I'm mostly here to enjoy myself! 😂
It's been the mantra for most of my life--now there's a manual! Plus, a Father-Daughter swearing lesson like no other!
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Hello, Lovelies, How the hell are you?
This week, Glynnis published an essay in the New York Times [gift link] where she writes about the freedom of being single and 50 and how she unreservedly and unabashedly enjoys her life with no apologies. Forget about the horror of being alone and middle-aged… Why not go for infamy you can Google?
There is nothing more terrifying to a patriarchal society than a woman who is free.
That she might be having a better time without permission or supervision is downright insufferable. Do give it a read!
And then buy this delicious book! And join us on
for the full book club experience!A Father-Daughter Swearing Lesson
So, this is the most dear short film… and, of course, language warnings abound!
From various usages and contexts to all the cognates, the utter comprehensive tenderness with which the subject of the word is dealt is beyond hilarious.
Doofus of the Week!
It’s a toss-up between Alito…
Yeah, we don’t buy any of his excuses.
The flagrant disregard for ethics and respect for democracy never mind their own branch of government is just a doozy. And bad news for anyone who had hoped for an ethics investigation into Supreme Court Justice after it was revealed that right-wing, Jan. 6-linked flags were flown at his properties on two separate occasions: Biden doesn’t even want to talk about it. Although the president has been outspoken about how the GOP is actively threatening democratic institutions, he doesn’t want to say anything about the Supreme Court. This is the problem with the Democrats, we’re always too damn polite and so conflict averse… Where is the spine? Zero effing spine.
And Arthur Grand Technologies???
The Virginia tech company was hit with a DOJ fine after it set up a job posting seeking only white candidates, the Department announced in a news release Thursday. Arthur Grand Technologies began advertising in March 2023 that they were looking for “U.S. Born Citizens [white] who are local within 60 miles from Dallas, TX [Don’t share with candidates],” with the brackets left in place.
The department began investigating in May 2023 and “determined that Arthur Grand discriminated based on citizenship status and national origin after a recruiter working for Arthur Grand’s subsidiary in India posted the advertisement on the job website Indeed.” Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke said it was “shameful” that executives were still using segregationist policies in the 2020s and said she “share[s] the public’s outrage” at the “appalling and discriminatory” action.
So, the offshore Indian recruiter inadvertently exposed the onshore company’s bigotry? Hmmm…
And now for some marvels!
Olympic Training au Louvre
To celebrate this summer’s Paris Olympics, the Louvre is running early-morning dance and exercise classes among its most famous exhibits. The sessions’ activities are inspired by the rooms where they take place: there’s dancing in the ballroom, running races by the Great Sphynx, and yoga in the airy courtyard. THIS is why I love France. People exercise next to zillion-year-old art and then they go eat cheese and smoke and drink wine and live forever.
Black Holes as matryoshka dolls!
This just made my head explode with cartoons 😂
Four Weddings and a Load of F*cks 30 Years Later 😂
It takes “a certain cheek”, says Blanca Schofield in Air Mail, to begin an elegant British rom-com with: “f***, f***, f***, f***, f***ity f***, bugger”. But 30 years ago, that’s precisely what Richard Curtis did with Four Weddings and a Funeral. In fact, the only reason Hugh Grant’s cloying ex (played by Anna Chancellor) is called Duckface is that the producers were worried there was too much profanity. Until a last-minute change in the script, her character was called F***face. Can you imagine the auditions? “Hi there, I’m Bla-bla-bla, represented by Bla-bla-bla, reading for the role of F***face.” I just—this business.
OK, that’s about it for this sweary ne’er-do-well. Stay safe, Lovelies, and please know I am thinking of you in between trying to finish my silly rom-com where the heroine is mostly there to enjoy herself. – xoxo, gotham girl
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There's just so much fuckery, Alisa! xo
Arthur Grand Technologies - I'm betting that guy in India lost his job. And I hope that fine was in the millions. Also, exercises at the Lourve? Yes please!! That's so awesome.