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    bookling: I fucking love Eloise. Not only does it make a RAWTHER awesome read-aloud book, but it's all about imagination! Yeah, Eloise is a brat (poor Nanny), b... more »
    sympathyforthebasementcat: Eloise is larger than life, but I think the live-action movie did a good job. Sofia Vassilieva was precocious to maximum annoyingness and maximum cute... more »
    Kivrin: I am ashamed to say that I have never read the Eloise books. I blame my parents, who probably kept me away from books about a naughty child who was d... more »
    rodmanstreet: (nerd alert) I feel compelled to be the trivia geek who says, "You know, Eloise was (allegedly) based on Liza Minnelli as a child!" Okay, go ahead, ... more »
    meritxell: an erotic life: Ugh, I think I lived with the people described above. They moved in shortly after my (rad as fuck) roommates moved out. They shared their weed, so at ... more »
    ab33: I have to admit it to SOMEONE- I have a hatecrush on one of my roommates. It's bad. I have to freaking live with her. And I really know that I should ... more »
    spikenard: By the way I knew that Sadie had written this before I checked the name, because it was great. more »
    spikenard: I must admit that I have 3 intense hate crushes: one on a white guy who thinks he's black, changed his name to a Muslim one, and talks about being the... more »
    Atomic Bowling: I think my most memorable hate-crush was this guy who lived in my dorm my freshman year of college. I have no idea what his name was (Ben? Brian? Bran... more »
    Everything MidnightBikeRide does is a balloon.: Facebook is the ultimate hate-crush vehicle, I think. That asshat from your high school class lists "I don't read!" under "Favorite Books"? A cringe... more »
    laurasaurus: All hipsters. I automatically assume they're ironically listening to bad music and talking about how subversive they are but also bought their shabby ... more »
    ZemarSea Urchin: It sounds more like you were left out, your ego was bruised, and you wanted to be let in the very group that was blocking you out. That is not a stand... more »
    crotchety: How about when someone has a hate crush on you? It's over now but there was a guy who made a lot of assumptions about who I was without bothering to n... more »
    Helio: Wow, i've had an ungodly amount of hatecrushes in my life. The most fervent were during my HS theater days, stemming from the resentment of someones s... more »
    cuteasabutton: I have a hate crush on The Daily Mail. I can't bear it yet I have to torture myself by reading it everyday. Grrrrr. more »
    holden caulfield's (canadian) female doppelgƤnger: I want to point out that this piece was written in such a wonderful way- it felt like all the short story collections I've ever read and really really... more »
    Princess Leela: Ahh, Sadie, you have put a name to a feeling for me for sure. A few years back I had a falling-out with one of my circle of friends and I'd definitely... more »
    Ultraprison!: I hate-crush on my friend's boyfriend, and I know *exactly* why: he always tells boring stories and chatters nonstop. And you're exactly right about w... more »
    Zombie Ms. Skittles: Can you hate crush a fictional character? Because I could believe that I have a hate crush on Peter Campbell. I totally ship the hell out of him and... more »
    Pizza!Pizza!Pizza!: Ha, I love this story. You're wrong, though, about the judging. Hippies are great at judging anyone they deem 'elite' or 'snobs' in a wonderfully iron... more »
  • #crushes

    "Live-Action Cannot Capture How Terrible She Really Is.”

    It's sort of appropriate that Eloise should still be causing major trouble. And that her illustrator should prove quite amazing: More »
  • #bluecrush

    Hate Crushes: A Love Story

    We often get tips that begin "I was reading Cosmo/Glamour/Marie-Claire - at the dentist's" - but really, I actually did read about "hate crushes" in a ladymag at the hairdresser's - and realized I was in the midst of one. More »
  • #ladylove

    Who's Your Girl Crush?

    Today in The Daily Beast, writer Doree Shafrir examines the phenomenon of the "fantasy girl crush," the woman who's slightly cooler or more successful than you, and who you kind of want to be. More »