I've become a big fan of the new Supergirl TV show as a non-grimdark variant on the superhero trope. (I also loved the very grimdark Jessica Jones, so I can swing both ways.) One of the concepts the characters discuss is something called the "friend zone," which is a term I vaguely think I've heard of before that means the kind of limbo you can get ( Read more... )

I think it was last year around this time that I was threatening to write about why I have such a hard time forming romantic attachments, and now I think I've come up with another good one-liner on the subject.

For the record, yes, the marriage of someone you love very deeply to someone else is an occasion for mixed feelings. But you know what? So what. Happy solstice, y'all!