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Word of the Day: Lana Del Reycist

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:55:14 -0500

Word of the Day: Lana Del Reycist:

moldavia: Jane Birkin in Vogue Italia June 2002 by Deborah...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:22:00 -0500

moldavia:

Jane Birkin in Vogue Italia June 2002 by Deborah Turbeville

Nothing to not love heeeere.

National Post: Age and Beauty on the Red Carpet, or, The Iconoplasts!

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

National Post: Age and Beauty on the Red Carpet, or, The Iconoplasts!:

Image via the hellhole Tumblr that inspired my conclusion.

Toronto Standard Styletter: The Beauty of Books, of Glasses, of Pastels

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Toronto Standard Styletter: The Beauty of Books, of Glasses, of Pastels:

Also I talked to Aaron Hoey of Anthropologie about why/how they supports artists and artisans (while their sister co., Urban Outfitters, rips them off). Anthro reeeeally isn’t my cup of tea (it’s more for people who say “my cup of tea” regularly) but I dig this.

I went on a radio show to talk about style writing vs. substance vs. semiotics. Right?

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:38:03 -0500

I went on a radio show to talk about style writing vs. substance vs. semiotics. Right?:

Someone on Twitter called it an “incomprehensible trainwreck.” I guess that’s easier than trying to comprehend! GOOGLE IS YOUR FRIEND. Also, fuck you if you don’t like girls being intellectual about girl things.

OH YES, CANADA. tylercoates: bobbyfinger: Canada’s like, “lol...

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:56:08 -0500

OH YES, CANADA.

tylercoates:

bobbyfinger:

Canada’s like, “lol idiots.”

God bless the Canadians.

10 Things I Want You to Know About in 2012 if You Don't Already

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:46:04 -0500

10 Things I Want You to Know About in 2012 if You Don't Already

"I mean, look, when the NDP came into power, I was a white male, I paid a very severe price because..."

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 13:16:40 -0500

“I mean, look, when the NDP came into power, I was a white male, I paid a very severe price because it had nothing to do with ability any more, it had to do with male versus female. There’s no point when the oppressed become the oppressors. It makes no sense at all. Either you get rid of oppression from everybody or we don’t.”

- the fucking budget chief of my fucking city (via beautravail)

“There’s no point” is really the takeaway here.

How Castor Designed Toronto

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:09:45 -0500

How Castor Designed Toronto:

Or… like… the part of Toronto I live in. Forgot to mention that Brian Richer has a Castor tattoo; that’s legit. Also that Castor is French/Latin for beaver, but anyone who would care about Castor already knew that, I guess.

Memories of My Melancholy Womancrushes. I wrote this on request...

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:09:03 -0500

Memories of My Melancholy Womancrushes.

I wrote this on request for the B-Insider. LOL at my predictability.

My Olympia Le-Tan crush is getting a little out of hand. from vogue.fr

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:03:13 -0500

My Olympia Le-Tan crush is getting a little out of hand.

from vogue.fr

"Looking rather like stills from an unknown New Wave film, the pictures cover Smith from her early..."

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:00:46 -0500

“Looking rather like stills from an unknown New Wave film, the pictures cover Smith from her early hippie days in New York to the first year or two of her fame with a remarkable consistency, displaying various ratty lofts, misguided hairstyles, improvised fashion choices, and a lot of winning and unforced self-display, the Hollywood poses of a girl who didn’t think she was beautiful.”

- Luc Sante on Patti Smith and the writings on Smith and the writings of Smith and the photographs of Smith.

believermag: Joan Didion talks about gaining confidence, and...

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 10:50:38 -0500

believermag:

Joan Didion talks about gaining confidence, and about her husband, the writer John Gregory Dunne. Next week, the entire interview will be published on The Believer website. Excerpt 1, and Excerpt 2 are here. We spoke over the phone, she from her hotel in Washington, on book tour for Blue Nights.

— Sheila Heti

BLVR: I imagine it’s difficult to write non-fiction because you have to have such authority to say, This is what the world is. How can you really have the authority to say, I know enough and I’ve seen enough to be able to conclude things about the world?

JD: Well, you have to just gain that confidence, which is part of what you do over the course of your whole career. I mean, you become confident that you have—this sounds ridiculous, but you become confident that you have the answer.

BLVR: Do you remember the point—

JD: —at which you get that confidence?

BLVR: Well, for you.

JD: For me it probably occurred fairly late, when I started getting feedback from the audience. Feedback in terms of a response. Well, it wasn’t fairly late. It was fairly early [laughs] when I started getting a response from the audience, otherwise I wouldn’t have had the nerve to continue.

BLVR: Where would you situate that? Around which book?

JD: I would say it happened at Play It As It Lays. Which was, when? My third book. I remember my husband saying, when Play It As It Lays was about to come out, he said, This isn’t going to—you’re never going to—you’re never going to—this book isn’t going to make it.

BLVR: Did it hurt your feelings when he said that?

JD: No, it didn’t hurt my feelings. It was, I thought, a realistic assessment, which I certainly agreed with.

BLVR: Why did you both feel like it wasn’t going to make it?

JD: Because it was my third book and I had not made it until then. And you don’t see—I mean, you don’t think in terms of suddenly making it. You think you have some stable talent which will show no matter what you’re writing, and if it doesn’t seem to be getting across to the audience once, you can’t imagine that moment when it suddenly will.

I really like Sheila Heti and I really think I love Joan Didion.

The whole Leonard Cohen album is streaming at NPR now.

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 10:42:37 -0500

The whole Leonard Cohen album is streaming at NPR now.:

maura:

This is turning out to be a really good Monday.

I own (didn’t steal, even) the entire Leonard Cohen discography and it is not enough.

Jil Sander pre-fall 2012 on Fashion Gone Rogue. That houndstooth dress.

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Jil Sander pre-fall 2012 on Fashion Gone Rogue.

That houndstooth dress.

Toronto Standard Stylesheet: Haute Hotels, The Real Librarian Chic, & Name Necklaces (They're Back!)

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

Toronto Standard Stylesheet: Haute Hotels, The Real Librarian Chic, & Name Necklaces (They're Back!):

why i write like a girl

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:06:00 -0500

Because I am a girl, whether you like it or not. Because the whole of human experience is to say the least overwhelming; to divide it in half, to write about female experiences in what might be a female way, is closer to achievable. Is realistic? Is less arrogant. Because I may be a narcissist forever and ever amen but I am not arrogant enough to think that I am impartial, omnipotent, the voice of God, the New York Times. Because writing like a guy has given us Monocle; think about that. Because, despite Monocle, no one seems to complain about anybody writing like a guy. Because Gertrude Stein. Because Virginia Woolf. Because Daphne du Maurier. Because Simone de Beauvoir. Because Anne Sexton. Because bell hooks. Because Joan Didion. Because we don’t know for anything like sure if there is anything bigger than our selves. Because certainly I am not those things. Certainly I can’t say. Can only speak for me and for people like me, people that tend, after all, to be female. Can only write what I think, feel; can’t know. Can only write “I.” Refuse to think of that as a failing.

Word of the Day: Blackout

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:09:06 -0500

Word of the Day: Blackout:

I guess if I could be anyone right now I would be Eva Green...

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:05:08 -0500

I guess if I could be anyone right now I would be Eva Green (smoking Vogues? Wearing Carven?) in this photo, but I would also keep my dirty half-blonde hair.

What honestly makes me think that it will be alright?

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0500

What honestly makes me think that it will be alright?