so hey. this is the prime minister of the united kingdom:
and this is the queen of the united kingdom:
Category Archives: “women”
the celebrity after-image (jackie, dickie, lauren, joan: obituaries, photos, + the age of aging anxiety)
i’ve repeatedly banged on and on and on about how this is the image of jackie most often used in the press since her death in 1994.
dear famous person: a practical addendum to the guide to protecting your posthumous privacy in 10 easy steps
dear famous person, by now you are no doubt familiar with my guide to protecting your posthumous privacy in 10 easy steps.
do please permit me to make a practical addendum regarding steps 8 and 9. Continue reading
dear famous person: a guide to protecting your posthumous privacy in 10 easy steps
NYT obituary smackdown: lauren bacall vs. lorin maazel edition
if celebrities play out our societal anxieties, hopes, dreams, blah blah blah on a conveniently more manageable, individualized scale then obituaries do the same for biography.
it’s all here, gang. i’ve said this before and i’ll say it again: we write women’s lives differently than we write the lives of men. EVERYWHERE. even obits. (btw, this inequality isn’t gender limited, obvi. it extends to race, class, region, etc. but i write about life writing and gender so this is about life writing and gender.)
exhibit A: bacall.
i’ve been saying there’s something afoot with the guardian’s celebrity coverage…
can you spot the daily mailing?
the briefest possible commentary on biebloom (a saga in which leo “SUMMER OF MY LIFE” dicaprio is, of course, involved)
so i was toying with the idea of writing something about biebloom (ie. bedlam starring justin bieber and orlando bloom) then i heard my former forever love leo “SUMMER OF MY LIFE” dicaprio was involved in the melee and thought yeah, probably oughta.
THEN the daily mail posted this amazingly helpful diagram and companion article illustrating how pretty much most of B-list hollywood (+ my former forever love leo “SUMMER OF MY LIFE” dicaprio- who defies limitation to a single hollywood hierarchy) can all be connected to miranda kerr’s Web of Doom.
so let’s unpack, ya’ll.
jackie onassis @ grand central (emotions via britney spears)
and i realized i’ve just totally glossed over the father leonard letters as though they never happened, but they bring up all manner of biographical/historical/ethical brouhaha so i’ma pretend just a little longer like that’s not a pressing thing we need to discuss.
hey, instead, let’s talk about how grand central is recognizing jackie. and let’s use britney to get in touch with our emotions. Continue reading
dolled up (paper dolls as underestimated pedagogical tool, kermit roosevelt = HEART THROB, + presidential underwear)
when i was a little girl, i was obsessed with paper dolls. Continue reading
checking in with george clooney’s fiancee, wedding planner
we saw this coming, no?
am i an idiot for entertaining the hope that the daily mail might write about this woman in her own right? is it naive of me to have been bothered by the fact that- because “george’s lady” is so serious- her seriousness is being translated into clooney’s wanting a political career? (as in: the only reason a hollywood star would marry a serious woman is because she fit the bill for a career change.)
an alarming life 
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