On Friday Bargain Bin: What to Do With Your Allowance This Week
@VolcanoMouse BUY ESTHER WILLIAMS SUITS. She makes gorgeous plus-size ones as well, though they are not so supportive of the boobies. BUT CUTE. (Yes, I am a one-track record sometimes. Oh well.)
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On So You Barfed in Your Copy of Jolie Kerr's My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag
@Matt I know you didn't! But the world, the world does not know.
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On So You Barfed in Your Copy of Jolie Kerr's My Boyfriend Barfed in My Handbag
And thus, a certain SOMeone is resigned to spending the rest of his life explaining that no, he did not puke in your bag.
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On Beth Ditto for President. Or Dictator. Or God.
LOVE LOVE LOVE HER.
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On Really Good Books That Happen to Be My Mom's Favorites
@han I was doing research for an article on women and HIV/AIDS in Botswana, and found this out:
"Dr. Shelia Dinotshe Tlou, in addition to being one of the world’s leading authorities on gender and HIV/AIDS, is apparently a great fan of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, a series of books based in Botswana, and has appeared in several theatrical productions of the stories as the main character."
So basically, if Batswana women are fans, I think it's okay?
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On Really Good Books That Happen to Be My Mom's Favorites
@cherrispryte Yes shipping was super-exorbitant.
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On Really Good Books That Happen to Be My Mom's Favorites
I literally just got back from mailing my mom a book for Mother's Day! It is the most recent installment of The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency, which I highly recommend for everyone, with only the tiniest bit of hesitation, because it is an old white man writing about women of color in Botswana. (And said OWM lived in Botswana for most of his life, apparently.) But aside from that element, it's a really really good series, sweet, funny, etc.
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On Friday Open Thread
Hey, so this is 2 weeks late (3 weeks late?) but I wanted to apologize for missing the NYC Pinup. I was so looking forward to seeing lots of you! And then I was pretty much off the internet for a week and a half. But I am back now! Did I miss anything good?
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On New Friends, Surprise Babies, and the "Rare Phenomenon"
@atipofthehat Can we get this on a t-shirt?
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On Or, if You Live Elsewhere, on Your Dogsled?
A few things:
1) I find it really interesting looking at the different ways men and women take up space on the subway
2) Am I the only one who doesn't like the idea of someone taking a picture of a person unawares, and then posting it on the internet? I read back into the archives for a bit, and the photographer said that sometimes there's interaction with the subject, but not, like, a standard "do you mind if I put this photo of you on my tumblr" standard sort of thing.
3) How is there not a single ASOIAF book on there?!(Okay, I didn't look through the whole thing, but through a lot of them.)