March 2012
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February 2012
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"I am embarrassed for giving you attention when... →
The worst thing about an unrequited crush.
literary criticism
Checked my shelves when I got home. Yep, this is the definitive list.
me: a dick you're supposed to sympathize with
Ruth: right
me: you have to be GRRRRREAT fucking writer to pull that off
i can think of, er, three people who can pull it off
AND EVEN THEY CAN ONLY PULL IT OFF SOMETIMES
Ruth: not sure anyone really has
maybe Lipsyte
me: no, Lipsyte's a mensch
Amis, Roth, Geoff Dyer
that's it.
(as far as I know).
Ruth: WE HAVE A DEFINITIVE LIST, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
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"I guess you could say I'm missing my mother, but... →
A friend says that you have to get out of NYC at least once every 100 days or you’ll go nuts. I’m at day 85 with no break in sight, and this endless string of grey kinda-cold/kinda-not afternoons makes me nostalgic for the midwest, what with its clearly delineated seasons and abundant sunshine. Maybe that’s why Dodie Bellamy’s description of Midway Airport hit me so...
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Extradiagetic bonus →
Love this whole piece EG wrote about smells/the perfume book, a book which I have pored over at length in her kitchen when we were supposed to be doing ‘work.’ My favorite part, selfishly, is when she talks about Tommy Girl. Fun fact for those following along at home: I’ve worn Tommy Girl for years, which Emily did not know until after turning in this story.
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"a full and unflinching account"
I’d like to read a memoir that flinched, just to see how that plays out
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Reading hurts.
That moment when you finish a book, look around, and realize that everyone is just carrying on with their lives as though you didn’t just experience emotional trauma at the hands of a paperback.
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“(“Why,” wonders Kraus in I Love Dick, “does everybody think that women are...”
– JUST WANTED TO REITERATE THIS (via emilygould)
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In the buddhist Bellamy talks about Bessie Smith...
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“An in-your-face owning of one’s vulnerability is a powerful feminist strategy …...”
– Dodie Bellamy via Emily Books (via rachelfershleiser)
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my favorite word
OH, huh, at this time of year I do wonder why I’ve been single for so long
thingsilearnedfromcosmo:
“Shocker: This word is a turn-off to guys. It’s not marriage or period. [I]t’s the F bomb — more than half [of the men polled] said it’s unattractive. […] Experts say it’s like burping. He knows you do it, but he’d rather think you don’t…. so you maintain a sexy, girlie mystique.”
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January 2012
18 posts
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"I think she is on the cover, and in pictures... →
This might be the most important thing I’ve read in a while.
via Life Aquatic, maura.
“There’s hope for you, too:” an excerpt from Sempre Susan”
“How would you distinguish the feminism in your work from your mother’s or from...”
– I remember she used the word “tautology” several times, which I looked up when I got home to be sure I understood it (I didn’t). Even post-clarification her words gave me a lot to think about. I guess I think that what Emily Carter was saying is that the patriarchy tells us to...
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“Some of her enthusiasms mystified me. As we sat in the theater, sharing a giant...”
– From Sempre Susan
BUY IT HERE
(via emilybooks)
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Word choice counts →
Have you tried telling him it makes us sound like animals and not humans? Cows and dogs are female (well and have some other names too, funny how those get appropriated offensively!). Also, I don’t even think they put ‘female’ on bathroom doors anymore, if “they” ever did.
(Thanks to tyler coates for pointing out the animals thing)
jaygabler:
Someone please tell...
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Word choice counts
This reminds me of when I was interviewing potential roommates over the summer and one guy said he had never lived with “females” before. Like, don’t do that, maybe. npluspersonals:
Single, w/m who lives by Central Park. I run an international NGO that aims to reduce the number of women and newborns that die from pregnancy and childbirth. Totally immersed in the fine and...
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Trash swan →
I still think this game is really fun. Here are some I came up with (in swan/trash swan order): Casino/Scarface; Bedford Ave, Williamsburg/5th Ave, Park Slope; real pants/leggings & sweatpants. They’re not all amazing but come on I am still pretty hungover.
emilygould:
This is a game Ruth and I made up today when we were sitting around drinking coffee and trying to wrap our minds...
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December 2011
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Autostraddle makes our zine their pick of the day,... →
Go on now, buy it here, you know you want to
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and just a quick 'further to the below'
I’ve also been trying to fix my printer so there’s been an open tab in my browser all day that says “multiple problems: officejet pro 8000 wireless” but it gets cut off so I just see:
“multiple problems”
and am like,
Yeah.
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“Addiction, even if it’s just addiction to a way of thinking about yourself and...”
– I wrote about Glory Goes and Gets Some on the Emily Books tumblr.
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"Access alone is not a culture." →
I grew up in a place where the nearest bookstore was a Barnes & Noble, 40 miles away. So yeah, there was access, in a manner of speaking. Culture? Don’t ask me unless you’ve got an hour or five to spare.
