Top Reads Loan Tran, a.k.a Kelly Marie Even if you don’t follow Star Wars, even if you tune out any headline that includes the words ‘social media’, you heard about Kelly Marie Tran. That she quit social media after she was bullied and berated by Star Wars truther bros for daring to appear in their beloved By Duana • Aug 21, 2018 04:14 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: When Is A Name An Egg? Hi Duana, My partner and I are expecting a boy and while I think we have the middle name nailed down, we need some input on the first name. So full disclosure - I too have an unusual name that has been mispronounced my entire life, which is maybe why By Duana • Aug 20, 2018 05:17 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: The Answer Is Already Inside You Duana, I've had "MY" girl name picked out for 12 years. I was happily surprised to learn Baby #2 is a girl due in August, and my husband immediately said, "Cool, we already have a name." Yet here I am, agonizing and overthinking and By Duana • Aug 17, 2018 04:51 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: If Not You, Then Who? Hi Duana, We're expecting our first child, a boy, in two weeks, and have been at an impasse for months. I'm torn between the '60s and '70s names I like and the names that are popular now (most of which I don't By Duana • Aug 15, 2018 05:10 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Short, yes. Simple – not so much. Hi Duana, I’ll keep it short and sweet. I’m expecting my second babe, sex unknown, end of August. Our son’s name is Fergus and we love it. Originally we had planned on the name Seamus but when our guy arrived it didn’t quite fit, so a By Duana • Aug 13, 2018 05:24 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Update - It’s Not About Me, Exactly… I mean, I should be making an effort to not have it about me, but I was so delighted with the response from the letter writer in the very personally-affecting Making It All About Me that I had to go ahead and make this the headline on a short but By Duana • Aug 10, 2018 04:05 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Tell Me You Love It Hi Duana, I need some help! I am pregnant with my first child, a boy. For the last couple of years my go-to boy name has been Noel, pronounced the English way, like 'knoll'. While I have been very open to other names and have narrowed down a By Duana • Aug 03, 2018 03:29 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Charlize & Margot: ‘Ugly’ for Fox News Movie Ask me why I’m so excited. Ask me why the news that Charlize Theron and Margot Robbie have joined Nicole Kidman in the cast of a movie about Fox News and Roger Ailes is making me so excited. I mean, you could stop there. Less than two years ago, By Duana • Aug 02, 2018 01:47 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Therein Lies The Paradox Hey Duana! (My cousin) and her husband have been obsessing over names for their 2nd baby girl, due in August, and are really stuck. I've tried to jump in with suggestions, but really nothing feels "just right." They have a 2 year old, Alivia Nicole, and By Duana • Aug 01, 2018 04:20 pm
TV Updates Showrunning Defence of Buffy On the one hand, I couldn’t believe this title hadn’t been used for something before; on the other, I realize that might be because the ‘defence’ I’m writing about is for shows – and showrunners – that haven’t actually started yet. First, there was the announcement of a By Duana • Jul 30, 2018 03:41 pm
TV Updates The Battle for Favourite Show Last week Sarah emailed me, Lainey, and Emily, our site manager. Subject? Duana’s new favourite show. Body? “This show was made with only the freshest ingredients, pureed in the most expensive blender, and poured into a tall, frosty glass just for Duana's consumption.” I mean, let’s By Duana • Jul 30, 2018 12:07 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What’s This But Not This? Hi Duana, I'm expecting my second soon (the third week of July!), and am at a loss for names. Our first is named Beverly, which we're delighted with - not only because it honours a grandmother that I was close with, but because it seems to By Duana • Jul 27, 2018 03:57 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Cultural Can-We-Do-That? Help! Since I was little I’ve always known my daughter’s name would be Katherine but we all call her Kate. My name is a Polish variation of Katie but I’m not at all Polish (long story! Eye roll), which is Kasia. I loved the sentiment of it By Duana • Jul 25, 2018 04:47 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: What Dreams May Come Hi Duana, fellow name nerd here. I am two weeks away from baby boy #2 (Duana: Actually less now, this email came in a few days ago) and I’m having doubts about our chosen name, which hubs and I deemed “perfect” since the beginning of the pregnancy. His name By Duana • Jul 23, 2018 03:30 pm
Movie Reviews and Previews Lin-Manuel Miranda has resurrected Movie Musicals “The sound you are hearing is not a technical problem. It is not a musical cue. It is not a joke. It is the sound of one man's mounting anxiety. I... am that man.” Okay, you’d have to be under a rock not to know Lin-Manuel Miranda’ By Duana • Jul 20, 2018 02:03 pm
Kenan Thompson Emmy Noms 2018 Controversial opinion ahead: It is bullsh-t that sketch comedy shows get their own category, but then sketch performers are lumped into the Supporting Actor/Actress in a Comedy category. Not that I begrudge anyone the nominations, let’s get that out of the way, but Leslie Jones and Aidy Bryant By Duana • Jul 12, 2018 02:59 pm
