This week’s best reads on gender, art, politics and creativity - chopped up, roasted and served for you on a platter.

Spanish street artist Escif beautifies the streets of Valencia. (Lost At E Minor)

I interviewed Canadian cum Londoner Danielle Meder for an upcoming Cosmo story a few weeks ago. Here she is on ‘it’ girls, the five degrees of social adventurism, and making the continential leap to London. (Final Fashion)

How the Tea Party changed the climate debate. (Washington Post)

Forget about looking for “The One” and have fun with the many:

The relatively recent cultural narrative of The One - the idea that everyone has a soulmate whom they are destined to love for ever, and that your life will always be incomplete if you fail to meet, mate and move in with that person - is not only implausible, but also cruel. It implies that those who do not find their One will somehow never be complete, that those who divorce, who live and raise children alone, or who find alternative arrangements for happiness, have somehow failed as human beings. (Laurie Penny)

Stop stalling, start creating. (Goins, Writer)

“Fighting against depression is also fighting against your lesser nature.” (Ben Pobjie)

On weddings as work. Hells to the yes! There will be more on this subject later. (Kay Steiger)

Scarlett Harris wonders what makes someone a good person? (Early Bird Catches The Worm)

Isn’t he lovely: The Beauty Myth for men:

But men aren’t immune to the “beauty myth” lies, either, as Hill’s faux tirade indicated. And his was an interesting example of that since fans lambasted him for losing weight rather than gaining it, which is what typically incites tabloid public shaming. Perhaps, in that case, pop culture’s image ideals for men come with their own complications and double standards, which are worth addressing as thoroughly as those leveled toward women. Just as Western female beauty ideals are modeled around straight, white women, Western male beauty standards worship at the altar of the straight, white, six-pack ab-toting man. And both are equally problematic. (Bitch Media)

On why you should read Jilly Cooper. (Blogelstein!)

How to be awesome on the internet. (Medicinal Marzipan)

“I’m glad we didn’t have Facebook or Twitter on 9/11.” (GOOD.is)

I am super excited for this book. (Feministing)