Hugo Schwyzer wrote an excellent follow-up piece to Laurie Penny’s exploration of our collective fascination with the so-called “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” that I mentioned earlier this week. Choice quotes: “We’re not […]
Wednesday Jam.
This tune is perfectly emblamatic of the hump day blues.
“I Was a Manic Pixie Dream Girl” – From New Statesmen
“I Was a Manic Pixie Dream Girl” “You can spend your whole life being a story that happens to somebody else. You can twist and cram and shave down every aspect of […]
Only Dating the Oddballs? Resign Yourself to Post-Coitus Purgatory.
Chuck Berry—he of rock n’ roll game-changing and general funkiness—(and subsequently Paul Simon) was on to something when he sang, “Oh, Maybelline, why can’t you be true?” If my dating history is […]
On inspiration, or how to maintain your life-boner and trump creative cockblock?
This morning, in a fit of nostalgia, I lugged the giant [when compared with today’s more common literary width, known as nonexistent] dictionary out from the dust-infested orgy that is my bookshelf, […]
The Great Gatsby as metaphor for what’s wrong with society, fashion.
“Luhrmann’s gaudy film with its pantomime mansions and Busby Berkeley party scenes debases what little integrity the original has by corrupting the history of a fascinating period in the ever compelling growth […]
Tindred Spirits?
I wrote about my…colorful?…experience using the Tinder app for The Man Repeller. Check it out here! Read it, weep if necessary, drop a comment, do your thang.
Planes, trains….Lipstick?
This is about a week late, but I wrote a a lil’ something something for those badass beauty wizards over at Into The Gloss. If you haven’t already, you should read it […]