There’s something profoundly satisfying in watching a novel that you just wasted days of your life NOT enjoying bouncing off a wall
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books
What unites a diverse range of perspectives and experiences is the unashamed passion – even obsession – for rollerderby which is more than just a sport, but a subculture and a way of life soaked in riot grrrl attitude.
amanda knox
If I ever made crass or asinine comments about Amanda Knox's attractiveness, or propensity for murder, or very bad ideas, on Twitter, I shamefully retract them.
books
Honestly, have you ever picked up a book and from the very first page, felt like the writer was describing you, your life and innermost hopes and fears? That’s how I felt when I started reading In The Mink: Fashion Was My Business by Anne Scott-James.
Phoebe in
Fun,
books,
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literature,
reading,
careers,
feminism,
anne scott-james,
in the mink,
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May 9, 2013 at 10:00am | 1 comments
jen kirkman
"I'm just learning how sensitive people are, and sometimes they think that if you're doing something different, then you're judging them."
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books,
book recommendations,
i can barely take care of myself,
kids,
childless
Apr 24, 2013 at 10:00pm | 0 comments
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Just because something is literary babyfood, that doesn’t mean it’s poor quality at all. It’s more that it’s about simple, easy-to-digest ideas written in a clear style with no nasty shocks, surprises or twists and definitely no unhappy endings.
shoppables
Today, I’m teasing, tantalziing, and enticing with five upcoming releases that I’m excited about -- and I think you will be too.
books
In my years as a bookseller, I often sympathized with parents who were struggling to find a book to read to their young children about their origins.
shoppables
Will some bibliophiles please back me up on this one?
books
Give me a choice between Ryan Gosling and the descriptions of the detective Albert Campion that you find Margery Allingham’s novels and I would always plump for the latter.
culture
I’m a full-time-jobber, a freelancer, and an unlikely gym-bunny, and I’m worried that it’s affecting my wosscalled. Intelligence
books
If, like me, you secretly enjoyed E.L James’s lip-bitingly repetitive vanilla shagathon, check out my list of five alternative erotic books to culture-up your Valentines Day.
books
My parents absolutely policed what I read, but weirdly their barometer of what was appropriate had more to do with quality than it did with content.
books
I love a novel that lingers with you days, even weeks after you’ve turned the last page because its observations are so astute and the descriptions of people, places and emotions are so compelling.
winter
WINTER IS COMING! Here are some reasons to get excited
halloween
Spooky but groovy, like H.P. Lovecraft in flares and a training bra.
books
I love how Zadie deals unapologetically in the nuances of female friendships and their attendant jealousies, not frequently a concern of the literary novelist.
books
Sometimes I like reading novels that echo the setting of the place I’m in, while it can also be fun to be transported to a place that’s the complete opposite of wherever you are...
books
So, you’ve all seen Whip It! by now, right? No? Then you need to sort that out. Now. Don’t worry. I’ll wait.
Jane B. in
Fun,
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Derby Girl,
drew barrymore,
London Rollergirls,
Rollerderby,
rollerskates,
sports,
Whip it
Aug 16, 2012 at 12:30pm | 12 comments
books
“I wanted to explore why there needs to be one girl who is queen and the others are ladies-in-waiting – it so often seems as though there’s no crueller form of bulling than girl-on-girl..."
books
A couple of weeks ago I was asked to style a shoot for Penguin Books’ Young…
booker prize
"Part of this novel's concern is with the stories that have been lost to history, the stories of people like Hiero, black Germans, largely absent from the historical record."
