June 2012
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“When searching my inbox last night for an e-mail from Nora, to get the specifics...”
– Couldn’t we all use a mentor like Nora Ephron? Incredible piece by Lena Dunham.
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“First, let me admit I am jealous. I would love to be so smart and talented that...”
– I’m not sure if this comment is ironic or sincere (probably a little of both), but it pretty much perfectly captures the underlying message of this article.
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Having it all
The other day on the Tube, I saw the cutest dog. It was a brown Labrador puppy, accompanying a sight-impaired man through the station… although the man seemed to be guiding the dog more than the dog was guiding him.
“Awwww, I want a dog,” I thought to myself. But if there is one thing my parents drummed into me growing up, it was the pets are a Serious Responsibility, to be taken on only when you...
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I am Hannah Horvath. And you might be too.
(And yes, I am acutely aware that Hannah Horvath is not someone any person should want to be.)
I used to think that if I ever met Tina Fey, I would probably burst into tears, clutch her give her a hug and start wailing “thank you, thank you, thank you,” in a pale imitation of when Liz Lemon met Hallucination Oprah on 30 Rock. There are many reasons I adore Tina Fey, but chief among them is the...
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Portrait of a happy family →
In my latest for Daily Life, I attempt to do for sociology what Ben Goldacre does for science: explain why silly studies are wrong. My first target? Mark Regnerus’s take on the problems with same-sex parenting.
Go read.
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“Q: When things are working, great artists say they reflect their audience. Do...”
– Billy Corgan (via maura)
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“Nuance aside, whether you’re playing yourself or a wink-wink persona, the law of...”
– Sloane Crosley guest stars on Gossip Girl and talks about it, hilariously.
See also: her tale of interviewing Chace Crawford, asking him to “fuck, marry, kill” a Backstreet Boy, and then breaking her tape recorder.
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French women don't burn out*
My love for Simone de Beauvoir is well documented on this blog. But truth be told, my admiration is driven less by what she wrote than by the way she lived.
I love the long letters she and Sartre would write to one another, detailing their every thought and experience (proto bloggers?). I love the intensity of the relationships she had with her friends; the tight-knit, dysfunctional community she...
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Swinging London town: an expat's lament
London, one of my friends here recently declared, is where dreams go to die. I beg to differ – for me, it has been where my dreams have come true in ways better than I could ever have imagined – but there’s no denying that it can be a tough city. For some, the pressures are financial: high costs of living (although lower than Sydney or Melbourne, I would argue) and a lousy job market. For others,...
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Feeling rather inspired by Sarah Wilson’s latest post. She’s packing up her life (and ridiculously successful career) in Australia to take to the road/seas/skies, find a new place to live, and start a new chapter of life with a greater sense of purpose. Think Eat Pray Love, without the self-absorption.
Sarah writes:
I’m looking out for community and social initiatives geared at...
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“Loneliness makes things happen. It’s when you haven’t spoken to a soul for days,...”
– Jonathan Raban (via clambistro)
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