July 2009
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The real reason (some) women's magazine articles... →
The real reason women’s magazines suck, says Jezebel? The editors know what they want the story to look like, right down to the quotes, before they even assign it to a writer.
Jenna, the blogger formerly known as Tatiana The Anonymous Model, quotes an email circular sent out by a Glamour freelancer:
Hey Ladies,
For the October issue of Glamour magazine, my editors are working on a...
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“…the reality is a bit more nuanced. Many women’s magazines which reinforce...”
– Hugo Schwyzer - Can a feminist read Cosmo?
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Lars, Loneliness and the Real Pillow
Image: 141/365 pillow talk, by glitter_feet
My response to the XX Factor’s response to the New York Times.
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Willa’s response to the New York Times article on Japanese men in relationships with 2-D anime characters hit on the most interesting thing about this phenomenon: the sense of loneliness that underscores it.
Japan has for a while been the go-to country for oddball...
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Actually, on reflection, I think that these days I...
If I was the kind of person who went on dates, and if I was single.
Let’s just say I’d meet up with someone in person if I thought they were cool (which I regularly do, and have been doing since 1999), and if I fell in love with them - probably after a while, because I’m slow like that - that’d be awesome. Because love is awesome.
2009 is a different place to 2006, and...
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Online dating is soooo 2006
Okay, well not really, but this article is (note the Livejournal and MySpace references). I’ve been reading the online dating-heavy and excellent forthcoming book by Brigid Delaney, This Restless Life, which I’m reviewing for the SMH, and thought of it.
And no, three years later, I still haven’t picked up online.
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It was a thoroughly...
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Are women's magazines really that bad?
I have this memory of being in my late teens, sitting under the foliage at university reading an article in the then latest edition of Cosmo. It was about how to pick up guys at parties, and I planned to put it to use that Friday night.
I don’t remember much of what it said - something about circulating around the room to spot and catch the eye of your target? - but that’s not the...
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“Cohen’s movies feel like pornos in the sense that there are a bunch of scenes...”
– Shut Up Internet: Revüe: Brüno
Brilliantly put.
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File under: seriously awesome things you should... →
The Creators Inn:
Partnering with different local independent organizers Creators Inn by Elvine has been offering visiting creators short-term accommodation during their stay in Gothenburg. Totally free. No hidden fees.
We have a very wide definition of creators. The reason for coming to town is more important than the title on your business card. We try to support up and coming creators of...
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New blog I love: Lady Bands! →
Created, I’m guessing, in response to the Triple J Hottest 100 Of All Time.
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Attractive = hot = not much clothing on?
Three year old meditations on raunch culture, following on from yesterday’s post…
“I didn’t realise the boys were meant to come as pirates and the girls were meant to come as skanks,” my friend Davina said last night from underneath her pirate’s patch and bandana at her friends’ famed ‘pirates and skanks’ party. No one could blame her, of...
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“I think if I’ve learned anything about friendship, it’s to hang in, stay...”
– — Jon Katz (via skyisland) (via andreaelizabeth)
I’ll write more on this later this week.
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