January 2012
35 posts
“I’m torn. Heejun Han will be the third Korean dude to take the Idol stage,...”
– Jay Caspian Kang answering “Who was your favorite performer on the second night?” and link to Han’s audition
“Bao Phi culls his lyric stories from news headlines and from the street, calling...”
– Bao Phi’s debut poetry collection
“But a funny thing has happened since the rise of professionalism. The tenets it...”
– The Believer, “Haterade”
“Midlist authors likely have part- or full-time day jobs or do adjunct teaching...”
– The agony of the male novelist
“But it’s not always lonely. Outside of your bedroom, there’s a world. And it...”
– Living After Midnight
“The Wrinklies weren’t spinsters or old maids and they were not “failures” in any...”
– Transformation and Transcendence: The Power of Female Friendship
“Everybody’s always telling their story; sometimes it’s disguised, but they’re...”
– Days of Yore: Steve Almond
“A marriage is a lot of work. Strike that. A man is a lot of work. Anyone who has...”
– Dominique Browning, “Alone Again, Naturally”
“In one sketch, Toni, played by Brownstein, reproves a woman who has written an...”
– Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen in “Portlandia”
“Young boys are so easy to manipulate. They only think of one thing. Someday when...”
– Stephen Elliot, “My Little Brother Ruined My Life”
“In spaces where people are encouraged to ask questions, one that comes up over...”
– s.e. smith, “Beyond the Binary: But What Does It All Mean? I Don’t Get It!”
“In a way, reviewing Words With Friends, the now-ubiquitous Scrabble-esque...”
– Killscreen review of Words with Friends
“Masculinity, femininity, genderqueerness, or any sort of gender presentation is...”
– Femme Invisibility and Beyond (Sugarbutch Chronicles)
“Things I could say should be left unheard and unsaid because I am not willing to...”
– Margaret Cho Rightfully Loses Her Shit
“Write what you know” was never really on the table for fantasy writers. At...”
– Beyond Orcs & Elves: Stacy Whitman on Writing Cross-Culturally
Jeff Yang: The Best in Asia and Asian America 2011 →
“Dan’s telling me about this special technology, Heattech. And if he had a carton...”
– Lefsetz Letter on Uniqlo
How Pinterest Will Transform the Web in 2012:... →
“Tao Lin and his band of followers at Muumuu House are some of the most...”
– Much Ado About Whatever
“Brittany: When I pulled my hamstring, I went to a “misogynist”
– Brittany S. Pierce Quotes
“I admire narcissism in Momus and others who “own” it and use it as a way to...”
– The Rumpus Interview with Marie Calloway
December 2011
71 posts
“Have you noticed small commodities are increasingly difficult to remove from...”
– Guernica / Fellow Prisoners
“For a 21st century character, Jess is completely dependent on others perhaps...”
– Who’s That Girl
“All you sucka MCs ain’t got nothin’ on me! From my grades, to my...”
– Mean Girls
“We’re all going to be rich,” he says. “We’re all going to live forever. All the...”
– California and Bust | Business | Vanity Fair
“The girls’ brains are so unusually formed that doctors could not predict what...”
– Could Conjoined Twins Share a Mind?
“What happens when a society loses its ability to self-regulate, and insists on...”
– Michael Lewis, “California and Bust”
“Still, we are, in the main, ordinary people living in plush times. We are smart...”
– Ta-Nehisi Coates, “A Muscular Empathy” in response to “If I Were a Poor Black Kid”