why yes this headline IS a nod to 19th century American classic The Rise of Silas Lapham, thank you for asking!

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best possible outcome is that she recovers fully, leads a long and fulfilling life, and her three kids all reflect on this period and the last several decades of their family history and think, huh, maybe we should opt out

in my heart of hearts and with zero evidence whatsoever, I believe eiza gonzalez was cast in this show because of a Netflix facial algorithm that indicated sustained attention while she is on screen, especially among [whatever global market they are targeting]

i enjoyed 3 Body Problem, a tv show adaptation of an unadaptable book that miraculously feels like a tv show, complete with some fantastic bits, some iffy ones, and one real clunker of a performance
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I totally get the appeal of it being Not Her, but the weirdness does not stop if it’s just both of them out to buy a ton of weirdly large boxes

the photo edit! the schedule! the rose hanbury stuff! it can be her and still be completely wild

I think it’s her 🤷‍♀️

imagine how annoyed rose hanbury must be with kensington palace for managing this all so badly that her whole deal has gotten spread around everywhere

very beautiful to watch my entire workplace grind to a halt yesterday afternoon

we've landed on kategate even though waterkate is so much funnier; the internet cannot be trusted to do anything i stg

the independent is not “soft launching” rose hanbury, they are doing the kind of naked and necessary SEO bid publishing that’s sadly vital to profitable digital journalism in 2024, I am LOSING my MIND

i'm not saying don't do conspiracy brain, i'm saying, be better at it!

all right look, something is happening with Kate Middleton, the royals suck at talking about it, AND the internet has destroyed everyone’s brains. her face looks the same as it does in vogue because she has the same face!! kids can rewear clothes!!

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I am on Culture Study today talking about the inescapable ACOTAR; coincidentally I just watched a woman at Barnes and Noble buy ACOTAR and tell the cashier that she’s not really a reader but all her friends say she just HAS to get this

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well LOOK AT THIS!

this will get updated as soon as both of my editors don't have the flu but in the mean time: run the decision tree for yourself!

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THERE ARE NO BOTTLE EPISODES IN FEUD: CAPOTE

CMON NOW