November 2008
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WatchThis is the kind of video that could stop a war.
Iran: A nation of bloggers from Mr.Aaron on Vimeo, via Andrew Sullivan.
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Chuck and Blair going to the movies →
Emily Gould’s take on Gossip Girl is delicious for all manner of reasons (many of them GG-related), but here are two of my favourite excerpts:
Like a lot of childless unmarried adults my age I tend to think of myself on some semiconscious level as a perpetual teenager, but then when I’m confronted with actual teenagers I realize not only that I am an adult, I am also a member of a...
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“Post my last proper break-up, a rather ouchy dumping that prompted me to stay up...”
– Jean Hannah Edelstein (via gauntlet)
Jean makes some good points here, but He’s Just Not That Into You still gives me the shits. And like Jennifer Aniston, I still think it’s ultimately disempowering for women.
Here’s why.
1. Like most conventional wisdom, it’s overly...
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WatchNew He’s Just Not That Into You trailer.
I can already tell this film is going to piss me off. Which I suppose is good article fodder.
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Gay Men's Risky Sexual Behaviour Linked to Feeling... →
Nothing to add to this, just wanted to share. Also: adding to my thesis files.
sexartandpolitics:
stopwhispering:
“I found that young, white, middle-class men are considered much more sexually desirable than men who are racial minorities, over 40 and poor,” says Green. “I also learned that for gay men, being considered sexually undesirable can have serious health consequences ranging from...
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“Oh well, there are plenty more fish in the sea. Mostly seafood extender,...”
– me, on the phone to my friend Akshay.
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“How’s that internet slam? Throw your free dinner!”
– Elmo Keep, in a text message to me last night.
The people presenting the Walkley for opinion journalism last night made a quip about the poorly researched and argued commentary on the internet, where anyone - ANYONE! - can publish their views.
I’ve gotta say, as someone who’s had...
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Forget 'going steady': sex without condoms is the... →
Everyone and their little sister is doing it. (Apologies for the imagery.)
This article, by the lovely Rachel Kramer Bussel, is evocative and refreshingly honest, but I was surprised by how little she - or the people commenting on the article - seemed concerned about the risk of STIs.
I’ve been talking to a number of people about this since I started work on my own article, and ideal...
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thedarkspark:
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Best Women Bloggers 2008 | The Frisky →
To add to your blog roll.
(via robot-heart)
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Love in the Time of Darwinism →
Also known as: “Thank god I don’t hang around guys like this.”
When making sense of an article, it’s always useful to know where the author’s coming from. In this case, Kay S. Hymowitz is a fellow at the conservative think tank, the Manhattan Institute. Other articles of hers include Red State Feminism and Gloucester Girls Gone Wild, and readers are advised to check...
The old 'Jackie vs Marilyn' question
juliaallison wrote:
“Like a two-year-old, men want limits.”
— My mom, on why men marry The Jackie and not The Marilyn. She says I’m The Marilyn (right now). Thank you?
Legally Blonde aside, I don’t really buy the whole “Jackie vs Marilyn” dichotomy, and if I did, I wouldn’t be able to tell you which side of the divide I sat on.
What distinguishes a...
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Seems not everyone likes that Anna Plunkett dress... →
I am reassured by the tag ‘secretly awesome’.
(via Go Fug Yourself)
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Online first dates lead to sex →
robot-heart:
aja:
One third of women who meet someone online have sex on the first date, and three quarters of these do not use a condom.
Unbelievable.
And I thought ‘sex without condoms is the new going steady’ was risky.
PS I think it’s the “no condom” thing that’s freaking people out, not the “sex on the first date” (after presumably...
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Why Not - Hilary Duff
Cheesy, but you’ve...
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It always gives me the shits when people say Julia...
The truth is, there are lots of women out there with great boobs. And while (I think) Julia is beautiful, there are lots of other women out there who are that too.
Julia is where she is because, whatever you think of her tactics, she’s got moxie, and she goes after what she wants. To say otherwise stinks a little of sexism.
Credit where credit’s due, you know?
*Same with Rachel...
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Penelope Trunk's advice on how to be a good... →
It’s a lot like sex, apparently. But seriously - it’s good advice.
via rkb:
Just read this in the book Blog Blazers. Good stuff, especially this:
Stephane Which book(s) would you recommend for new bloggers (these can range from marketing books, blogging books, etc)?
Penelope The Sensual Woman. I read it when I was a kid and I was trying to figure out what sex was. I didn’t...
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“Women have, in men’s minds, such a low place on the social ladder of this...”
– David Mamet
Thoughts?
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tomjd wrote:
Will social media/video ubiquity at some point make us more forgiving of mistakes, less focused on “gotcha” by public figures?
This has always been my hope. And for the record, I think it will come true. Probably around the time a critical mass of our generation starts occupying positions of power.
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Only four Australians care about Julia Allison →
everythingontheinternetistrue:
I guess we do have bigger internet things to worry about here than than JA. Still, I expected something more than just reactions from myself, two twitter posts and a two month old blog post predicting how boring a profile on Julia would be now days.
Um, yeah. I was one of the four (well, a few more than that, technically - it got seven reblogs here on...
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Seth Godin's thoughts on keeping the NYT relevant... →
My favourite is this one:
2. Leverage the op-ed page and spread important ideas: Sure, Tom Friedman and a handful of other columnists have a large reach and influence. But why doesn’t the Times have 50 columnists? 500? Tom Peters or Jim Leff or Joel Spolsky or Micah Sifry or Pam Slim or Patrick Semmens or Dan Pink would be great columnists. Why not view the endless print space online as...
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Little Plastic Castle - Ani DiFranco.
Heard this...
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I am an ENFP, but this blog, apparently, is an... →
My old Livejournal, on the other hand, is an ESFP:
I’m not sure how this makes me feel. Emotionally cloistered? Stifled? Or, perhaps most importantly, inauthentic?
Click the link above to find out your own blog’s personality.
“All of us have a secret that could break your heart. If we could remember that,...”
– Frank Warren, founder of PostSecret.com. (via juliaallison)
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5 cool things about ASI's album launch tonight →
1. The music. Duh.
2. The live sketches that accompanied it. The website explains it better than I can:
In this ASI concert, images are drawn and projected in real time, and sidle up to folk, rock and the influences of classical Indian vocals and percussion. The concert takes you through ASI’s journey away from home and to the city inside his head, delivered through a series of songs with...
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“I only text three people - my two teenage children and Barack Obama.”
– Arianna Huffington.
I’m with Andrew Sullivan on this one: a gross display of social climbing and egotism.
(Although I did joke the other night that I wanted Obama to come to my 30th birthday party. You know, when I’m all hooked up with his speechwriter and all. Also, apparently she was...
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“No matter how committed a relationship you think you’re in, HIV will always be a...”
– somethingmeaningful in response to this post
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Sex without condoms is the new "going steady"
I know, it’s been written about before, but I’m working on a women’s mag feature about it at the moment, so it’s taking up a bit of headspace.
What I find most interesting about this issue so far is how passionately the people I’ve been talking to are responding to it: it’s either (and most commonly) an indignant, “Well, why would you use condoms if you...
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Interview I did with Patty of Awkward Digressions... →
Many months old now, but mostly still relevant.
Patty: What is your personal definition of “modern feminism”? Rachel Hills: I don’t think there’s any such thing as a universal definition of “modern feminism” – it changes depending on the person doing the defining. However, for me, feminism is about recognising that gender has an effect on the way we experience...
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What a Great Depression would look like these days →
gregbrown wrote:
A fantastic, idea-filled article charting how it’ll look different from our images of the thirties. The best is the last section, which talks about we’ll experience it in a much less communal fashion. It’s just cheaper to be lonely these days.
(via robot-heart)
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I've been listening to Seth Godin's Tribes over...
I’m only (!) around 2.5 hours in at the moment, so I’m still making sense of it, but here are my thoughts so far.
Things I agree with:
- Often what we fear most is not failure (or even fear itself) but criticism. Criticism isn’t necessarily a bad thing: it means people are engaging with what you put out there. I, for example, am about to criticise Tribes, but I wouldn’t...
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“The only time I consider plastic surgery is while watching The Girls Next Door.”
– jaclyn: Too much TV.
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