May 2010
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Brilliant: MTV International’s pro-World Cup spots. More brands should try to connect with their audience—and its lifestyle—in ways that don’t push the product. (via Ad Age)
March 2010
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http://shutupfoodies.tumblr.com/ →
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While in Austin last week, I had this conversation at least 25 times:
Randominternetdude: “Huh? What’s a print editor was doing at SXSW Interactive?” Me: “Well, I guess that’s why this print editor is still a print editor, am I right? We probably wouldn’t be alive if we didn’t think about a story on every platform and every level.”
Here’s my...
24 Secret Restaurant Meals Revealed →
How much weight do you think I’d gain if I made this my bucket list?
Also: How good does having an apple pie blended into your McFlurry sound? (Right?!)
February 2010
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Oral Sex, a Knife Fight and Then Sperm Still... →
You WILL click that link, and you WILL be equal parts horrified and amazed. I think this is some of the craziest shit I’ve ever read on the Internet…and it’s true!
Riot Grrrl vs. A People's Revolution
I could write about 5000 words on the pop culture influences that have played a role in shaping girls’ self-esteem and identity and ambitions over the past 20 years, but most of you probably don’t care. So here’s a brief, and simple, observation incited by two books that came out today:
1991 was all about the Girl Power. “Cry in public. Don’t Judge Other People....
GAME CHANGER.
Since I live in New York City and act at least -10 my age, I’ve always been under the assumption that I’d be capable of conceiving well into my 30s. And if, you know, for some reason that entire decade passed me by, too, I’d probably just get some fertility treatments, write about them in the New York Times (an essay in Modern Love or, if I’m really lucky, a reported...
January 2010
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Awesome Karaoke Photos →
Oh, come on. I think we all have a little something to contribute to this blog. (via mlproject)
I think I also gravitate toward writing about young people because I find adults...
– Benoit Denizet-Lewis (via Ypulse)
So true. Writing about teenagers for teenagers is a little different, but this entire interview is an incredible articulation of what makes my job so incredibly fascinating, challenging and rewarding.
(An aside: His newest collection of previously published work,...
They are now engaged to be married. He proposed on New Year’s Day, drawing a...
– I thought I loved Neil Gaiman before, but wow. Swoon x’s a million. Amanda Palmer, you are a lucky girl. (via The New Yorker)
Notorious rapist climbs stage, is met with applause and loving jokes about how...
– Ha! Another perpective on the Globes, via The Awl
P.S. I prescribe for Katie...
…what I prescribe for most teenage girls who are feeling shitty at the hands of someone else, and/or doing things they don’t know they will regret in 5 years (but definitely will): MORE TAYLOR SWIFT. It’s so much better, and definiteily way cheaper, than therapy in your 20s.
Can I be a maybe for now? This might be too high brow for me, and/or conflict...
– My friend Elisa, the most unapologetic and honest person I know, in response to our group email chain about visiting the Jane Austen exhibit at the Morgan Library.
I love you, E! You are my release from this pretentious New York World. Now let’s go hit the TS Red Lobster and see that new Tim...
ESPN 3D launches in June with World Cup soccer →
Wow. Living in THE FUTURE is pretty rad!
I resolve:
1. To stop being eh and get awesome. You know that keyboard/violin/guitar in the corner of my bedroom? I want to quit messing around with the first few bars of [insert song here] and pick one instrument and just go for it. Same goes for sewing: I will make more from scratch. 2. To become the Taylor Swift of YA fiction. I know this is a bold statement, but I’m pretty sure I have now crawled...