Right, so now we're a monarchy? 👑
Once again the French show us how to have good things & a passing of note 💔
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Hello, Lovelies, How the hell are you? Day drinking yet?
Greetings from my little adventure… For those of you just joining… I took myself on a little adventure this summer—the first since almost dying last November. Really though, I feel like everything I do is a little adventure. Sometimes I go to Trader Joe’s and I'm blasting Merrily We Roll Along on my headphones and I have zero plan for dinner and I'm just like "WEEEEE!!!! SO MUCH COULD HAPPEN!"
And it just DID.
SCOTUS decided the thing we fought so hard NOT to become, we should become in the maddest King George way ever. We overthrew ourselves. We finally canceled The Constitution in granting core immunity to presumably the most powerful person in the world. Indeed, sources report Justice Sotomayer goes to her office and openly weeps now. Welcome to our Greek tragedy, people. We’re making this one a musical on rollerskates.
David Sedaris aptly sums up the election choices…
In the meantime, France is showing us again that it is possible “to love one’s country” and for us all to have nice things. You have only to scan the unmitigated joy in the crowded streets last night when the Left won over the far-right fascists. It was fan-fucking-tastic to see.
Doofus of the Week!
The Supposed Almighty?
“Democracy is the process by which people choose who to blame.”
Philosopher Bertrand Russell.
I’m sorry, what? I’d love to buy into the notion of an almighty caring being with a plan, but that Adam Schiff, a man so ridiculously polite he can’t even select the right shirt collar size for his own neck, is now calling for Biden to step aside, tells me we are truly just star stuff.
And from over here, none of this really matters, says Tim Stanley of The Daily Telegraph. The whole debacle has left the American empire looking “old and tacky”. If Ronald Reagan was, in the words of Gore Vidal, “a triumph of the embalmer’s art”, Biden looks like an “ostrich stuffed by an amateur”.
Feel no pity, says Stanley: he’s a narcissist who can’t see his own limits. A truly “wise, compassionate and patriotic man”, to borrow some of the titles bestowed on “Caesar Arthritis” by his bootlickers, would have settled for one term and used it to groom a successor.
This is what ‘discernment’ enables you to grasp. And if you believe in some ‘almighty’ entity, you honor his, her, or its discernment, yes?
All things being equal, we have to find a way through that lands us in the blue.
Doofus Runners Up: These Guys
From
’s remarkable stack, It’s Kind of a Long Story…“Roe v. Bros posts brief man-on-the-street interviews in which the men are asked questions about women’s sexual and reproductive health. It’s all done in fun, but these guys are having sex with women. And voting. And what they don’t know is scary.”And now for some marvels…
A Passing of Note… Needy, our Emotional Support Chicken
Needy became a key figure in our family’s lives as well as a brief viral sensation on the internet when she managed to be the only little hen to escape a massive attack by a bear we call Gwyneth Paltrow who ate all the of the chickens. Needy then started behaving in a very dog-like fashion—needing to be wherever you were no matter what you were doing. You could be doing the dishes, and there she was. I could be walking down to my studio to write and she’d be right beside me. She loved to watch Star Trek with my dad—perched on his Marty Crane-style recliner (Frasier’s dad). She appreciated lively conversation, Christmas Karaoke, and sourdough. She inspired poetry, art, and self-actualization with one friend writing in “I AM Needy Chicken.” (Todd, I see you.) And when we first tried to make pies for Thanksgiving after the horrible Gwyncident when her eggs weren’t quite right, the eggs were small and refused to crack so the pies wouldn’t set properly, many of you wrote in to diagnose them as “Trauma Pies” and instructed me to dash out and buy extra pies that very morning so as not to risk the wrath of my judgmental mad relations! Something for which I will always be grateful—since I am usually in trouble on holidays for some faux pas.
Needy’s life was tragically cut short due to climate change. Yes, my brother phoned from the States the other night while I was making dinner to let me know that despite efforts to install A/C, extra water, and a humidifier in the hen house, Needy had unexpectedly succumbed to the 120-degree temps along with another laying hen who also died upon trying to go outside.
Before They Disappear Forever: Dr. Seuss Trees
Our planet is home to over 73,000 species of trees, says Moss and Fog. Among the very rarest are the Quiver Tree, native to South Africa and Namibia, with tall branches and star-shaped blooms; the Monkey Puzzle – which is so similar to species from ancient prehistory that it’s often referred to as a living fossil; the Dragon’s Blood Tree, with a distinctive tight-packed canopy that looks like an umbrella; and the world’s rarest tree, the Baobab. Known to live for over 2,400 years, their hefty trunks can hold up to 32,000 gallons of water, allowing them to weather the harsh conditions of their native Africa.
How to Make a Music Video
From a tight emotive shot to the widest most inclusive one in the world. A masterclass.
The Remarkable on The Cultural Studies Podcast
Lastly, and mostly… don’t miss out on this juicy deep dive between author
and Dr. Toby Miller of The Cultural Studies podcast about all things publishing, literary fiction, and publishing. Listening to her latest serialized novel Fallout is a truly riveting ride.Stay cool, Lovelies, and know that I’m thinking of you as I make my way back this week – xoxo, gotham girl
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So sorry about Needy! This heat sh*t is brutal. Poor adorable chicken. Watching France and England (who I believe voted the Labour party back in) correct their political shitshowness makes me all the more infuriated that we just don't get it here. England still has Brexit though so I guess they haven't totally fixed it 🤐 And to people who say "if you don't like it, then move somewhere else!"...I can't. Most other countries won't take people with disabilities. Even Canada who is supposed to be the "compassionate" country. Rant over 😊
Was that 120 degree here in Hell (AKA Arizona)? If so, I can understand how Needy perished. So sorry for your loss. The wind feels like a large blow dryer here most days.