Kristen Hanley Cardozo

Democrats may not be able to prevent Mullin's confirmation, but they can certainly turn his track record of offense and stupidity into two days of televised humiliation so spectacular that he is wounded in Trump's eyes from day 1. That is the job.

I love it so much even though I want Claudio to die

And then, the capper. YEARS later, I’m with my parents at a party at the same house. Richard is there. He comes up and asks me how the play went. He remembered! I was blown away. I will never forget the gifts he gave me in just being a kind, knowledgeable adult who treated me like a peer.

It was only after I went home that I found out Richard was Bull from Night Court. Richard Moll. He was between seasons and didn’t look the part at all. He was so kind and patient!

And so we talked and he genuinely taught me how to hear the language and understand it as something beautiful that could be spoken naturally. He made it real and vital. Lovely man. I went back and really learned and listened. I can still recite one of Puck’s speeches because I fell in love with it.

And I said sure and then did not talk to Richard because I was not going to initiate conversation with a strange adult. But while I was up in a tree in the backyard Richard came over and said he heard I was in a Shakespeare play.

A story on Midsummer: the only parts open to children were fairies, so I was a fairy (Moth, I think) and had very few lines. During the production, I went to a party at my parents’ friend’s house and they were like “You should talk to Richard! He’s done Shakespeare.”

Much Ado About Nothing, A Midsummer Night’s Dream (I was in a production in 7th grade and it’s how I learned to listen to the language), Macbeth

It’s a great essay!

I’ve taught that essay before and my students really liked it. ♥️

I’m not going to watch True Blood, but I will believe you

lolsob 🫠

I’m quite pleased by it

I don’t remember if I had seen him in anything prior to Murderbot, but he’s perfect in that role

everyone is fighting a battle you can't see because you are the only one without cool invisible wizard powers

Exactly.

I loved Shields when I was at Davis. And on therapy dog days, I heard from undergrads that there was always a wait because so many students attended. What a lovely article!

Yes! Hot guys who are willing to look stupid are like ten times hotter for it. Grant was constantly throwing his body on the ground in silly ways without breaking character or winking at the camera to show that he's actually too good for this.

I get so excited when people recommend Trollope

Alt text is chef's kiss

You are consistently one of the most prophetic people I follow, so I believe you.

If you start typing "how long until Miami," the first autofill is "is underwater"

In high school I mostly disliked English classes and whether I enjoyed them depended very much on whether I liked the books we were reading. But at the college level, so much of my pleasure was about the analysis.

A thing I love about it, too, that a lot of people do not, is that it gives me pleasure that is no longer dependent on whether I liked a given text. I've had a great time thinking and writing about texts I resolutely disliked.

And to be momentarily sincere, the idea that grief needs curing is the entirety of the problem.

Can Ai 'cure' grief? Can my potato read Shakespeare? Can a cat eat a space station? Can I have your money?

After thinking on this a bit, Red Harvest is comparatively short.

It is true. I'm trying to think of more recent texts that struck me as being about capitalism, but my bias is obviously toward the doorstops.

The Way We Live Now
North and South and/or Mary Barton
Our Mutual Friend