August 2011
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“To this end the reserve army of the unemployed is enlisted into the tertiary or...”
– Guy Debord, The Society of the Spectacle (1967)
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Hey! Thats Rude!
Dear internet people,
What on earth is the deal with your constant chronicling of how you obtained, where you took, and things you did with your Celine bags????? There is a fine line between blogging about well designed items that are really pretty or really functional (form, function, etc.) and showing off how much money you waste. And you are all crossing that line! You went to the Celine...
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100 Most Powerful Women by Forbes Magazine →
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A perfect novel.
I just finished and REALLY liked this book.
From Wikipedia:
Stoner is a 1965 novel by the American writer John Williams. It was reissued in 2006 by New York Review Books Classics.
The central character is an undistinguished English professor (Stoner) who pursues a largely uneventful career at a drab Midwestern university. Neither Stoner’s wife, nor his colleagues, nor his students...
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“When I wear them, all the guys would look at me weird but all the girls love...”
– Garance Dore
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“Rather than the 1990s being, as the demoralizing claim went, the “end of...”
– Carl Wilson
more social commentary
yes, $20 tea towels, or
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Beadwork
Style Bubble
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“How is it possible that a small school in Upstate New York can do so much?...”
– The Uncanny
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Selling Youth
J and I had a really passionate argument about what it means to be sold clothing by pre-pubescent models (I really thought we posted it, but c’est la vie). Anyway, its probably for the better that our ramblings never made it out of gchat, because Stephanie said it much better today. Read on.
THE GIRLIFICATION OF FASHION
“The girlification of fashion is a two-pronged affair that...
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“Silvio Berlusconi watched the recent economic volatility from his Sardinian...”
– Im not saying they don’t deserve a vacation, but how can they be surprised when this happens?
The Morning News
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“Has any president in American history left behind as much lasting damage as...”
– Nocera, NYT (via magnificentruin)
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Hudson River Valley, come on home. →
I have a deep and overwhelming desire to return to upstate New York. And the problem is that NY and LA are on opposite sides of the country and I want a bit of both.
A and I spent the morning/midday formulating our art collective that will be based somewhere between Newburgh and Hudson- our a yearly pipe dream that won’t go away. So now I’m wondering if I should just forget a regular...
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Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, Kingdom Tower in Jeddah
via
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“I do not need the government to support the arts on my behalf. I am fully...”
– Fuck you very much NYTimes for featuring the big-hat-wearing lady of the Worlds Smallest Version of the Worlds Largest Things as the face of government funded arts. That’ll really get the public behind artist grants! 