Ms. Snarker Regrets

Angelina Jolie writes about her preventative double mastectomy...

Mon, 13 May 2013 21:48:26 -0700

Angelina Jolie writes about her preventative double mastectomy in an essay for The New York Times.

But I am writing about it now because I hope that other women can benefit from my experience. Cancer is still a word that strikes fear into people’s hearts, producing a deep sense of powerlessness. But today it is possible to find out through a blood test whether you are highly susceptible to breast and ovarian cancer, and then take action. ….

I wanted to write this to tell other women that the decision to have a mastectomy was not easy. But it is one I am very happy that I made. My chances of developing breast cancer have dropped from 87 percent to under 5 percent. I can tell my children that they don’t need to fear they will lose me to breast cancer. ….

I choose not to keep my story private because there are many women who do not know that they might be living under the shadow of cancer. It is my hope that they, too, will be will able to get gene tested, and that if they have a high risk they, too, will know that they have strong options. Life comes with many challenges. The ones that should not scare us are the ones we can take on and take control of.

Read the whole piece here.

Jennifer Lawrence, the Internet’s BFF.

Tue, 07 May 2013 14:06:00 -0700

Jennifer Lawrence, the Internet’s BFF.

Tywin vs Olenna: A Summary ‘Bout sums it up.

Tue, 07 May 2013 11:33:39 -0700

Tywin vs Olenna: A Summary

‘Bout sums it up.

Saw this on a tow truck while on the freeway recently and felt a...

Wed, 01 May 2013 17:04:39 -0700

Saw this on a tow truck while on the freeway recently and felt a little better about the world.

All he needs is a hotdog and some jack cheese to officially...

Thu, 25 Apr 2013 14:33:01 -0700

All he needs is a hotdog and some jack cheese to officially become Meat Cat.

flannelanimal: Here’s a small illustration I did for this past...

Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:09:49 -0700

flannelanimal:

Here’s a small illustration I did for this past Sunday’s New York Times Magazine. It accompanied an article by Mark Leibovich, asking question of just when Hillary Clinton’s inevitable presidential campaign will begin.

Someone has set the last five minutes of Sunday’s Game of...

Mon, 22 Apr 2013 10:27:44 -0700

Someone has set the last five minutes of Sunday’s Game of Thrones to this already, right?

afterellen: The Meet the Parents segment is interrupted...

Thu, 18 Apr 2013 10:57:16 -0700

afterellen:

The Meet the Parents segment is interrupted because, dude, it’s finally time to fight. So Tamsin squares up her eyes to Bo and says, “Juice me.” Am I still wearing clothes? Because I don’t mean to be.

Bo grabs the back of Tam’s head and says sharing is caring. She jabs Tamsin and does the Succubus version of a blowback, where she sucks in some on Tamsin’s super juiced chi. They finally break all blue-eyed and slack-jawed and lusty roars and forget breaking out of the cell. First they’ll need a knife to cut all this sexual tension.

Dorothy Snarker’s “Lost Girl” finale recap!

First Obamacare is overturned, oh never mind. Now Boston...

Wed, 17 Apr 2013 11:52:00 -0700

First Obamacare is overturned, oh never mind. Now Boston Marathon suspect is arrested, oh never mind. YOU HAD ONE JOB, CNN. Accurately report the news. CNN, officially now the Sam of news.

"Because here’s the thing about realizing you’re into girls. Hardly anyone I know has ever said, “Am..."

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:49:38 -0700

“Because here’s the thing about realizing you’re into girls. Hardly anyone I know has ever said, “Am I gay?” in the same way they say, “Hey, do you know what the weather’s supposed to be like tomorrow?” Like they just need to figure out how to dress for the occasion. No, when most people ask, “Am I gay?” they ask it with the kind of urgency they would usually reserve for things like, “Do I strap this parachute to my back and jump from this free falling airplane or do I nose dive into the ocean and hope the sharks don’t eat my remains? SINK OR SWIM? LIVE OR DIE? QUENCH THE FIRE OR BURN ALIVE?” It feels so urgent, and the reason it feels so urgent is because you’re probably not just asking, “Hey, do I want to make out with other girls?”

You’re also probably asking: What the hell are my parents going to say when I tell them I want to kiss other girls? And my friends and my co-workers and my classmates and everyone at my family reunion? And what’s that girl going to say when I tell her I want to kiss her? And how is my life ever going to be OK, and how can I go on being the same, and am I the same, and what else do I not know about what’s alive inside me? And who will still love me and who will start hating me, and is God involved, or the government maybe, and what if it’s only one girl I want to kiss, and how do I label myself and must I label myself, and what if I change my mind and, really, what if I do burn alive?”

- Heather Hogan (via ladysaviours)

afterellen: After climbing in fully clothed (and armed), she...

Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:01:39 -0700

afterellen:

After climbing in fully clothed (and armed), she is overcome by the warm suds and confesses. To her, Bo is perfect. And her wasted heart will love Bo – until she has to look her in her eyes and deliver her as a bounty to her mystery employer. But then maybe Bo really is perfect. Her eyes are both brown and blue. Her heart is both strong and gentle. She is virtuous, yet a succubus. She shouldn’t even be real, but she is. Poor, poor Valkyrie. Sometimes when she likes someone, she has to make her go away.

Lost Girl recap: She poisoned him with science

Coming November 25, 2015 I am already in line.

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 20:17:49 -0700

Coming November 25, 2015

I am already in line.

afterellen: But we’ve got even more insidious evil to worry...

Tue, 02 Apr 2013 16:45:51 -0700

afterellen:

But we’ve got even more insidious evil to worry about than a couple of suburban moms dabbling in the occult. Because Dr. Taft is back at Lauren’s door again. And this time he’s carrying a little black folder filled with secrets. He charged his obscenely paid lawyers with digging up the dirt on her and what they found was Karen Beattie. I know, I know, it’s shocking to realize Lauren even had such a terrible, terrible haircut.

Yes, our Dr. Lewis is a fugitive from the law named Karen Beattie who, if I read her dossier right, is wanted for being linked to an organization involved in Interpol cases. Also for protesting against prison sentences and demonstrating about government restrictions to scientific research. That’s all she’s wanted for? Protesting? Doesn’t Interpol have like real terrorists to catch? Regardless, this solves the mystery as to why Lauren/Karen was in the Congo and Afghanistan for five years. Wait, hold up, say all this is true – there is still no way in hell Zoie Palmer is only 5’2.”

Lost Girl recap: The Witches of Faewick

afterellen: Bo stammers on about space and taking all the time...

Fri, 29 Mar 2013 15:25:00 -0700

afterellen:

Bo stammers on about space and taking all the time she needs and her not going anywhere. But the heart wants what it wants, and it wants to have Lauren in her arms right now. But she leaves, and before she makes the door turns. “This is just a break, right?” And in that moment, we are all Bo.

Lost Girl recap (3.10) This is how a heart breaks

Our Queen.

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:43:13 -0700

Our Queen.

If you aren’t watching “Go On,” wait, why...

Mon, 25 Mar 2013 12:00:11 -0700

If you aren’t watching “Go On,” wait, why aren’t you watching “Go On?” You should really watch “Go On.” If not for Chandler*, watch it for Anne.

*I know Matthew Perry’s character isn’t named Chandler. But old habits and such.

Here comes Copubus v. Doccubus “And boom goes the...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:09:49 -0700

Here comes Copubus v. Doccubus

“And boom goes the dynamite. Remember, I didn’t start this war. I only Paul Revere-ed its coming.”

“Lost Girl” Recap (3.08): What a long, strange trip it’s been

Geektastic Lauren makes my heart sing. “I am now...

Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:02:42 -0700

Geektastic Lauren makes my heart sing.

“I am now picturing Lauren getting into flame wars with frauds and trolls on science message boards and it is filling me with untold delight. In my mind her screename is Hotpants77. I now demand Lost Girl film a bottle episode set all in Lauren’s apartment where she talks to her laptop screen while indignantly browsing science message boards and secretly reading Hermione Granger femslash fanfic.”

“Lost Girl” Recap (3.08): What a long, strange trip it’s been

When your dress looks like this, that is kind of bound to...

Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:11:51 -0800

When your dress looks like this, that is kind of bound to happen. Still, I love J-Law even more after the J-Fall.

“Lauren knows they can make it. And, since they’re being...

Wed, 13 Feb 2013 12:24:22 -0800

“Lauren knows they can make it. And, since they’re being honest, her pubococcygeus muscle can sure use the rest. Just so you don’t have to Google, that’s the muscle on one’s pelvic floor that contracts during orgasm. So in case for some reason you’ve forgotten, this is a show where two beautiful gay women get it on like Donkey Kong and talk openly and unabashedly about their relationship in grown up ways. In other words, this show is freaking awesome.”

“Lost Girl” Recap (3.05): At First Touch