March 2011
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Just Kim
In the wake of Patti Smith and Just Kids, do you think that editors are calling Kim Gordon, every day, to ask her to write her own memoir? I also feel, strongly, that if Kim Gordon did her own version of L.C.D. Soundsystem’s “Losing My Edge,” it would be pretty epic. It was fun to watch Gordon at Tom Tom Magazine’s Women in Media/Women in Music panel - the conversation...
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“So why is Brody so smitten? The uncharitable view holds that, in his unwavering...”
– Shane Danielsen on IndieWire, using the work of American filmmaker Joe Swanberg debuting at the Berlinale to make a provocative point about why we need to believe that American film directors are the next whatever. Reblogged for the David Gordon Green reference.
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Women in film
I have been enjoying This Recording’s conversation on sexism and gender roles, in movies, tv, and in life this week. It’s good to talk about these things, even if they make you uncomfortable or piss you off - in fact, that’s when you know it’s working. And these ideas relate to anything when you’re fighting the status quo as an “other.” It’s funny,...
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The Liberation of Alice Love
It’s my best friend’s book birthday today! (Fun fact: that cover model sort of resembles Abby, from the back.)
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February 2011
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“But the Bookmill is most magical in the heart of winter. If snowflakes...”
– The LA Times likes the Bookmill, too. (Also, note the use of the word “magical.” Truth.) Mark Vanhoenacker, be my friend! 