October 2010
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To whom it may concern
Okay, so what you’re saying is:
1. It’s ok - no, it’s good — to “out” people who privately behave in a way that’s inconsistent with their public personae.
and that
2. Nick Denton gets to decide what the words “private,” “public” and “inconsistent” mean.
Yeah, I don’t know, guys. I don’t think you get paid...
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in other femiladyism news
bthny:
Apparently, Emily Gould is speaking at my school tomorrow night. I will not be attending, primarily because I have a class at the exact same time as her thing and have to co-lead the discussion about feminist geography. Also something something something.
It’s too bad you couldn’t make it, bthny! We talked about everything you mention here, including something something...
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perpetua:
Kimya Dawson tells the story of the...
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WatchI vote Lukas Volger CtB guest most likely to one day host his own Food Network show and own us all.
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the problem with pets
me: http://corgiaddict.tumblr.com/post/1329342987/double-trouble-this-is-francine-my-10-month-old
(15 minutes)
EG: omggggg
me: there is one i can't find, which is a corgi next to a topiary of a corgi
it's AMAZING
EG: let's move to a cabin and have a little herd of corgis
me: i really want to. i would get one now, except all i can think about is how sad i would be when it died. :(
EG: lol
ruth
that is the ruthiest thing you have ever said
me: it's true though
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““Mad Men’s” authentic portrait of women’s lives in the...”
– My mom cut this article by Evergreen history and family studies professor Stephanie Coontz out of the Washington Post and mailed it to me. Coontz does a great job of deflating arguments about the accuracy of the show’s portrayal of its heroines, reminding us that “in 1965, feminism...
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“Actually there’s a good reason, a structural reason, why novelists should...”
– Ruth gave me Experience by Martin Amis for my birthday.
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“Her husband is married now to one of her former writing students, a woman to...”
– Anna Quindlen’s 2001 portrait of Laurie Colwin in Gourmet is devastating, in general — I almost cried reading about Colwin’s death, and I’ve never met her and I’ve had some time to get used to the idea of her being dead. This line particularly though made me vow firmly...
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All descriptions of hipsters are doomed to... →
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