Last week’s episode of Mad Men—like the premiere—didn’t really merit a Design Geek Review. It wasn’t terribly fabulous, visually or otherwise. (I’m bored of the suburbs.) However, yesterday’s was wow! So here are some things that set this Design Geek’s heart racing last night: 1.&2. 3. 4.&5. 6. The Campbell [...]
all that is wrong in the universe
all that is wrong in the universe
While this “pink turd” (to borrow and slightly tweak Gruber‘s lovely turn of phrase) is truly, truly hideous, it actually is pretty much on par with the kind of clueless-about-half-the-species sort of whiz kids who named the iPad. Just my two thoughts on an item at digitaldaily.com
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!!
Happy Ada Lovelace Day!!
In the last three weeks, my programming class has kept me too busy playing my hand at being Ada to put together a coherent piece on the order of last year’s ALD post. But I’m already planning something all-out for next year. So this one’s a quickie. Much of tech [...]
fictional style icons — part five of five
fictional style icons — part five of five
It’s Fashion Week! So, inspired by galadarling, I wanted to highlight some of my own fictional style icons. Fourth: The Hitchcock Blonde.
Joan wears pants!
Joan wears pants!
I was thinking about my little sister, and was inspired to whip this up for her. Just a quick photoshop doodle:
REMINDER: come see my art
REMINDER: come see my art
This is your chance to see “Dead, Wrapped in Plastic”—my sculpture of dead Laura Palmer—live and in-person!
getting over the “ewwwww!” factor
getting over the “ewwwww!” factor
I am definitely not arguing that this will bloom into a perfect or satisfying relationship, nor do I want to see that, but our Peggy Olsen is not being used, and she isn’t a victim here.
Dead, Wrapped in Plastic
Dead, Wrapped in Plastic
One of my co-workers, an incredibly talented artist herself, invited me to submit a piece to a juried art exhibit, Baby, It’s Cold Outside… , “about how you do/do not define, dismiss, despise, and/or devote yourself to ‘feminism.’” I especially liked the guideline to “free to offend, just be mindful as to whom you piss off.”
Dingbat Press
Dingbat Press
Was Paris or Nicole the first? It’s snowballed since. People who — if all was right in the world — I shouldn’t know the names of: Sarah Palin, Lauren Conrad, now Carrie Prejean. Why, why, when there are so many incredibly talented women writers in the world who eminently deserve [...]
8 things that need to go away in 2009, revisited
8 things that need to go away in 2009, revisited
A mid-year check-in on my “Things that need to go away in 2009″ post, to see how much progress we’ve made as a culture.
file this under “duh.”
file this under “duh.”
“Having a feminist partner was linked to healthier heterosexual relationships for women. Men with feminist partners also reported both more stable relationships and greater sexual satisfaction. According to these results, feminism does not predict poor romantic relationships, in fact quite the opposite.”
Girls who rock
Girls who rock
Imagine you’re a teenage girl, and you want to be a rock god: who are your role models? Who’s there to look up to? Who can you respect?
Justice[s] for all
Justice[s] for all
So, this Souter thing. Interesting.
Mostly, to me, because it opens up the possibility of getting a second (and maybe, eventually—wait for it!—an unprecedented third) woman on the bench. 8-to-1 is simply NOT RIGHT!
a crush on rbg
a crush on rbg
Sometimes I have days when Ruth Bader Ginsburg is my favorite person in the entire world. Today is like that:
