Lifestyle Duana Names: Perfect… Plus Hi Duana, I’m a huge Name Nerd and I couldn’t wait until I had a reason to email you for advice. My daughter is due in early September and I’ve found her first name but no middle. What to do when her dad and I can’t By Duana • Sep 05, 2018 04:32 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Long Weekend Reader Roundup! What I’ve learned is that I should ask you guys for help more often, you have some collective skills. Last week I asked for your comments on ‘Name the Art Baby’ and you guys totally came through (though I have to say that I did expect a little more By Duana • Aug 31, 2018 12:45 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Wish Fulfillment (Nick)names Hi Duana, I am pregnant with my second child (gender unknown), due at the end of August. I'm having a hard time settling on a name. My older child, Eleanor, is named after a beloved family member. I have loved the name forever and always knew I would By Duana • Aug 28, 2018 04:41 pm
Lifestyle Duana Names: Name The Art Baby Dear Duana, This is a bit off kid naming, but I'm having an art baby instead of a human one, and I am hoping you'll have some thoughts! I am an illustrator and artist that is in the midst of starting a brick and mortar retail, By Duana • Aug 24, 2018 03:02 pm
Equality Issues Who’s Gonna Watch You The Affair, Season 4. My feeling at the end of Season 4 of The Affair, beyond that it was bleak, and beyond the Ruth Wilson Cryptogram, was that we now officially have less than we started with. That is, for all the risks they took and all the passion and By Duana • Aug 24, 2018 02:45 pm
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
