i work in a bookshop.
in many ways, it is deeply lovely. but the level of sexism one encounters working in a bookshop is STAGGERING, fyi.

i work in a bookshop.
in many ways, it is deeply lovely. but the level of sexism one encounters working in a bookshop is STAGGERING, fyi.

yaaaaaaaaa’ll, remember the sex lives of dead people: jfk edition (emotions via britney)?
remember jerry oppenheimer?

let’s refresh. Continue reading
The Way Up! ’tis here.

the totally (well… ish) amateur podcast you didn’t know you needed and hopefully very soon will not be able to live without. wherein the uh-mazing sarah hosein and i talk about life and death and culture and stories and feminism with assorted amazing people. Continue reading
after nearly a century of intense fabulousness, zsa zsa gabor has died.

cue the daily mail‘s celebration of her life as a woman who got married. Continue reading
but you see in dealing with me, the relatives didn’t know that they were dealing with a staunch character. and i tell you, if there’s anything worse than a staunch woman… S-T-A-U-N-C-H. there’s nothing worse, i’m telling you… they don’t weaken. no matter what… but they didn’t know that. well, how were they to know?
you dressed for battle, edie, one of the maysles brothers asks her. this is either an observation or an inquiry, the inflection is inconclusive. it could be either. i cannot tell which.
you dressed for battle. Continue reading
a woman was assaulted and robbed early monday morning.
in a culture that’s very not great in discussing violence against women, it’s worth noting how quickly this story has shifted.

(via the daily mail)
i’ve been thinking about this a lot:

and about the possible long-term effects of all these dog whistles of late.
all i remember of her husband’s first inaugural is the commentators criticizing her choice of hat and a controversial plaid.

so the prime minister’s wife wore a sleeveless dress to an event at st. paul’s on friday afternoon.
cue the moral panic at the daily mail.

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