Erin Gloria Ryan's saved articles

I thought we were all about firing people in this country. America, you're getting soft. Read more

I'm glad that no one got fired. It actually seems like a plausible mistake (and one I have come DANGEROUSLY close making myself - I now know not to email my friend a link to a swingers event and then try to post a YouTube video to Facebook. I had my finger on the "post" button when the preview mercifully popped up) Read more

Precisely. So much of their identity as a group has been generated by a false "siege mentality" that they themselves have created. Without it they have bupkis. They come at it from every angle. Your example put together with Adam Weinstein's (I hope I spelled his name correctly) articles of yesterday and today and… Read more

There is little that would make me happier than you being wrong here. Read more

I have to agree with you. I'm 99% sure the GOP thinks women vote entirely based on abortion. And married women never have abortions, amirite?!

Also, this would explain why anybody thought letting Ann Romney near a mic two years ago was a good idea. Read more

Has she talked to a man lately - you know, one who has a partner that is still actively participating in the work force? They MAY have a different opinion on what their partner earns. Read more

"Phyllis Schlafly Has Really Outdone Herself This Time" Read more

Well, I think the Truthers planned the shoe-throwing incident so that they could then accuse Hillary of planning the shoe-throwing incident and thus create a shoe-throwing wormhole that destroys us all. That's what I think, Truthers. Prove me wrong. Read more

There is a political axiom, I believe first posed by Euclid or Archimedes, that when Hillary does something, or when something happens to her, she has carefully calculated it beforehand. Read more

Um no that's a story for RIGHT NOW PLEASE THANKS Read more

I'm pretty sure my status as An Old has been cemented, and if it hasn't, it will be now. Spring Break '93 and my friends and I decide to fly out and crash at my roommate's brother's apartment in West Hollywood. Well, one of my friends' boyfriends was a big tattoo guy, and he wanted a t-shirt from Sunset Strip Tattoos,… Read more

So me and my family (sister, father, mother) are in NYC during christmas break last year. We decide to go out to this really really nice steakhouse in Manhattan with my boyfriend who happens to be in grad school at the time in the city. Everything is going well, we get a round of drinks chit chatting nicely discussing… Read more

David Duchovny was scheduled to give a talk at my college (a theater school in NY) in one of our small theaters (capacity about 150 people). I was staying late after class with my scene partner and as we were leaving, we saw this whole thing play out in the lobby from the top of the stairs: 100+ students lined up… Read more

I used to work in high-end menswear retail in Manhattan (I now work in media, which is a whole other set of weird encounters). We got a lot of celebrity customers. I spent the better part of half an hour helping Kyle McLachlan pick out a tie. Jason Bateman was a total sweetheart and very low-key but personable. Shaun… Read more

I was in a bookstore somewhere in LA, and on a pile of books I found a Hello Kitty wallet. There was someone a few feet away from me, facing away, who I thought worked at the store. I asked him, "Hey, do you work here, I found someone's wallet." He turned around and I stuttered, "Uh, no, I guess you don't." … Read more

I come from a film family, so I've met a number of famous people, but I still feel awkward when I do. One odd one was David Hasselhoff just by how random the meeting was. He's a very tall man, and he knows my dad. We were in Montmartre, and David Hasselhoff comes walking down the street followed by many, many people… Read more

OH! And I also went to a lecture that Doris Kearns Goodwin gave on "Team of Rivals" and Lincoln in general. There were easily 2500 people there. I went all fan girl and snuck backstage, clutching my copy of her book. She was gracious, and kind, and signed it to me and my husband. She is also the tiniest person in real… Read more

First off, I've mentioned some of my previous "celeb" encounters with George R.R. Martin (STOP FUCKING ASKING WHEN HE IS GOING TO FINISH) and Bryan Cranston, cuz I'm cool and live in NM. But my favorite of all celeb encounters was when I was nine years old.... Read more

I'm not used to reading stories right after they're posted, so I scrolled down with that ^^ amount of anticipation and now I am sad that I have to wait. Read more