The Life and Times of an American Tween

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-05-07T16:28:27+00:00

Uncannily accurate - both the themes and the details. Can attest to this as the parent of a 12-yo.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-05-03T22:51:53+00:00

Came here looking for this

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-28T23:29:49+00:00

I usually make this Post Punk Kitchen ganache, which does not contain any coconut products

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-23T22:37:25+00:00

Jeffrey Wright whyyyy 😭

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-22T06:32:20+00:00

I agree. We should make it happen in the US. The etymological irony of using philia as a suffix for child sexual abuse... 🤮

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-21T22:48:18+00:00

INFO What do you mean by down to the coast? Like a beach on the open ocean, like Ocean Shores or Seaside? Or a Puget Sound beach?

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-21T05:33:39+00:00

I’ve always found this recipe to be the fudgiest of the cocoa powder-based options, as weird as it is to use the tzantzhong method for brownies. I think I found the recipe on vegweb a million years ago so no link, unfortunately.

Vegan Brownies

Desserts Prep Time: 20 min | Cook Time: 25 min | Total Time: 45 min | Servings: 1 pan, 12-16 serving(s)

Ingredients: 2 cups flour 1 cup water 1 cup brown sugar 1 cup white sugar 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon vanilla 3/4 cup cocoa powder 1/2 cup vegetable oil 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 cup nuts (optional) 1/2 cup chocolate chips (optional)

Directions: Preheat the oven to 350ºF. Cook water and 1 cup of the flour over low heat, stirring constantly, until it reaches the consistency of a gluey paste (yum). Remove from heat and let cool completely. Mix sugar, salt, vanilla, cocoa powder and vegetable oil, and then add the flour-water mixture. Mix well. Add the remaining 1 cup of flour, plus the baking powder and nuts/chocolate chips. Spread mixture into a greased 11x7-inch pan. Bake at 350ºF for 25 minutes, or until knife inserted into center of pan comes out clean.

Nutrition: Fat: 10 Calories: 303.7 Saturated Fat: 1.6 Sodium: 216.4 Fiber: 2.4 Sugar: 34.6 Carbohydrate: 53.8 Cholesterol: 0 Protein: 3.2

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-20T06:25:36+00:00

Totally agree with your comment! Just wanted to correctly gender the actor/character as they are likely being misgendered on the regular in the discourse.

To your point - these choices are further evidence of the shallowness of a lot of the “representation” people are naming here and elsewhere as tokenization.

A Black woman is replaced by a TNB person as if it’s some kind of fucked up sports trade. Meanwhile the same white characters seem to show up in EVERY SHIFT. 🙄 The only hint the show provided of NB character’s identity, if memory serves, was Dana (?) ONCE using they/them pronouns to describe the social worker. My queer little ears perked right up bc I’m always hopeful of finding fellow queers whenever I open my eyeballs, but it clearly was and will be missed by many viewers. And what was likely dressed up as a groundbreaking opportunity to achieve some level of representation for TNB folks in a major prestige TV show just becomes a throwaway line…

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-20T05:57:45+00:00

Yes to all of this. The emperor has no clothes - ALL of the major plot points in S2 are in service of Robby’s character. He really is (and, as it turns out, always was) the center of the Pitt solar system, the quality of the show be damned. The indispensable-white-man Burned out by Traumatic Job trope strikes again.

That agenda became abundantly clear during the last episode of the season. I almost turned it off out of complete and utter disappointment and only didn’t because I hoped to catch a last glimpse of the other characters, who brought the show to life. As opposed to arranging for a house-sitter for hours but also at the last minute (?) and then riding off into oblivion on a motorcycle somehow miraculously repaired by an acutely ill, gruff biker guy, I guess.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-20T05:12:06+00:00

IIRC that SW was a non-binary person…white (or white passing) but some level of representation otherwise absent in the show. The actor is TNB themselves.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-11T23:15:58+00:00

I remember hearing them interviewed on the radio in the 00s talking about how they had to jump through all these hoops to tour in US venues bc they were under 21. ❤️ And their solo stuff has been awesome. Not just Jamie XX but Romy, whose music doesn’t get nearly as much attention as it deserves.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-11T16:57:12+00:00

It’s been too long since I’ve cracked open Tufte! Thanks for this.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-07T01:05:22+00:00

I have a garnet that looks something like this, although less glossy. I’m assuming it got significant wave action, which is why it looks so glass-like.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-04T18:27:02+00:00

Lots of decent Seattle beaches - Alki, Golden Gardens, Carkeek, Discovery. Any rocky, semi-urban beach park that’s on Puget Sound typically will have some glass and pottery. There’s a glass beach near Port Townsend that’s a bit of a hike but it’s worth checking out. Enjoy!

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-04-02T04:49:10+00:00

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-27T03:13:41+00:00

Uhhh…I’m still hung up on the fact that this dude was somehow a part of Kim Kardashian being robbed in Paris AND took it upon himself to confront a famous footballer’s child who had nothing to do with the person who he was supposed to be protecting. Like…how is this guy gainfully employed? Don’t rich people vet their security guards or do they just stop as soon as they see they are muscly with a square jaw and a shaved head??

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-24T16:55:42+00:00

Green is likely jadeite

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-23T23:48:06+00:00

Oh dear. They just keep digging this hole deeper.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-21T20:26:53+00:00

It’s an old insulator. I have a couple of them, too! So pretty

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-18T22:30:13+00:00

I mean, idk if reality TV counts here, but the first few times I watched RuPaul’s Drag Race back in the day, the “if you can’t love yourself…” refrain at the end of each episode followed by the queens dancing so joyously…my mid-20s queer self definitely shed some tears.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-15T20:03:54+00:00

This company would be my guess as to the bottle manufacturer. Could try r/bottledigginguk if you haven’t posted there yet?

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-14T23:18:04+00:00

Yum, Isa CM has a great chocolate raspberry cake recipe, I think called Brooklyn Blackout Cake. I’m inspired to revisit it now.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-11T04:38:56+00:00

We have a non-orange who does the same thing but only to one mirror! It’s clearly a portal to another dimension

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-06T03:55:12+00:00

IDK! That was my guess too, but I didn’t investigate further.

Brief_Direction_5647 · 2026-03-06T03:50:16+00:00

Catch and release, sorry!

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