Scandal If I never hear the word “Command” again… Scandal Season 3 Episode 21 recap Okay, let’s start here. I call my dad “Dad” most of the time, but when I need to get his attention in a crowd, I call him by his first name, “Gamal”. It’s left over from when we’d be in a By Duana • Apr 11, 2014 10:15 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Surprise! I have loved your name articles from day one, for both the hilarious redirections and sweet encouragements. But it was solely for entertainment purposes. Except now I'm surprise pregnant (Hi! was on the pill!) and my husband and I are grappling with names for our little one. Since By Duana • Apr 10, 2014 12:45 pm
Equality Issues On the cover of a Rolling Stone Oh yes. Oh, we’re here. The future has arrived. Because do my eyes deceive me, or is that a 50-something woman on the cover of Rolling Stone – naked? It is, right? She looks great and all, and yes, lots of women at 50-esque don’t have that body but By Duana • Apr 09, 2014 03:33 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Tiebreaker Hi Duana! My husband and I (and my mom, his mom, my sister, etc.) are deadlocked over the name of our second daughter. We are torn between Susannah and Blythe as a sister to Phoebe. I think I really like the simple, chic feel of Blythe and I adore the By Duana • Apr 08, 2014 11:35 am
TV Updates BFF Host of SNL Saturday, April 5, 2014 Dear BFF Anna Kendrick, Tonight you hosted SNL! I was a little worried about your sartorial choices, because I love you so much but you know that you sometimes have odd clothing situations. But you started the show in a little girl princess dress that actually By Duana • Apr 07, 2014 09:12 am
Game of Thrones Welcome Back, Arya Game of Thrones Season 4 Episode 1 recap “Lots of people name their swords.” “Lots of c-nts.” COME ON! Welcome back to Westeros. It felt like it was an awfully long time this time, didn’t it? Every time, but especially this time, because we have been so completely sure By Duana • Apr 07, 2014 08:39 am
TV Updates Mandy, Six Years Later One of the very first pieces I ever wrote for this site was about Mandy Moore. It was called What Will It Take and I remember because A) We were in Paris, and B) because of the look Lainey gave me like “good luck with this uphill battle trying to By Duana • Apr 04, 2014 01:03 pm
Scandal Let’s talk about dicks Scandal Season 3 Episode 16 recap What? Is that too bold? Is it a bit harsh? Let’s remember that first of all, this episode was called “The Fluffer”. But secondly, this episode was really mostly about bad behavior, the people who get away with it, and the people who By Duana • Apr 04, 2014 11:08 am
Maple Leaf Days In The East I love this thing where songs just get dropped, kind of at random. When one feels like it. Keeps the fans on their toes, right ? This one is called Days In The East and allegedly, it is about the romance between he and Rihanna, now that it’s back. It By Duana • Apr 03, 2014 02:31 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Arguments for Arthur Help!!!!! Pregnant with my second, due in the middle of summer, and we are completely stuck on a name. We will be having a boy this time around so of course I had girls names all picked out! The only names we like so far are Grayson and Hudson but By Duana • Apr 03, 2014 11:47 am
Movie Reviews and Previews Please, Please, Please… Dear Holly Bario, you smart executive who wisely gave the greenlight to Eleanor & Park… Sometimes I get mad at the concept of word of mouth. It seems like such an egalitarian but inefficient system. Like, why do I have to wait that long to find things out that might By Duana • Apr 03, 2014 11:30 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: Subverting the Nickname Dear Duana, My husband and I are expecting a boy this winter, and while we fundamentally agree on the types of names we like (traditional, must pass the Supreme Court test), I’m having a lot of trouble agreeing to anything because I’m afraid of what my husband is By Duana • Apr 01, 2014 11:26 am
TV Updates Fan Rage for Breakfast The summer of 2007 was HOT. One of the great things about Toronto summers is that they are sultry all day and all night. The temperature doesn’t change at all, and so days and nights flow into each other in a way that’s gorgeous and exciting. The other By Duana • Apr 01, 2014 10:02 am
Scandal Nooooooope Scandal Season 3 Episode 15 recap You know what? Bullsh*t. Everything about last night was. Some of it in decent ways that served the over the top, ridiculous, ever-more-punk-ass story. Some of it in ways that pull me out of the same story so badly I want to scream. By Duana • Mar 28, 2014 10:55 am
Lifestyle Duana Names: C, D, (not E) F Hi Duana, My husband and I are struggling a bit to brainstorm names for our first babychild. We have some parameters: We are loosely naming him or her after my mother, so we're going to use one of her three initials (D, C, and F) as the first By Duana • Mar 28, 2014 10:41 am
TV Updates The Education of Alicia Florrick THERE ARE SO MANY SPOILERS. YOU KNOW THIS. THIS IS THE JUMP AFTER WHICH THERE ARE SPOILERS. SERIOUS ONES. A friend of mine recently started watching The Good Wife. She’s behind – just finishing Season One. So when Sunday night happened, I told her to stay off Twitter (and seriously, By Duana • Mar 25, 2014 03:35 pm
