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Hate To Break It To You is a recurring feature wherein we dispense succinct home truths that everyone could benefit from facing up to, unpleasant as they may be. Photo by Pikaluk We are most profoundly intimidated (whether that takes the form of fear, hostility, envy or skepticism) by the people we aren’t and the…
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Photo by phrenologist It feels as if I’m on a deadline lately. Not work-related (although, I do have one of those looming), but seasonal. Everyone I know is going through the same thing – feeling tired, foot-draggingly worn-out, staring out the window at the cold and the grey (which is only going to get colder…
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New W&W post. Social media ain’t the second coming. Sometimes, I feel like the only one who sees that. Well, aside from the 76% of you reading this who have no clue what the heck social media is in the first place. Fist bumps all around!
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The need for a GenMeh manifesto (or mehnifesto if you prefer) has been on my mind almost from the inception of this project. I knew how I felt, knew how the people I'd shared this idea with felt and knew the vision I wanted to share with you. All that was missing were the words…
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Defending Gen Y against charges of political apathy. IOU some mid-week soapboxing, so tune in tomorrow.
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Psst… if you just can’t get enough of yours truly, you can also find me blogging it up over at True/Slant. Same irreverent tone as GenMeh, but more topical, soundbyte-y subject matter. One step closer to world domination!
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Yesterday, I went to a birthday party. The same birthday party (well, the celebrant was a year older this time) I went to on the same weekend last year. Same people, different presents. Walking back to the bus stop after the festivities, I found myself thinking about everything that’s changed in the last 12 months…
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A scheduling conflict meant that I had to switch out hip hop for jazz this week. The following end-of-class convo sums up the experience nicely: Classmate # 1: So, are you going to come back next week? Me: Um… Classmate #1: You should. You’ll pick it up eventually. E is an awesome teacher. And the…
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I recently wrote about how I came to discover the work of Dr. Betty Dodson and the universality of her advice to “Get on top and run the f*ck” as a general life strategy. Just for kicks, I approached Dr. Dodson about doing an interview more in line with her area of expertise, sex-positive activism…
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As promised, here is the follow-up to yesterday’s post, wherein Lisa Coulson generously shares the lessons she’s learned from launching her own Etsy shop. So you have more macramé plant holders than you know what to do with? You’d like to sell some to support your expensive steamboatin’ habit? I present a handy guide to…
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