Margot is overcome by “self-disgust and humiliation” only when she recognizes, upon seeing him naked, that he’s gross, and that by sleeping with him she’s degraded herself. His cry of “whore,” though believable enough, functions in the story as a sort of deus ex machina for Margot’s conscience: It’s hard to feel good—and Margot initially doesn’t—about cutting off contact with a man with whom you’ve developed some emotional intimacy because you found his body so repulsive that fucking him felt like an insult to your dignity. But if he’s a sexist? Drag him, queen. Suggesting, as Roupenian seemed to in an interview with The New Yorker and as many readers certainly did on social media, that Robert’s misogynistic outburst confirmed him as the story’s villain, that Margot’s only flaw was a kind of frustrating willingness to trust a man who ultimately didn’t deserve it, felt like a confirmation of men’s worries about the broader sexual zeitgeist: that men were always presumptively at fault.

Sixty thousand years ago, a narrow fissure opened up in the Amargosa Valley, releasing water pooled deep in the earth and creating Devils Hole, the opening to an underwater cavern. Scientists disagree over just how it happened—whether by way of underground tunnels, ancient floods or receding waters—but several desert fish were separated from the larger population and trapped in Devils Hole. There, a tiny sub-population—the Devils Hole pupfish (Cyprinodon diabolis)—evolved in extreme isolation for tens of thousands of years, eventually, according to scientific consensus, becoming an entirely new species.

Speaking of suede birthday gifts to myself, I just impulse bought this sweet dusty green cropped suede jacket on sale at Anthropologie. I am constantly stumped by what to wear over dresses and jumpsuits — a cardigan? a blazer? This will take the place of a blazer (not really my style) and isn’t as heavy as my leather moto jacket so I’ll be able to layer a coat on top if necessary.

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Although this tree is sensationally eye-catching, it didn’t take much money to create. Over on Remodelaholic, guest blogger Corey of Sawdust2Stitches wanted to create a designer look from dollar store materials — and it looks like she succeeded. Check out the blog post to see every stage of the process, from stringing up the lights to winding the ribbon and spraying the “snow.”

Red Coins 8-10: After coin seven roll out the lower wallpaper platform by standing still to get the first two and then float up to get the other two.

“As a kid, I would say I was sick so I could stay home from school and craft,” she remembers. “I hid material under the covers, under the bed, behind the headboard”

Grooming: Thomas Dunkin using Oribe and YSL at BridgeProduction: Kento Spanos at Total WorldFashion Assistant: Isaiah TeofiloPost-Production: AWACS StudioSpecial Thanks: AKA Tribeca

Let me just say that when I walked in and saw the nine enormous holes, I gasped. Our wall looked like some strange, vertical version of whack-a-mole! Our painter took one look at the wall and said we would need to hire a “tape and texture guy.” Where do you find one of those? And how much would it cost? The domino effect was in full-tilt.

If you’re counting off films in your head, you may be wondering about the two that are unrepresented: Prometheus, and Alien Resurrection. Well, the novelization of Prometheus was written by Jon Spaihts and Damon Lindelof, released only in Japan, and is apparently a thing of which we do not speak? Instead Foster wrote an original prequel to Covenant, Alien: Covenant Origins, which leads up to the events of the film and explores the world the colonists of Covenant left behind. And as for Alien Resurrection, I thought it deserved an entry of its own.

The only way that you can really learn everything there is to know about cars is to simply put yourself out there and expose yourself to some of those situations. Maybe you just need to attempt to fix a few small things on your own car, talk to local people at the auto parts store, or maybe a few friends about how to get through it. However, you’ll never really have the vocabulary of a true gearhead unless you have been there and done that, so to speak (or have grown up around someone who has).

Fast-forward many decades later and Campbell was browsing the Internet looking for examples of a Dart that matched his dad’s car. Late one night he stumbled onto an eBay listing, same year, same model, same color, same interior, and same engine. The only missing component was a four-speed transmission. He had no intention of buying the car … at first. But as the week passed and the listing end date approached, he couldn’t resist the temptation. He submitted the winning bid, packed some handtools, flew to Sacramento, and met the owner to purchase the car. Campbell hopped in the car and drove it 450 miles to his home in Southern California (how many of us have done something similar?). It made the trip with no major issues.