February 2012
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Feb 24th
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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.
Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 23rd
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Feb 22nd
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Cartoonist Kate Beaton: A lil' Q & A, part one
beatonna: 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,...
Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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Feb 22nd
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“I actually talked to the guy [who seemed like he was going after my girlfriend]...”
– stupernan (via Reddit)
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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ListenChains of Love, “He’s Leaving With...
Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Feb 21st
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Really?! Birth control throwdown. (via “SNL” on NBC)
Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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Feb 20th
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“Logistics [to meet up with her] were tough — not because of unreasonable...”
– My First Time (via Nerve)
Feb 20th
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Listening to the newest This American Life...
Feb 20th
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Politically Lin-correct.
Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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Feb 19th
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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)
Feb 18th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 18th
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Feb 18th
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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)
Feb 17th
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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.
Feb 17th
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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...
Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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Feb 16th
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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)
Feb 15th
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“I can feel the chill in my sources, who understandably do not relish the thought...”
– Arthur Hunt
Feb 15th
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“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.
Feb 15th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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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)
Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
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Feb 14th
Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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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.
Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 13th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 12th
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Feb 12th
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“I mean, I couldn’t get over the polka dot incident.” -Zooey Deschanel
Feb 11th