Jia Tolentino

there is this immediate sort of psychosexual thing.

there is this immediate sort of psychosexual thing.

Where, like, there's three bedrooms, and they're trying to decide, like, where they're going to distribute the two kids, and Saxon tells Piper, like, he can't stay with you because you have full-grown genitals now.

Where, like, there's three bedrooms, and they're trying to decide, like, where they're going to distribute the two kids, and Saxon tells Piper, like, he can't stay with you because you have full-grown genitals now.

And there's clearly like a sort of gendered thing. It's like, are you going to fall in line with the alphas?

And there's clearly like a sort of gendered thing. It's like, are you going to fall in line with the alphas?

Because of the profoundly disturbing end of the episode where you think that Saxon is about to just watch porn, you know, jerk off in front of his little brother to show him like what you're supposed to do with the penis. I honestly thought he was going to do that. And I'm just very glad we didn't have to...

Because of the profoundly disturbing end of the episode where you think that Saxon is about to just watch porn, you know, jerk off in front of his little brother to show him like what you're supposed to do with the penis. I honestly thought he was going to do that. And I'm just very glad we didn't have to...

I'm not like a squeamish person, but I'm probably would rather not see, you know, incest, see the incest get. I'd rather see it get paced out teaspoon by teaspoon as it is going to presumably throughout the season rather than get it all at once in episode one.

I'm not like a squeamish person, but I'm probably would rather not see, you know, incest, see the incest get. I'd rather see it get paced out teaspoon by teaspoon as it is going to presumably throughout the season rather than get it all at once in episode one.

Oh, yeah. I mean, I could go on this for an hour. There is objectively unequal distribution of power and ability and money, really. I mean, like – and the ability to move in the world where it's kind of – I mean, Carrie Coon is gorgeous, but they're kind of trying to – she is styled and she moves.

Oh, yeah. I mean, I could go on this for an hour. There is objectively unequal distribution of power and ability and money, really. I mean, like – and the ability to move in the world where it's kind of – I mean, Carrie Coon is gorgeous, but they're kind of trying to – she is styled and she moves.

She's supposed to be the dowdy one, which is crazy because it's Carrie Coon. But, you know, she's very clearly positioned that way. And the other two – look like the movie stars that they are the entire time, are styled as such, have gotten, as they admit, impeccable work at their prestige, unnamed doctors or whatever.

She's supposed to be the dowdy one, which is crazy because it's Carrie Coon. But, you know, she's very clearly positioned that way. And the other two – look like the movie stars that they are the entire time, are styled as such, have gotten, as they admit, impeccable work at their prestige, unnamed doctors or whatever.

But the dynamic between women that are trying so hard to not admit that there is tension and competitiveness in any way is one of the funniest things to watch, if not necessarily to experience in the world. Can't wait to see what happens.

But the dynamic between women that are trying so hard to not admit that there is tension and competitiveness in any way is one of the funniest things to watch, if not necessarily to experience in the world. Can't wait to see what happens.

The moment that I found most painful about the dynamic between the three women is when they are trying to complain about their lives. And Jacqueline is, you know, saying she can't have a bad day in public anymore. And Kate is saying she doesn't know if someone really likes me. For me, I mean, I think I'm cool, but what if they just want a board seat or whatever?

The moment that I found most painful about the dynamic between the three women is when they are trying to complain about their lives. And Jacqueline is, you know, saying she can't have a bad day in public anymore. And Kate is saying she doesn't know if someone really likes me. For me, I mean, I think I'm cool, but what if they just want a board seat or whatever?

And they're just reassuring each other back and forth, like, we're so lucky, we're so lucky. And nothing is, you know, if there's anything worse than people, like, being huge assholes, it's people being huge assholes while insisting they are so lucky and so grateful.

And they're just reassuring each other back and forth, like, we're so lucky, we're so lucky. And nothing is, you know, if there's anything worse than people, like, being huge assholes, it's people being huge assholes while insisting they are so lucky and so grateful.