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Tonight's midnight movie options are Carrie (1976), Clue (1985), and Jawbreaker (1999)—the theme, of course, being glamour's persistence in the face of death.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

“It’s not easy having a good time. Even smiling makes my face ache.”

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

They're golden for lumbar alignment, and I hate that I know this.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I don’t “shoot” emails, dear.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

When he uses the correct "your/you're," "whose/who's," or "its/it's." 🫦

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

I made the amateur mistake of gushing about Madonna's new album to a group of self-serious theater connoisseurs last night, forgetting that that particular twain very rarely meets. I was served dessert last.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

‼️ Thank you, Giovanni’s Room in Philadelphia!

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

How seriously—how reverently—we deploy the clumsy flat-footedness of a "go-no-go decision."

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Unless you’re a cute bartender who locks his wrists into invisible handcuffs, I’d prefer that you not make fun of my last name.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Tonight will be my first time seeing The Boys in the Band on the big screen, which is where I’m told Robert La Tourneaux’s performance really shines.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 15/07/2026

Please avoid all salads, including word.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

“Actually, no. That’s not the truth, Ellen. You were invited.”

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Attending a Hedda Lettuce-helmed screening of Joan Crawford's Strait-Jacket, which I know from @bcdreyer.social is a film about people who make grammatical errors.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

“Mother, I think I'm really seeing you for the first time in my life, and you're cheap and horrible!"

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Please let me tell you its origin story with PowerPoint slides.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

"Is it...hot?"—straight male British colleague upon hearing I went somewhere called Fire Island

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Delighted, but angry at myself for not coming up with “savoir-fairy.”

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Verdict: Astonishingly [insert adjective of choice]. Mrs. Beeton meets Auntie Mame. Manages to be a memoir, a rule book, a cinematic approach to self-care, and an audition for a fifth husband in under 200 pages.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

[pg. 134] "Pants are probably here to stay."

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

[p. 107] "I always pack in daylight. In artificial light when I'm in a hurry it's too easy to grab the wrong accessories and find myself in Kansas City or San Juan with a hot pink dress and a shocking pink hat—and that's a catastrophe."

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

[pg. 69] "Find out if [your overnight guests] want to meet people. If they do, organize cocktail or dinner parties. If they don't, tip off the friendly neighbors that your guests are very eccentric or suffering from a contagious disease."

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

On pg. 65, to illustrate a point about how to circulate properly at a cocktail party, she invents a character named Anita Johnson.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

[pg. 59] "I have some strict rules about how food is presented. Hot food must be on hot plates. I think it's an insult to a guest to offer meat on a plate that's come right out of the cupboard."

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

[pg. 56] “It’s especially important to have all age groups [at a dinner party]. Of course I wouldn’t want to have hippies come crawling in with unwashed feet, but all the younger people I know are bright and attractive and have something to say. They also dress like human beings.”

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

[pg. 7] "In the short time I was at [Stephens College], I made one of the dearest and most valuable friends I've ever had—the president of the college, Daddy Wood."

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

I can’t wait to quote this extensively.

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Ryan Warden @ryanwarden.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

I call for a return to the default capitalization of “Lesbian.” Indeed, I don’t believe I’ve ever met a mere “lesbian.”

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