tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51525220600281328652024-03-19T18:43:10.526+13:00Gem Wilder ~ Wilder WomanGem Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.comBlogger254125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152522060028132865.post-43234758440951633952014-11-02T06:00:00.000+13:002014-11-02T06:00:00.697+13:00Seven Days of Koko<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So sweet.</div>
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We gotta teach this kid some new funny faces.</div>
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Thumbs up for Ponies.</div>
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Roar!</div>
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Serious movie watching face.</div>
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Getting her read on. The Kuia and the Spider <3</div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"<span style="line-height: 24px;">As a young, queer girl of color, I needed—no, NEED to read about sex. Heroines of my race having sex in a way that isn’t hyper-sexualized. Heroines having sex that isn’t just romanticized rape. Heroines having sex with multiple partners over the course of a series, because the first-boyfriend-only-boyfriend model is a dangerous misconstruction of reality."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Still asleep and still alive. I don't know how she does it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">What We Do In The Shadows looks like the kind of hilarious movie you don't want to miss. Luckily, the film's <a href="http://www.3news.co.nz/What-We-Do-In-The-Shadows-a-master-class-in-viral-marketing/tabid/418/articleID/348226/Default.aspx#ixzz34N1GiRsR" target="_blank">genius marketing campaign</a> will ensure you won't forget to catch it. Proof that the marketing is getting through: I had a What We Do In The Shadows dream the other night.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The fabulous Michele A'Court on <a href="http://ruminator.co.nz/three-conversations-ive-had-in-a-bar/" target="_blank">what it's like to be both a comedian and a female</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Eep! <a href="http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2014/06/custom-engraved-rolling-pins/" target="_blank">Custom Engraved Rolling Pins</a>! Amazing.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have a friend whose baby arrived too soon earlier this year, so this article about <a href="http://m.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11237444" target="_blank">Wedding gowns for angel babies</a> is particularly poignant. Such a lovely, special idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Cate Owen picks <a href="http://cateowen.co.nz/one-shot-music-videos/" target="_blank">Five of the best one-shot music videos you'll ever see</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I've been to Brisbane once, & I gotta tell ya, I don't think it's the city for me. I'm more of a cold, dark, gothic Wellingtonian than a hot, bright, colourful summer lover. There was one thing that I loved about Brisbane though (other than my wonderful family, who I would travel to Brisbane to visit again in a heartbeat) ~ <a href="http://theconversation.com/sublime-design-the-queenslander-27225" target="_blank">The Queenslander</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">An interview about an interview. More specifically, a brilliant piece on <a href="http://www.mcqueenonline.com/rickkraus.htm" target="_blank">Steve McQueen breaking a ten year silence to give his final interview to a high school student</a> who was brave enough to ask for it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Heather Armstrong of Dooce has been on a trip to South East Asia with Exodus Road to look into the work they do to help girls and women caught up in sex tourism and sex trafficking. <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/frame?post=3020030637&group=3278&frame_type=b&blog=3278&frame=1&click=0&user=0" target="_blank">This post of hers</a> had me in tears. I can't even explain how perfect this piece is, so just read it for yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I went to the Matariki Poetry Slam at Te Papa last week. What a night! Here's the deserving winner Ben Stokes performing his second poem of the night. Swagger going swell, brother! ~</span></div>
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<br />Gem Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152522060028132865.post-76982445534489132942014-06-05T09:11:00.000+12:002014-06-05T12:04:36.165+12:00Wilder Web<blockquote class="tr_bq" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;">
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/05/27/your-princess-is-in-another-castle-misogyny-entitlement-and-nerds.html">Your
Princess Is In Another Castle: Misogyny, Entitlement and Nerds</a>. More hard
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overall problem is one of a culture where instead of seeing women as, you know,
people, protagonists of their own stories just like we are of ours, men are
taught that women are things to “earn,” to “win.” That if we try hard enough
and persist long enough, we’ll get the girl in the end. Like life is a video
game and women, like money and status, are just part of the reward we get for
doing well."</span></blockquote>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">"</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Taken together, these images, and the stories that accompanied them,
were </span><i style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; outline: 0px;"><span style="border: 1pt none windowtext; padding: 0cm;">speaking</span></i><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;"> about
their relationship, even if the pair themselves weren’t offering comment. And
what they were saying was that this wasn’t a story about sex or scandal; rather,
it was one of family, humanitarianism, and global citizenship. Within this
framework, any publication that chose to focus on sexual intrigue was
effectively neglecting the most in need."</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.vice.com/read/i-confronted-donald-trump-in-dubai" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">I Confronted Donald Trump In Dubai</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.
Molly Crabapple is doing such good, important work. "</span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">On stage, Trump praises his Dubai. He is effusive—and
sincere. Trump is one sort of Westerner who loves the UAE. They find here a
throwback to colonialism's heyday. No matter how much you've shat the bed at
home, here your whiteness will get you a job, money, servants from the Global
South. Help is so affordable when migrant workers make $200 a month. In police
states, there is little crime."</span><br />
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that adults had some kind of inner toolbox full of shiny tools: the saw of
discernment, the hammer of wisdom, the sandpaper of patience. But then when I
grew up I found that life handed you these rusty bent old tools - friendships,
prayer, conscience, honesty - and said 'do the best you can with these, they
will have to do'. And mostly, against all odds, they do." </span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A fascinating article on <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/18/us/warning-the-literary-canon-could-make-students-squirm.html?_r=1" target="_blank">trigger warnings for university texts</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The tragedy at Isla Vista was awful. So, so awful that I have been trying to avoid reading about it lest I sink into a deep depression. Avoiding it altogether has proved difficult though. Which is a good thing, because along with all the awfulness, some really smart, sensible things are being said. <a href="http://www.patheos.com/blogs/johnbeckett/2014/05/dude-its-you.html" target="_blank">Dude, It's You</a> is one of those good things. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 24px;">The return of Laura Vincent's Crush Cakes, this time on The Toast, is making me very happy. </span><a href="http://the-toast.net/2014/05/27/crush-cakes-beyonce/" style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 24px;" target="_blank">Here's her offering to Beyonce.</a></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Making: More plans than I can keep.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Cooking: Vegetables. I've been getting run down lately, so trying to make an effort to be healthier.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Drinking: People's Coffee Cold Flat White. Good lord, this drink is divine. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Reading: I've just embarked on Witi Ihimaera's The Parihaka Woman. It's been sitting in my To Read pile for a while now. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Wanting: Contact lenses, or, more accurately, enough money to justify refilling my prescription.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Looking: At my living room from a new angle. We have just removed our tv and the cabinet it sat on, & replaced it with two armchairs. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Playing: Building tower out of blocks with Koko. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Wishing: For a week off. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Enjoying: Being busy. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Liking: Having Apa building at my bro's while I'm there with the kids. It's nice to have him around.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Wondering: How people can possibly justify voting for National. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Loving: Reading & watching things that educate me, and make my mind really work. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Hoping: To win Lotto.</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Marveling: At people who are seemingly tireless in their advocacy.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Needing: A new lung, and/or a fortnight at a health spa. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Smelling: Pretty bad, actually. I've been doing a lot of sweat inducing dancing. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Wearing: Lycra, in anticipation of performing with the Real Hot Bitches again.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Following: Enlightening, educational, inspiring, and occasionally infuriating twitter conversations and debates.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Noticing: How good Koko can be at concentrating on tasks like building towers out of blocks.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Knowing: When I'm overdoing it and need to slow down and have an early night.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Thinking: About enrolling in some creative writing courses. </span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Feeling: Tired, sick, contented.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Bookmarking: David Bowie documentaries.</span><br style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;" /><span style="line-height: 19px; text-align: justify;">Giggling: At Parks and Recreation.</span></span>Gem Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152522060028132865.post-7357543459230842902014-05-01T09:08:00.000+12:002014-05-01T09:08:15.461+12:00Wilder Web<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Love him or hate him, you gotta admit Richard Linklater isn't afraid to try new things when it comes to film making. <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/video/2014/apr/25/boyhood-trailer-richard-linklater-video" target="_blank">Check out his latest project, Boyhood</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Warning: You could lose A LOT of time reading through <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/series/what-im-really-thinking" target="_blank">The Guardian's What I'm Really Thinking columns</a>. Fascinating stuff. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/writehandedgirl" target="_blank">Sarah Wilson</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is quite possibly <a href="http://www.lookhuman.com/design/49928-floral-penis-pattern" target="_blank">the most glorious iPhone case</a> that will ever exist. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/ehjc" target="_blank">Youthful Spirit</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disappointed about the lack of women characters joining the cast of Star Wars (& the Muppets)? <a href="http://annakleinwrites.wordpress.com/2014/04/30/women-we-want-to-see/" target="_blank">Here's a project that is trying to make something constructive</a> from the bullshit lack of female representation. (via Morgue)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You know where women are severely over-represented in the arts? As muses. Jem Yoshioka discusses this problem in <a href="http://jemshed.com/2014/04/on-privilege-mysogyny-behemoths-and-real-life/" target="_blank">On Privilege, Mysogyny Behemoths and Real Life</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With a Mum and two sisters who are nurses I relate to this pretty strongly ~ <a href="http://thoughtcatalog.com/christine-stockton/2014/04/13-things-that-happen-when-you-grow-up-with-a-mom-whos-a-nurse/#Eu2XB4MOwjZZ4M4W.01" target="_blank">13 Things That Happen When You Grow Up With A Mom Who's A Nurse</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.xojane.com/issues/its-your-own-fault-youre-fat" target="_blank">"It's Your Own Fault You're Fat!!!" and other really boring things people say because they care deeply about you and your health</a>. </span></div>
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<a href="http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/apr/29/george-clooney-amal-alamuddin-jennifer-aniston-engagement?CMP=fb_gu" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">So 'debonair' George has been 'tamed', while 'tragic' Jen was 'saved'</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. THIS IS WHY I DO NOT READ GOSSIP MAGS!!! All of the rage! (via </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/aceladynetwork" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Ace Lady Network</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ Parks and Recreation.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ Related to the above: When an actor's real life partner cameos on their show.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ Seeing a group of teenagers in cardboard Burger King crowns pushing each other in supermarket trolleys down a suburban street at 10am on a Sunday morning.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ My sister, because she lent me her awesome scarf and brand new bag to take away on a trip to Auckland.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ My other sister, because she bought me a second hand copy of S.E. Hinton's Tex. I'm so looking forward to reading it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ The sudden death of Peaches Geldof at 25 is so awful. I always admired how eloquent and outspoken she was. She seemed like an original, and came across as a dedicated mother. It is all too, too sad.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ Ants, cockroaches, & any other bug that invades your home. Yuck! I'm cool with the spiders though, they can stay.</span>Gem Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152522060028132865.post-66820952682942071612014-04-17T11:39:00.002+12:002014-04-17T11:39:31.499+12:00Wilder Web<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I LOVE <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/02/size-discrimination-_n_5065455.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000032&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000067" target="_blank">this interview with fashion writer Nicolette Mason</a>. It is so refreshing to hear someone acknowledge their privileges so honestly. Self awareness for the win!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://thedoghousediaries.com/5713" target="_blank">Things I WOULD Wish Upon My Enemies</a>. (via <a href="http://www.dooce.com/" target="_blank">Dooce</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I haven't read nearly enough of the <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/stephen-graham-jones-/20-best-books-of-the-90s_b_5110765.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000031" target="_blank">20 Books That Are As Great Today As They Were In The 90s</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://m.nzherald.co.nz/arts-literature/news/article.cfm?c_id=18&objectid=11237132" target="_blank">Throwing down the gauntlet</a> is a thought-provoking piece on Michael Parekowhai's commission for a public artwork in Brisbane. (via Alice)</span></div>
Gem Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152522060028132865.post-59399546509528014182014-03-28T06:00:00.000+13:002014-03-28T06:00:03.061+13:00Wilder & Tamer<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>WILDER </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">~ My friend's 6 year old daughter, who said to me unprompted, "My favourite animals are Lions. I'm a Leo." Love that kid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ New friends becoming good friends. Always the best feeling.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ City Gallery's exhibition of John Millar's 1981 Springbok Tour protest photos, Tour Scrums. Excellent. A++. So good I'm going to try and get there again before it ends.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ Impromptu living room dance parties with Koko (& a couple of her toys) to David Bowie's Heroes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ Smart & sassy feminist kids. They make me excited about the future.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ Seeing a surf caster snag a Ray on his line. Rays are some of my absolute favourites, so to see a little one struggling was most distressing to me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ Sunburn. Awful, horrible, really really bad sunburn. So painful. So stupid.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ Finding a whitehead on your nose right after you've met cool new people. D'oh!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ I thought I'd discovered an awesome new podcast, but then I listened to it and the host kept stopping mid sentence, leaving dead air until her guest would have to jump in and try to cover it. It was so awkward and hard to listen to. If you have any recommendations for good podcasts where this doesn't happen, I'd love to hear them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">~ When publications that you respect publish really shitty things. So doubly disappointing.</span></div>
Gem Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152522060028132865.post-32984411088719861832014-03-27T09:14:00.000+13:002014-03-27T09:14:16.693+13:00Wilder Web<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 22px;"><span style="background-color: white;">One Kate Berry lives in USA, the other lives in Australia. They both take beautiful photos and post one each a day to their tumblr, <a href="http://www.theotherkateberry.com/" target="_blank">The Other Kate Berry</a>. Cool! (via <a href="http://meetmeatmikes.com/" target="_blank">Meet Me At Mikes</a>)</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">A fascinating look at cultural appropriation vs. cultural exchange ~ </span><a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/03/04/why_i_cant_stand_white_belly_dancers/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;" target="_blank">Why I can't stand white belly dancers</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 22px;">. (via Ro)</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">A Northland teenager rents a DVD because it stars Hugh Jackman and he assumes it'll be an action flick. Turns out that film was Les Miserables, and a love of opera is born. <a href="http://www.3news.co.nz/Sol3-Mio-invite-Northland-student-to-sing/tabid/817/articleID/337208/Default.aspx" target="_blank">See Campbell Live's beautiful story on this</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I freaking hate that no make-up selfie bullshit that's doing the social media rounds at the moment. On the flip side, I do like </span><a href="http://www.b105.com.au/scoopla/trending-now/blog/2014/3/friends-surprise-woman-battling-cancer/" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">these friends who got together to surprise a friend who is living with breast cancer</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm hoping to find a new place to live in the near future, and with a possible imminent move approaching, I have simplifying thoughts on my mind. <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/lindsay-schauer/8-things-you-can-live-without_b_4776523.html?fb_action_ids=10152051983924682&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B409933349152668%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D" target="_blank">De-clutter Now: 8 Things You Can Live Without</a> is just what I need to read right now. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/yesandyes" target="_blank">Yes and Yes</a>)</span></div>
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<a href="http://feministing.com/2014/02/15/the-feministing-five-janet-mock/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">This interview</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> asks Janet Mock what Beyoncé song would best describe Zora Neale Hurston. So, read it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A </span><a href="http://www.raspberricupcakes.com/2013/06/giant-fairy-bread-cake.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Giant Fairy Bread Cake</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">? Genius!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wow. This </span><a href="http://kottke.org/14/02/f1-pit-stop-ballet" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">F1 pit stop ballet</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> is a case of blink and you'll miss it. (via </span><a href="http://www.dooce.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Dooce</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Whoa. Shit got a bit meta when I read Dooce's </span><a href="http://dooce.com/2014/02/19/earnest-blogging/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Earnest Blogging</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> post. I think she might have read my mind, especially with: </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I mean, that pretty much describes my twenties, right there. If only I'd actually managed to get a couple of things in order while I was missing out on all those joyous activities.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/allison-tate/the-day-someone-threw-me-a-rope_b_4756681.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Day Someone Threw Me A Rope</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> is a must read for expectant or new mothers, & also anyone who is ever going to come into contact with the parent of an infant. So really, pretty much everyone.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wilder Women inspiration, ahoy! </span><a href="http://flavorwire.com/441781/10-creative-women-over-80-you-should-know/view-all/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">10 Creative Women Over 80 You Should Know</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Heart breaking and brilliant. </span><a href="http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/opinion/jack-cottrell-25feb2014?fb_action_ids=10201591737291621&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%5B689821617735436%5D&action_type_map=%5B%22og.likes%22%5D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Why love is not all you need</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> is another must read.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"It feels a little cheap and tacky to say it. To say that I was saved, not by the love of my friends or the indefatigable courage of my mother, but by little red pills. In the narrative of mental illness, love and acceptance is supposed to be the saviour. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Not for me. Love, categorically, did not save my life. Chemicals did. </span><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Because chemicals were what was killing me."</span></blockquote>
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<a href="http://annejosephson.wordpress.com/2014/02/20/fit-and-funky/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Fit and Funky</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> is a sweet story about listening to your kids & having faith in them.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">Yeesh! This </span><a href="http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/race/oscar-voter-reveals-brutally-honest-682957" style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;" target="_blank">Oscar Voter Reveals Brutally Honest Ballot</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My imaginary bff Anna Kendrick describes her <a href="http://www.vogue.com/vogue-daily/article/anna-kendricks-oscar-weekend-diary/#1" target="_blank">Oscar Weekend Diary</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>1 ~</strong> See as many of the nominated movies as possible. I've failed pretty badly at this this year. I have very little expendable income, and when you combine that with parenting a toddler 24/7, getting to the movies is almost an impossibility. I have seen 12 Years a Slave, but only because I won free tickets. Other than that I'm going into the ceremony pretty blind this year. No matter, I'll still love it. There have been Oscars of years past, however, when I have made it to a majority of the nominated films. One year in particular saw me making charts and schedules and ticking of a movie a day in the lead up to the event. What did I tell you? I LOVE the Academy Awards. I know it's a bit late for this year's ceremony, but in future years why not make the effort to see at least one of the hopefuls. It really does make any viewing of the awards seem a little more relevant.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>2 ~</strong> Take the day off work. Seriously. There's nothing quite like watching the ceremony live to get caught up in the excitement. It's just not the same to watch it after you already know who the big winners are. And in today's super speedy news atmosphere, watching live is pretty much your only spoiler-free guarantee.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>3 ~</strong> Location! Location! Location! Watch at a venue with Sky, obviously, or more preferably, MySky. That way you can a) book in the ceremony so you don't miss the start while watching red carpet bullshit, and b) pause the viewing if you need to run to the toilet/answer the door/take a phone call/attend to a toddler. Some cinemas have special Oscars events where you get all dolled up and watch on the big screen. I prefer to be comfy on my own couch in my track pants, talking back to the pithy E! channel presenters, laughing uproariously and getting teary during the speeches. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><strong>4 ~</strong> Snacks. It can be a long haul if you're going to sit through hours of red carpet interviews, followed by an extraordinarily lengthy ceremony. You need sustenance to make it through. I take mine in the form of chocolate, popcorn, chips and dip, fizzy drink - basically, anything packed with Things That Are Not Good For You. I like to think I'm eating on behalf of all those actresses who have been starving themselves for weeks in red carpet anticipation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I'm over a week late with this, I know, but </span><a href="http://www.cocosolid.com/blog/pop-cultural-rituals-of-waitangi-day-why-i-annually-dont-care-if-i-harsh-your-mellow/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Coco Solid's Pop Cultural Rituals of Waitangi Day: Why I Annually Don't Care If I Harsh Your Mellow</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> is still relevant and worth reading. (via </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ehjc" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Emma</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you are a parent of a daughter, this will likely resonate with you ~ </span><a href="http://ourfeministplayschool.ca/2013/11/12/imperfect-art-raising-feminist/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Imperfect Art of Raising a Feminist</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. (via Lani)</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.salon.com/2014/02/09/where_are_the_realistic_tv_moms/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Where are the realistic TV moms?</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> This piece has me wanting to re-watch Roseanne, which is probably not the worst idea in the world. (via </span><a href="https://twitter.com/phdinparenting" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Phd in Parenting</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">)</span><br />
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Gem Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152522060028132865.post-66718450707771178772014-01-31T06:00:00.000+13:002014-01-31T06:00:08.855+13:00Wilder & Tamer<strong><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">WILDER</span></strong><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ My uncle joined facebook a while back and has been uploading a shit ton of old family photos, like the gem above (that's my Dad second from the end). It's so great seeing photos of my uncles and aunties as kids, and also getting to know my extended family and genealogy better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ Winning competitions. Double pass to the movies? I'll take it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ I went to an incredible Curator's talk on Te Papa's current World of Wearable Arts exhibition. Seriously folks, keep an eye out for these things. They are free and they are good.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ Passing an unwelcome parenting milestone - Koko's first tummy bug. Vomit in the car. Vomit on me. Yuck.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">~ Catching aforementioned tummy bug. Not cool. Not cool at all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My friend Arihia introduced me to Wilder Woman <a href="http://mickalenethomas.com/index.html" target="_blank">Mickalene Thomas</a>. Check out her art works created using Rhinestones (!!!), Acrylic and Enamel.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.yesandyes.org/2014/01/why-you-should-read-watch-listen.html" target="_blank">Why You Should Read + Watch + Listen Outside of Your Comfort Zone</a>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Who wants to have their heart broken a little? You do? Check out <a href="http://twentytwowords.com/2014/01/21/actor-hams-it-up-for-group-photos-then-privately-asks-photographer-to-capture-how-he-was-actually-feeling/" target="_blank">this series of photos of actor John Schneider</a>. (via <a href="https://twitter.com/JessicaValenti" target="_blank">Jessica Valenti</a>)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Want to feel simultaneously inspired, awed, & completely inadequate as a parent? Check out <a href="http://cardboardboxoffice.com/" target="_blank">Cardboard Box Office</a>. (via Matt) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I've added these to my reading list ~ </span><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/librarians-choose-the-top-10-feminist-books-of-the-year-for-young-readers" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;" target="_blank">Librarians Choose the Top 10 Feminist Books of the Year for Young Readers</a><span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I love Lorde, & I'm so happy for her following her well deserved Grammy wins. I also love <a href="http://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/auckland/video/video-hilarious-lorde-parody-perfectly-describes-adult-life" target="_blank">this Royals parody that is freakishly accurate</a> for those of us a little more advanced in age than the girl wonder.</span></div>
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Gem Wilderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02571295343098760200noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5152522060028132865.post-80262832663539396132014-01-28T09:40:00.000+13:002014-01-28T09:40:11.310+13:00Wilder Wardrobe ~ Grammy Favourites<div style="text-align: justify;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This list is short. It is short because I didn't actually watch all that much of the awards themselves, or the pre-show red carpet. It is short because a lot of the outfits I did see were, well, meh. Boring. Uninspired. Not a lot caught my attention, but here are a few of the looks that did ~ </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I never expected Taylor Swift to be leading a Wilder Wardrobe Favourites list of mine. Not that I have anything against Swift (okay, maybe I do, just a little), but her style is not usually to my taste. I love this gown on her. It looks like chain mail, in the best possible way. Sexy chain mail. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It looked like Kelly had had her lavender locks freshly cut and dyed for the occasion. I like it. I like the make up, especially the gorgeous fuchsia lip. I love the simple black dress made interesting by the jewelled shoulder caps. I love the manicure and rings. I love the gothic floor length draping of the hem. I love it all.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><b>Cyndi Lauper</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oh, Cyndi. You are perfection. I was so pleasantly surprised to see Cyndi on the red carpet. Not just because I am A Fan, but also because Look! Look at this interesting, original and fantastic ensemble! I would wear this. I would wear this ALL THE TIME. Bravo, Cyndi! And congrats on the Grammy win too.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For more Wilder Wardrobe Favourites, check out my Golden Globes list <a href="http://www.gemwilder.blogspot.co.nz/2014/01/wilder-wardrobe-golden-globes-favourites.html" target="_blank">here</a>. Coming soon ~ The Oscars.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here's some sartorial & menu inspiration for your summer picnics. But be warned: perhaps do not watch if you are easily grossed out. One word: Contortionists ~</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"<span style="line-height: 24px;">"White feminism" does not mean every white woman, everywhere, who happens to identify as feminist. It also doesn't mean that every "white feminist" identifies as white. I see "white feminism" as a specific set of single-issue, non-intersectional, superficial feminist practices. It is the feminism we understand as mainstream; the feminism obsessed with body hair, and high heels and makeup, and changing your married name. It is the feminism you probably first learned. "White feminism" is the feminism that doesn't understand western privilege, or cultural context. It is the feminism that doesn't consider race as a factor in the struggle for equality."</span></span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Ugh, I did not know about this: </span><a href="http://www.refinery29.com/2014/01/60636/woody-allen-dylan-farrow" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Woody Allen Story We Need To Stop Forgetting</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. Agreat piece on whether or not we can still love the work of reprehensible people.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"<span style="line-height: 25.82px;">Last night when Woody was awarded a lifetime achievement award for what is undoubtably an outstanding, untouchable body of work, his biological son Ronan </span></span><a href="https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow" rel="nofollow" sl-processed="1" style="color: #363380; font-family: Georgia, sans-serif; line-height: 25.82px;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">tweeted</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; line-height: 25.82px;">: "Missed the Woody Allen tribute - did they put the part where a woman publicly confirmed he molested her at age 7 before or after Annie Hall?""</span></blockquote>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Gah! The coolness! I'll take everything from the </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151808025926875.1073741879.194232476874&type=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">YmamaY? Winter 2014 range</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> in size adult, please.</span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"></span></div>
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<a href="http://flowingdata.com/2011/06/08/all-roads-lead-to-philosophy-on-wikipedia/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">All roads lead to philosophy, on Wikipedia</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. The idea is that if you follow the first link from any article on Wikipedia, you will eventually end up at Philosophy. I tried it, starting with a randomly generated article on </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampans,_Jura" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Sampans, Jura</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. 16 clicks later I was at Modern Philosophy, 17 clicks I was at Philosophy. Try it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I got 13 out of 17 in this </span><a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/tabathaleggett/book-quiz-how-many-opening-lines-do-you-know" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">quiz on the opening lines of books</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. Can you do better?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I mentioned on twitter that one of my pet peeves is when people who missed out on Oscar nominations are described as having been 'snubbed', and my friend Francis directed me to this brilliant piece for The Movie Club ~ </span><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/the_movie_club/features/2014/movie_club_2013/coen_brothers_inside_llewyn_davis_it_s_about_a_critic.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Why critics love Inside Llewyn Davis: It's about a critic</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">And then pretty much as soon as I got done reading the above article, my friend Cam tweeted a link to </span><a href="http://prolost.com/oscars" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Robbed at the Oscars</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. How very serendipitous.</span><br />
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<a href="http://www.renegademothering.com/2014/01/16/hey-hi-i-want-off-all-mothering-teams/?fb_action_ids=10203282391085551&fb_action_types=og.likes&fb_ref=.UthByvXLEOo.like&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210203282391085551%22%3A619605391419923%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210203282391085551%22%3A%22og.likes%22%7D&action_ref_map=%7B%2210203282391085551%22%3A%22.UthByvXLEOo.like%22%7D" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Hey, Hi, I want off your parenting team</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">"It’s not that I have anything against attachment moms or eco-tree-huggers or health people or Team Green or any of them, it’s just that the SECOND you stick that label on my forehead is the SECOND I FALL DESPERATELY AND TERRIBLY SHORT and walk around feeling less than and like I’ve betrayed something. My people. My team."</span></blockquote>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Amen to the brilliant </span><a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2014/01/do_what_you_love_love_what_you_do_an_omnipresent_mantra_that_s_bad_for_work.html" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">In the Name of Love</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Get your fix of hot-storical Wilder Women here ~ </span><a href="http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/world-leaders/140108/the-badass-women-history" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">7 of the most badass women who ever lived (who you've probably never heard of)</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I vividly remember being banned from the living room while my older siblings watched the 1987 film version of Flowers in the Attic. Now </span><a href="http://bitchmagazine.org/post/incest-heavy-book-flowers-in-the-attic-will-now-be-a-lifetime-movie" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">the incest-heavy book will be a Lifetime movie</span></a><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://nz.finance.yahoo.com/news/habits-worlds-wealthiest-people-190300312.html" target="_blank">Habits of the World's Wealthiest People</a>. I'm pretty sure that incorporating these habits into your life will make it better, money or no money.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;"><a href="http://www.feministe.us/blog/archives/2007/06/11/why-i-hate-i-hate-children/" target="_blank">Why I hate "I hate children..."</a> Yes! Hate this sooo much.</span></span></div>
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