Tag Archives: sassy
My Totally Unsolicited xoJane.com Site Critique
Feeling too much and not enough. Continue reading
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in the 90s, “guys were out of fashion”
when marisa and i were working on our sassy book, one of our favorite interviews was with blake nelson, who wrote short stories that christina kelly serialized in sassy and that later became the book girl. (one of our other … Continue reading
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“riot grrrl was a reaction against grunge” and other excellent thoughts on 90s feminism
So, Ada, I was telling you last night about the great panel I went to on 90s feminism and I thought I would write some of it down. For posterity! The irony of the event is that there was a … Continue reading
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You Oughta Know, Fuck and Run, and the Pain of 90swomanhood (or girlhood)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8IwrpqTfEYAda, after reading Lisa’s chicklit article, and spending a little time laughing meanly to myself about the genre being “about and for today’s lukewarmest girls,” I felt compelled to do two things: Listen to Fiona Apple sing “Mistake” on repeat. … Continue reading
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if only bridget jones read susan faludi and naomi wolf
Oh, Ada, I hated Bridget Jones! I bought the book when it came out in 1998, but I was totally put off by the character’s endless scorekeeping–how much food she’s eaten, how many cigarettes she’d smoked, how much wine she’d … Continue reading
a gen x documentary worth watching
last year, after i reviewed x saves the world, i had the opportunity to explain to a slightly perplexed gen x panel consisting of jeff gordinier (x‘s author), jeff chang (cant stop, wont stop), and douglas rushkoff (get back in … Continue reading
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