August 2012
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“In fact what’s becoming obvious — an intriguing counterpoint to the growth...”
– China Miéville spoke about the future of the novel at last week’s 2012 Edinburgh World Writers’ conference. (Linked to in this week’s Liberty Lit on Autostraddle.)
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“Someone said to me recently that we have to encourage more young women to want...”
– The Rumpus Interview With Ann Friedman - The Rumpus.net
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“The only way to work successfully from a home office (or kitchen table or couch)...”
– On Autostraddle, I wrote about why I probably love you but can’t get coffee with you because I am at work.
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“When I was cleaning out the bathroom cabinet, I found a bag with vials of meds...”
– I’m at The Billfold, talking about my previous, and terrible, old apartments.
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Lunch as a Feminist Act
This article about lunch as an urban invention is really fascinating. Oysters used to be street food! Apples for lunch in the Great Depression! But there were also all these interesting gendered and classed requirements surrounding what people had for lunch. For instance: there were all sorts of social distinctions tied up in the way you were supposed to slice bread before sliced bread — thick...
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“But there is nothing daft or insouciant, nothing crazy free, about Springsteen’s...”
– via sadybusiness:
Now: I love Bruce, I find Bruce intensely comforting because he was my father’s favorite human, and according to one (really apocryphal, probably made-up) family legend, my first word was “Bruce:” I could definitely recognize the man’s voice before the end of toddlerhood, and...
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