Well, it happened. I turned 30. I bought myself a dress that makes me look like a fairy queen. I am now, officially, no longer a young person… Rachel
Have a look at the these photos from the Canberra Times. Notice how the Playboy Bunnies from yesterday all look like different people. And then look at those today. They all look the same. It’s nice to know I’m not paranoid or off the planet when I think that our conception of beauty is getting…
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My Mom had asked me what I wanted for my 30th birthday (which is on Dec 18!!) and I couldn’t think of anything. Really, I have enough shit and the last thing I really wanted – Ved Mehta’s memoir of working with famous New Yorker editor William Shawn – she bought for me a few…
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I just had an idea. Maybe instead of fighting against the sexualisation and objectification of women, we should go with it and beat men at their own game. We can all wear shirt skirts and cleavage revealing tops, get appointed to top jobs and while we distract every high-powered male around us, we’ll change the…
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Were blogs created as tools to rant out anger? It seems to be what I’ve been using this one for lately. I’ve never been an angry person, but my god, it’s like the last few months everything makes my blood boil. Erin, my dear, I think I have just become an angry feminist. So, Allan…
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So, in connection to my latest reply on the raunch culture topic, I call all female swimsuit wearers. Do you wear a bikini? Why or why not?
So, we mailed out close to 500 copies of issues 7 and 8 to high school, college, public and uni libraries. A telemarketing company followed up 100 of those. 54 librarians thought the magazine was inappropriate. Some of the comments in the database I was sent are “Content too risque” “Articles too mature” “Better for…
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Hey all, My latest Vibewire column is up. It’s garnered some nice responses,which is great – it makes me feel much better about my writing when people respond. If you haven’t seen it yet, check it out and write comments: I haven’t been up on the Vibewire “most comments” list in a loooong time. http://www.vibewire.net/2/index.php?option=…
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Hey all, I’m against capital punishment and all, but I just can’t get worked up about the Australian drug trafficker who’s going to be put to death in Singapore. It’d be one thing if there was the possibility that this guy was framed, as seems to be the deal with many of the drug traffiking…
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Last night bedtime was full on for me. My brain was still in overdrive from TINA so last night I called Paul, who has just finished his PhD thesis, to congratulate him, yes, but also to keep talking because I couldn’t seem to go cold turkey. We had a somewhat frustrating discussion about doing PhDs,…
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Hi all, I just watched the new movie show live at Venice and it actually looks like there will be some good movies to go see soon! Yay!! Not that I have time for the movies or anything… Anyway, I finally got a couple rolls of my NY photos developed (Remember, this was a crap…
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Hello, It smells like spring! I’ve been feeling overwhelmed and confused and thought-heavy the past week or so, but how can one not feel gloriously happy on a day like today, with the beautiful smell of flowers in the air and the sun shining. It’s magnificent. Surely I need to move someplace without winter. The…
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Following the interesting lip radio poll on women’s magazines, I picked up HB to read in the doctor’s office this morning because I like looking at high-fashion clothes. But it turned out the magazine just really depressed me. Seeing Kate Blanchett and Nicole Kidman endorsing beauty products shits me. These women surely have enough money…
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I’ve got to get this blog finished so I’m going to stop going into so much detail and outline the rest of my trip. Thursday: My mom came to NYC so that she could take me to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It has been in the process of renovation for several years and recently…
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