When this place was my livelihood I used to measure my life in “blogability.” I’d try to gauge how interesting what I was doing at any given moment would be to read about later, and then experience the event accordingly. Non-blogable events got my full presence and attention, while highly blogable events were experienced via curated eye and held at… Read more →
Category: socially mediated
Stop Threatening Me With Infertility, Facebook
I don’t know when it happened. Maybe it was when I downloaded the Facebook App to my smart phone. Maybe it was the desk job that I had outgrown and held for far too long. Maybe it was my accidental apathy that happened when I found myself inundated with the heaviness of global current events. But somewhere in between me joining… Read more →
Nirvana Unplugged.
Plugged. That’s how I’ve been feeling. The world has been spinning tragedy at breakneck speed, and all of it is delivered directly to my brain via the Internet, which I can’t seem to stop looking at. Even the good sometimes comes at me too quickly to bear. And this thing? This red tape covered, bucket-of-cold-water-to-the-face, no-do-overs adulthood thing? It has… Read more →
Never Trust A Big Butt And A Smile
If this isn’t the greatest photo ever taken, well then I just don’t know what. Because obviously MTV Generation + BBD = ALL THIS ^^. We are in it to win it you guys. [Those buck ladies grooving with me are my fellow travelers through the blogosphere (from right) Cara, Jessica, Jen, Heather, Jill, Me (duh), Isabel, & Heather, if you don’t… Read more →
The Mother Of All Narrative Cinema; Alice Guy-Blache Finally Gets Her Due
Have you ever heard of Alice Guy-Blache? My friend Julie emailed me about this kickstarter for a documentary about Alice, and I was kind of shocked that I had no idea who she was, to be honest. I mean, not that I know about all the things, but I went to NYU film school where they are very serious about the… Read more →
No, YOU Get Off MY Internet
This morning, Forbes.com released their annual list of 100 Best Websites For Women. It includes everything from food blogs, to personal blogs, to corporate blogs, to message boards and community based sites. Reading through the list, as with most of these lists, I found that some choices were cutting edge, some obvious, some passé, but one choice was puzzling beyond… Read more →
Our Insta-Summer
It seems unbelievable that summer is already over and Dee’s school career has begun, but it’s true. The beauty of Instagram is that even when my Project 365 kicks the bucket (I swear I’m trying to come up with a way to get back on that horse, but the damn thing keeps bucking me off) I still manage to keep… Read more →
Independence Day
If you’re a blogger, this post is for you. If you’re not, check out this incredibly freaky video of a woman dressed like a poodle dressed like a human doing aerobics with poodles dressed like humans. (Actually you should probably watch that either way.) So, bloggers. Recently I left the warm, supple bosom of my ad network for the foggy,… Read more →