February 2012
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“The recent rise in single motherhood has set off few alarms, unlike in past...”
– Jason DeParle and Sabrina Tavernise, “For Women Under 30, Most Births Occur Outside Marriage” (via The New York Times)
Let’s all relax about single parenthood. Based on what I’ve heard from my interview subjects, we’ve got it on lock.
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Cartoonist Kate Beaton: A lil' Q & A, part one
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Hey there! It’s question and answer time! How do I get paid jobs in comics? Wouldn’t we all like to know! That is a question even the pros struggle with. Ideally we’d all be making our own graphic novels right? Usually, when people I know fish for freelance work, they get a lot of offers to.. make a comic about someone’s wife for their birthday (is fifty dollars ok?). It’s cute,...
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“I actually talked to the guy [who seemed like he was going after my girlfriend]...”
– stupernan (via Reddit)
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Chains of Love, “He’s Leaving With...
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WatchReally?! Birth control throwdown. (via “SNL” on NBC)
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“Logistics [to meet up with her] were tough — not because of unreasonable...”
– My First Time (via Nerve)
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Listening to the newest This American Life...
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WatchPolitically Lin-correct.
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“So there you have it: modern women being told by Republicans that they’re not...”
– How The GOP Went Back To The 1950s In Just One Day | TPM2012 (via firthofforth)
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“I’m at the point, frankly, where I’d rather deal with a misogynist with a copy...”
– Yep. - Julie Klausner of course. (via katecarraway)
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“Being on a comedy show gets me laid with my wife a few times a month. Get it?...”
– Jon Glaser, actor and writer for Adult Swim’s “Delocated”
Read the rest of my interview with him on Nerve.
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Artbabe speaks
Here’s an excerpt of my profile on comics artists Jessica Abel (creator of Artbabe) and Matt Madden:
For years, [Jessica] Abel and husband Matt Madden, have been juggling their personal projects while teaching, creating comics textbooks, editing Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s The Best American Comics anthology series, marketing their books, and raising their two young children. Sitting in...
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“There are the funny, or super attractive, or moody, or, most often, very sleepy...”
– Choire Sicha, “Some Advice for Young People” (via The Awl)
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“I can feel the chill in my sources, who understandably do not relish the thought...”
– Arthur Hunt
“When you work with a good counselor, you should feel understood and supported....”
– The Courage to Heal: A Guide for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse by Ellen Bass & Laura Davis (via healingquotes)
Via the glibly named blog SHIT MY THERAPIST SAYS.
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“Many of the things that people frequently find sexually desirable can be linked...”
– Hanne Blank, “Straight: The Surprisingly Short History of Heterosexuality” (via Publisher’s Weekly)
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“I don’t know why I find it funny to, like, be out with my friends and say,...”
– Morgan Murphy, writer for “2 Broke Girls”
Read the rest of my interview with her on Nerve.
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Watch“I mean, I couldn’t get over the polka dot incident.” -Zooey Deschanel