Greetings, Dames Nation, and welcome to another issue featuring recommendations from us, your steadfast and true internet pals. This is a monthly bonus for our esteemed and cherished paying subscribers, for which we poll readers to ask what kinds of recommendations you'd like to get from us. April’s poll was so close that after offering some skincare recs that ring in at under $25, we decided to serve up the other option this month and do “an entry point into a piece of culture particularly loved and lovely to recommend.” Thank you, paying subscribers! Your support means a lot, particularly in these absolutely ridiculous times calling for constant and continual spending on any number of things. And now without further ado…

Dame Sophie’s Idiosyncratic (Ok, Mildly Obsessive) Angle on Entry Points

The more I thought about this month’s topic, the more I realized it almost doesn’t matter what beloved cultural thing I choose to write about, because I’m so nerdily invested in thinking about what entry points are the best. The best entry point is the one that’s the most appealing to whoever is on the receiving end of the recommendation, so this is going to be a little bit of Behind The Scenes With Dame Sophie’s Methodology (yay?), with entry points woven in.