Jia Tolentino

They have chosen a particular relationship and they have to defend that to themselves as the correct one and objectively the correct one or something and that it has made them happy. There's this way in which that relationship like completely false structure of thinking becomes almost ingrained as a natural slash mandatory one for women, particularly when you approach or hit that age.

They have chosen a particular relationship and they have to defend that to themselves as the correct one and objectively the correct one or something and that it has made them happy. There's this way in which that relationship like completely false structure of thinking becomes almost ingrained as a natural slash mandatory one for women, particularly when you approach or hit that age.

And the incantation that she utters is like, but what if I didn't have to pretend that I did it right or that I was happy? And then suddenly they're all actually happy. And she says, and I'm just happy to be sitting at this table.

And the incantation that she utters is like, but what if I didn't have to pretend that I did it right or that I was happy? And then suddenly they're all actually happy. And she says, and I'm just happy to be sitting at this table.

That I found really, really well written, that that's the magic spell. Her just being like, yeah, I'm actually unhappy, but I'm really glad to be here. Yeah. And I guess the thing that it unlocks in them isn't, it's not happiness as they configure it. It's not happiness as they configured at the beginning, which is something that's visible, that you can photograph, that you can prove.

That I found really, really well written, that that's the magic spell. Her just being like, yeah, I'm actually unhappy, but I'm really glad to be here. Yeah. And I guess the thing that it unlocks in them isn't, it's not happiness as they configure it. It's not happiness as they configured at the beginning, which is something that's visible, that you can photograph, that you can prove.

Like, I think it's the kind of happiness that comes from being at peace and honest. But to me, I'm like, that actually is what I think of as what being happy means. And I do think they are there.

Like, I think it's the kind of happiness that comes from being at peace and honest. But to me, I'm like, that actually is what I think of as what being happy means. And I do think they are there.

Rick and Chelsea, it's not. We were really sad watching it. That's not what I want for them. It's not what we want for them. I'm rewriting it in my mind.

Rick and Chelsea, it's not. We were really sad watching it. That's not what I want for them. It's not what we want for them. I'm rewriting it in my mind.

It's no consolation that they die together. It really does not mean anything in actuality. They should have just continued to... move on from the place that they were in at the dinner when he was like, okay, we're going to be together forever. Like, Chelsea was right about what would happen to them, but she ends her life in utter horror at what her beloved is doing to himself and thus to her.

It's no consolation that they die together. It really does not mean anything in actuality. They should have just continued to... move on from the place that they were in at the dinner when he was like, okay, we're going to be together forever. Like, Chelsea was right about what would happen to them, but she ends her life in utter horror at what her beloved is doing to himself and thus to her.

Like, she ends the show knowing that the snake is out of the cage and coming for her calf and she's going to actually die this time or whatever. And we hate that for them.

Like, she ends the show knowing that the snake is out of the cage and coming for her calf and she's going to actually die this time or whatever. And we hate that for them.

Yeah, yeah, except dead.

Yeah, yeah, except dead.

Except, like, fully dead.

Except, like, fully dead.

Yeah. Chelsea is too pure.

Yeah. Chelsea is too pure.