> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fugs and Pieces, November 20th, 2015 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-and-pieces-november-20th-2015-11-2015/ - Published: 2015-11-20T22:00:52.000Z - Updated: 2015-11-20T21:27:09.000Z - Author: Jessica - Tags: fugs, Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 07:44 Happy Friday, everyone! First, a bit of news, and I apologize to those of you who've already read about this in Royals Round-Up. But! We are thrilled that *The Royal We* has made it to the final round of the Goodreads Choice Awards! Huge thanks to everyone who has voted for us throughout the competition! [Voting closes on November 23rd, and you can vote for us, or for any of the other extremely worthy finalists, here.](https://www.goodreads.com/choiceawards/best-fiction-books-2015?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- This piece, on the selfie, at Medium, [is really, really interesting and well worth your time.](https://medium.com/matter/selfie-fe945dcba6b0?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io#.w1xmh1uxi) \-- Full disclosure: [I haven't had the time to read this very long Maureen Dowd piece in the *New York Times* about women in Hollywood yet](https://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/22/magazine/the-women-of-hollywood-speak-out.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=second-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&%5Fr=2&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), because it published this morning and I had to finish Royals Round-Up by 1pm PST. But I'm about to read it, and Twitter tells me I will be interested in it. \-- [Do you want to look at some pictures of Idris Elba?](https://www.laineygossip.com/Idris-Elba-out-in-New-York-and-at-TimesTalks-for-Beasts-Of-No-Nation-with-Cary-Fukunaga-and-Abraham-Attah/41266?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) OF COURSE YOU DO! (Lainey) \-- Also, at Vulture, the most important quiz of our time: [Can You Name That Shirtless Man? ](https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/shirtless-man-tv.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)Reader, I can. Mostly. \-- ALSO At Vulture, [this piece about Hailee Steinfeld's new musical career has all the thoughts I've also thought about said new career.](https://www.vulture.com/2015/11/hailee-steinfeld-haiz-review.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- Previously.TV [imagines what the *Mad Men* telenovela that Rogelio came up with -- and was sued for -- on this week's *Jane the Virgin* would look like](https://previously.tv/jane-the-virgin/jane-the-virgin-remakes-mad-men-as-a-telenovela-what-would-its-future-episodes-be-like/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io), and it is funny. \-- Women in the World talk to Jennifer Finney Boylan, who is on *I Am Cait*, and who wrote a best-selling memoir about being transgender in 2003\. [She has a new book out this week; her interview is thoughtful and smart. ](https://nytlive.nytimes.com/womenintheworld/2015/11/18/youve-gone-to-a-lot-of-trouble-to-become-a-woman-dont-be-a-stupid-one/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)To wit: "I guess we can dive right into the question of identity with this because, am I really still a transgender woman? I mean, I went through the transition twelve years ago, so in many ways all the dust has settled in my life . Now I simply identify as a woman. I didn’t go through all of this to become a woman with an asterisk. At the same time my history is different from that of many other women, and it’s something that I’m proud to talk about," and "I found \[my first book\] very difficult to write because I was also a young transgender-person at the time. But I was not out, not by a million years. It was a problem. How do you write about the world if you don’t really live in it? How do you tell a story if your own life isn’t true?" I could quote many things she says; you should probably just read the whole thing. \-- [Cenedict Bumberbatch looks WACKY in ](https://www.celebitchy.com/457668/benedict%5Fcumberbatchs%5Fcameo%5Fin%5Fzoolander%5F2%5Fwill%5Fkill%5Fcumbercrushes%5Fforever/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)[*Zoolander 2*](https://www.celebitchy.com/457668/benedict%5Fcumberbatchs%5Fcameo%5Fin%5Fzoolander%5F2%5Fwill%5Fkill%5Fcumbercrushes%5Fforever/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)*.* I embrace that fur coat. (You know, in theory.) (Celebitchy) \-- [*New York* has this amazing piece, part interactive, that looks at the history of one block in New York over the years, door to door.](https://nymag.com/oneblock/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) It's very ambitious -- I haven't read the entire thing yet -- and fascinating. \-- At Book Riot: [6 Books You Can Discuss At Thanksgiving, By Wine Glass](https://bookriot.com/2015/11/17/6-books-can-discuss-thanksgiving-wine-glass/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- At Pajiba: [You Betcha, These Are the Most Troublesome Accents Currently Blasting From Your Television](https://www.pajiba.com/seriously%5Frandom%5Flists/you-betcha-these-are-the-most-troublesome-accents-currently-blasting-from-your-television.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- I think you'll enjoy this, at Dazed: [The hidden meanings behind the clothes in Cruel Intentions](https://www.dazeddigital.com/fashion/article/28403/1/the-hidden-meanings-behind-the-clothes-in-cruel-intentions?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- *Allure* [talks to Chewbacca about his beauty routine. ](https://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2015/11/star-wars-chewbacca-hair.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)Vodka is involved. \-- Are you in a Maeve Binchy novel? [How to tell, at The Toast](https://the-toast.net/2015/11/16/how-to-tell-if-you-are-in-a-maeve-binchy-novel/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io).