phoebeharper

I asked my mom once, when I was little, why musicians were allowed to use bad grammar in their songs (specifically, I think it was the word "ain't" in a country song). She told me they were using artistic license. For YEARS, I thought that meant they had to apply for a physical license… Read More

The House of the Spirits and Portrait in Sepia, both by Isabel Allende. I read them in high school and they've stuck with me since then.

She didn’t dance. She’d do a phrase or two with her backup dancers, then just stand there. There’s an entire song where she’s hoisted in a harness and therefore immobile. All she should be doing is singing, but she even lip-synced that song. There was an audible difference between… Read More

I see some people commenting below about having uniforms, and it reminded me that my mom always used to say she wished they'd just implement a uniform policy. It would have been easier to dress us in a uniform than try to find regular clothes that fit the dress code, and it would… Read More

My middle school wouldn't allow us to wear solid blue, red, or pink (gang colors), anything with a logo or writing, shoes that weren't a solid color, hair that wasn't a "naturally-occurring" color, tank tops of any kind, skirts that didn't reach our knees, and probably other stuff… Read More

She didn't dance. She'd do a phrase or two with her backup dancers, then just stand there. There's an entire song where she's hoisted in a harness and therefore immobile. All she should be doing is singing, but she even lip-synced that song. There was an audible difference between… Read More

I'd be more impressed if I hadn't watched her lip-sync her way through her concert in Vegas. We left early because we figured if we wanted to listen to the recorded version of her songs, we could do that for free at home, with booze we didn't pay $20a shot for. I've got nothing against… Read More

Hey, Buzzfeed: I read the description for Pure Genius and watched the trailer but couldn't for the life of me figure out what a veterinarian had to do with the plot. I Googled it and now I wonder...is it possible you meant "veteran surgeon," as the CBS description says, rather than… Read More

I mean, lots of things are awkward but that doesn't mean parents shouldn't be talking to their kids. Discussing underage drinking is awkward but parents should still do it. And yeah, there should also be discussions being had outside the home. Sex ed can start as early as school… Read More

Well, if your nephew proved it, screw all those scientists and their "experiments" and "facts."