by Martha Polk
by Lindsay Miller
I am a just-out-of-the-closet lesbian sharing a house on my college campus of four years with another year to go. I am attractive (have hair and teeth, runner-type), smart enough for…
by Melissa Locker
Here a young couple strolls the grounds outside their $19,999 Grand Victorian…
(Also, if everyone else already knew this, save it. I’m not that bright. And I once dated a guy who was walking home after The Usual Suspects and said, “hey, that was really great, but why did Kevin Spacey stop limping at the end?”…
Well, you should read it. You should always read the interviews in The Paris Review, they’re fantastic. But especially this one, conducted by Katie Roiphe.
Later, she will write to me, “Before I try to answer your…
No one wants to read Gene Weingarten’s brilliant-and-depressing-as-shit Pulitzer-Prize-winning piece on how people can totally forget their child is in their hot car, but until people stop doing it ON PURPOSE, someone needs to link to it once a summer.
“If death by virus was a punishment for extramarital affairs there would only be three dudes left in this world right now. Maybe less, because we’re in Italy.” — Gwyneth invents diseases. More, more, more! (Also, warning: The article linked has some spoilers about Contagion.)
by Samantha Galligan
“I do not see my baby boomer clients giving up a vacation or wine or dinners out so that they can leave more money to their children … They say, ‘If there’s something at the end I’d love [the kids] to have it, but what’s important for me now is to get what…
What is Rookie? Rookie is the lovely and talented Tavi Gevinson’s website for teen girls / website for people who want to see what teen girls are saying. It launched yesterday, and it looks great. From the press release:
Our tone is honest and authentic, smart and dry, but…
Something to watch. It’s like the Grey Gardens of…eccentric Southerners? Maybe instead of going to see The Help. I don’t know what your week looks like.
Tattoo ink might give you cancer, but it might not. This lady should be all good, though.
If you’re in awe of this incredible find, more Ponytail cartoons can be found here, here, and here.
Hey Baltimore! Quoth the raven,
We better make the most of this…
From the New York Times piece on children overcoming adversity (or, you know, Facebook bans):
When Thom McKay realized that his son had figured out how to get on the social networking site even though his New Jersey middle school had blocked it, he asked the boy in astonishment…
“I told my little puppy, ‘We got to wait for the paper boy, because Mama can’t get out of the chair.’” — A woman got stuck in her chair and lived to tell the tale. (Wait for the parts about the ants and the clog.) Also, SIGTGMOOTCOIGTCYFT.
Like — To think something is good.
Like — To indicate online that you think something is good.
“Like” — To say you like something when you don’t, as in, “I like that guy. Not like I ‘like’ that guy Ann is dating.”
