "empowering" about this movie. I'd much rather Alex (or anyone else) follow the ( Read more... )