Those complaining about the lack of ethnic diversity of the women pictured might want to look at the demographics of Germany - people of Iranian, Pakistani and especially Turkish origin make up the majority of minority groups, (as well as people from other European countries). [en.wikipedia.org]
If you think everyone there is of German origin, you're not looking hard enough!
If you think everyone there is of German origin, you're not looking hard enough!
@roahl: Oh yes - do try the book first. There's huge chunks of it which the TV version misses!
@leftoverhill: The TV series is just called Mapp and Lucia and the books came to be known as that also: [en.wikipedia.org]
I've had a quick look youtube and it doesn't look like there are any full episodes up there - so I guess you would have to get hold of the DVDs somehow, to watch them. (They're repeated on UK digital channels at unsociable hours.)
I found a fan montage though - it's camper than a row of tents!
I've had a quick look youtube and it doesn't look like there are any full episodes up there - so I guess you would have to get hold of the DVDs somehow, to watch them. (They're repeated on UK digital channels at unsociable hours.)
I found a fan montage though - it's camper than a row of tents!
@roahl: The BBC recently adapted Andrea Levy's Small Island and it was very popular. I don't know if it made it over to the US?
ETA: Not that this excuses any past, present or future racism in British tv!
ETA: Not that this excuses any past, present or future racism in British tv!
For epic bitchery, I love the 1980s adaption of E.F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels (written in the 1920s and 30s), with Geraldine McEwan, Prunella Scales and Nigel Hawthorne. The sets are dreadful, the costumes lovely, the minutiae of genteel middle-class social competition painfully good. The hats inspire lust.
@BlondesHaveMoreFun: Not in England! (I'm English!)
Deeply trivial observation: One of the false notes for me in Mad Men is the name Lane Pryce - a biblical/monarch name would be far more convincing. Although the son called Nigel is perfect for a child of that generation.
@abdouglass: Etsy maybe? [www.etsy.com]
@memawsboy: I know Peggy was the star last week, but I really missed her in this episode! I want moar Peggy always!
@TopLevelExecutive: I hated that we found out nothing about her - Lane could have easily turned up at her apartment, rather than the club for that conversation so we could have got a smidge of context/backstory, but no. Well, if she's in it for a couple more eps, maybe the character will be rounded out a little more.
@saintbernadette: Nice interpretation! I was thinking about her other abortions, but not how old those children would have been.
@dissolved.girl: Absolutely! It's great for all-round intellectual development in young people, as well as creative expression and driving your parents crazy with scratchy renditions of Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star.
Hortense! I completely understand and yet - I am so very sad. Thank you for 2 years of weekend amusement and entertainment.
@Habibiti: Lots of hairdressers use them. Can you get a hairdresser to style your hair with some and find out how they do, if you like it, etc?
@Southern_Comfort: 'Violently pro-sex'? That conjures quite the image!
#groupthink
#groupthink
@peenerbambina: Nice! This year's best find for me was a gorgeous, black pencil skirt for £6 - thick cotton-jersey, goes with everything, fits every day of the month. (I bought two.)
I haven't ventured into Topshop for a long time...
I haven't ventured into Topshop for a long time...
@peenerbambina: Evans - 90% dreary, and I have heard bad things about their management.
I choose (am forced to choose) H&M, M&S, Peacocks, the odd bit of vintage, the odd bit of LKBennett (when they run large and I'm feeling flush), and whatever I can find in TKMaxx.
I choose (am forced to choose) H&M, M&S, Peacocks, the odd bit of vintage, the odd bit of LKBennett (when they run large and I'm feeling flush), and whatever I can find in TKMaxx.
A good moment to brush up on the non-trans gender privilege checklist?
[www.oberlin.edu]
E.g.:
15) I do not have to choose between either invisibility ("passing") or being consistently "othered"
and/or tokenized based on my gender.
[www.oberlin.edu]
E.g.:
15) I do not have to choose between either invisibility ("passing") or being consistently "othered"
and/or tokenized based on my gender.
@ohblahdee: I started going to dance classes in June (with a fellow Jezebelle in fact) - it's great exercise, but more than that, it's creative and terribly absorbing (and thus relaxing).
#groupthink
#groupthink
This is a great project and reminds me of a letter that Savage Love printed a few years ago, from a teenager, who was being bullied for being gay - which Dan printed some of the responses to, including one which began 'Three important words: High school ends' and ended 'And [when you're an adult] you'll have the confidence to sign a letter like this with your real name' and then his full name. Very moving.
