Category Archives: Art
So What Do You Do Exactly? Magazine Edition
The latest subject of the So What Do You Do Exactly? series is Jessica, who comes to us from the front lines of none other than the editorial department at Parents magazine. sdf What’s your actual job title? Editorial Assistant at Parents … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Education, Family, Guest Posts, Media
public dancing + squeaky gym floors + fluorescent lighting
On Saturday, I danced solo across a gym while everyone laughed, cheered, and clapped. It was terrifying. I was at a health and wellness event put on by the Chicago Foundation for Women. When my friends invited me to the … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Body Image, Chicago
Sunday Scraps 60
1. DIY: Thirteen creative solutions to one of my perennial problems: where do I put all my books? From Ecosalon. 2. FLIGHT: BBC has a badass gallery of photos of Ghana’s female pilots. What have YOU been learning in your … Continue reading
Sunday Scraps 55
1. INCARCERATION: Photo series from Wired inside of juvenile detention centers. Remind me again how we justify putting children in rooms like these for any period of time? 2. BOOKS: Saundra Mitchell articulately points out that girls read books with … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Books, Gender, Politics, Really Good Writing by Other People
Writing Rules from C.S. Lewis
I visited my brother in Ann Arbor over the weekend. He’s in college, so we did lots of college stuff, like play beer pong (he is stellar, I am awful), eat gross cafeteria food (creamy chicken enchiladas?) and use folded … Continue reading
Duet
I admit it, I’m hooked on The Voice. The show is basically American Idol + super hottie Adam Levine, Christina Aguilera’s boobs, Cee-Lo’s sunglasses, and Blake Shelton’s drawl. No complaints. The show already feels interminable, after 6 episodes of the … Continue reading
Gilded Age Pin-Ups
Retronaut has a truly outstanding collection of photos of exotic dancers from the 1890s. Such a treat: Costumes reigned supreme in the gilded age as well: Chuckle-worthy? Yes. Guffaws? Quite possibly. What’s really cool for me, though, is the reminder … Continue reading
Filed under Art, Body Image, Media, Sex
Sunday Scraps 53
1. BEAUTY: One mom, Eleni Gage, writes about how she pierced her infant’s ears and wound up on the receiving end of a whole slew of comments ranging from “female genital mutilation!” to accusations of class warfare. 2. REDDIT: Pretty … Continue reading →
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Filed under Art, Body Image, Food, Gender, Hollywood, Really Good Writing by Other People, Sex
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