Crew Diva
@profpeytonplace.bsky.social
Doer of things with words. Knitter of things with string. Mover of water with oars. Lover of BritPop. Author of _Dirty Whites and Dark Secrets: Sex and Race in PEYTON PLACE_
Elena Ferrante. I was in a fever for her after MY BRILLIANT FRIEND.
June 27, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Elena Ferrante. I was in a fever for her after MY BRILLIANT FRIEND.
I've been in full Brit-Pop mode for the last couple of years and don't see myself emerging from it anytime soon. Adore Supergrass, Pulp, Blur, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (among others). So much melody with a not insignificant measure of social commentary. I love it.
May 28, 2026 at 6:39 PM
I've been in full Brit-Pop mode for the last couple of years and don't see myself emerging from it anytime soon. Adore Supergrass, Pulp, Blur, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds (among others). So much melody with a not insignificant measure of social commentary. I love it.
And wombat and owl and capybara accounts.
April 30, 2026 at 7:52 PM
And wombat and owl and capybara accounts.
I wish Vonnegut were here to get us through this.
April 24, 2026 at 1:38 AM
I wish Vonnegut were here to get us through this.
I guess that's one way for him to admit that he's a beta.
March 19, 2026 at 10:55 PM
I guess that's one way for him to admit that he's a beta.
Physical media -- now and forever.
February 27, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Physical media -- now and forever.
I had this same thought driving home from work tonight.
February 25, 2026 at 2:07 AM
I had this same thought driving home from work tonight.
'“Candlelight and black tie and my creative vision,” she says, as though listing the ingredients in a cauldron. “As first lady, children will always remain my priority,” she coos, and you can almost picture her coaxing them into her little gingerbread house.'
January 31, 2026 at 1:52 AM
'“Candlelight and black tie and my creative vision,” she says, as though listing the ingredients in a cauldron. “As first lady, children will always remain my priority,” she coos, and you can almost picture her coaxing them into her little gingerbread house.'
It's a scorching review: 'She glides from the fashion fitting to the table setting, and from the “candlelit dinner” to the “starlight ball”, with a face like a fist and a voice of sheet metal.'
January 31, 2026 at 1:51 AM
It's a scorching review: 'She glides from the fashion fitting to the table setting, and from the “candlelit dinner” to the “starlight ball”, with a face like a fist and a voice of sheet metal.'
I've just begun GRAVITY'S RAINBOW and, dammit, it is GOOD. For a long, long time I had resisted Pynchon, having been underwhelmed by THE CRYING OF LOT 49. For the same reasons as the original poster, I wanted to make a go of something meaty. It's surprisingly beautiful in its amusing awfulness.
January 20, 2026 at 9:30 PM
I've just begun GRAVITY'S RAINBOW and, dammit, it is GOOD. For a long, long time I had resisted Pynchon, having been underwhelmed by THE CRYING OF LOT 49. For the same reasons as the original poster, I wanted to make a go of something meaty. It's surprisingly beautiful in its amusing awfulness.
Have you read much Hardy? Highly recommend THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE.
January 20, 2026 at 9:11 PM
Have you read much Hardy? Highly recommend THE MAYOR OF CASTERBRIDGE.
I did exactly this as well!
January 9, 2026 at 2:12 PM
I did exactly this as well!
Our dog does this, too! He arrived in our lives with this habit. He's such a good, sweet boy!
August 28, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Our dog does this, too! He arrived in our lives with this habit. He's such a good, sweet boy!
I'm genuinely not surprised by any of this.
June 22, 2025 at 11:28 PM
I'm genuinely not surprised by any of this.
There have been so, so many of these pages since 2016.
June 13, 2025 at 8:59 PM
There have been so, so many of these pages since 2016.
Congratulations, Doctor!
March 24, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Congratulations, Doctor!
Shaheen, man. She has no more primaries. She could have been on the right side of history, but no. And my other senator. Quislings, every last one of them. I'm so disgusted.
March 14, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Shaheen, man. She has no more primaries. She could have been on the right side of history, but no. And my other senator. Quislings, every last one of them. I'm so disgusted.
Offscale. These fucking fuckers. My god.
March 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Offscale. These fucking fuckers. My god.