“Listen,” Alex tells her, “royal weddings are trash, the princes who have royal weddings are trash, the imperialism that allows princes to exist at all is trash. It’s trash turtles all the way down.” “Is this your TED Talk?” June asks. “You do realize America is a genocidal empire too, right?” “Yes, June, but at least we have the decency not to keep a monarchy around,” Alex says, throwing a pistachio at her.
