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Royal blue, yep modernroyals: Rainbow Queen in British Vogue...

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:43:18 -0700

Royal blue, yep

modernroyals:

Rainbow Queen in British Vogue May 2012

sunset rooftop yoga #2.

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 11:47:39 -0700

Best yoga class ever last night. Sunset, ocean, friends, perfection. Aaah. So lucky to live in Venice.

marybethlarue:

George Clooney, Tina Fey, Jason Segel and more on the Oscars red carpet

Mon, 27 Feb 2012 11:42:24 -0800

George Clooney, Tina Fey, Jason Segel and more on the Oscars red carpet:

EW decided to give awards like “least skin shown in a Hawaii movie” and “best feminist not in Bridesmaids” to some of our favorite stars. Here we are on the red carpet last night!

Forbes 30 under 30 in tech -- only 2 women?!

Tue, 27 Dec 2011 09:41:08 -0800

Forbes 30 under 30 in tech -- only 2 women?!:

Forbes 30 under 30 in Tech list only has two women on it — and they are both listed alongside their male co-founders. The “expert panel” Forbes assembled to decide has no women on it. Unbelievable - they just needed to look an eensy bit outside their comfort zone to find some amazing female innovators to feature. Pathetic!

Major grammar nerd alert! futurejournalismproject: The Strunk...

Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:26:44 -0800

Major grammar nerd alert!

futurejournalismproject:

The Strunk & White Rap

My name is Stunk

And they call me White

Here to teach you how to put the pen down right.

I see that your writing is a little bit wild

These. Are. The Elements of Style.

This is how they roll at the Columbia J-School.

yup. moorehn: nprfreshair: bidoonhaleeb: “My advice would be...

Tue, 01 Nov 2011 12:45:26 -0700

yup.

moorehn:

nprfreshair:

bidoonhaleeb:

“My advice would be you’ve gotta make things. You’ve gotta build things. You can’t say, I’ve got a clip from my college newspaper. There’s gotta be a travelogue that you did with your pals from Bonnaroo. There’s gotta be an audio file that you made. I used to hire people all the time when I worked at weeklies, young people, and if they were coming now I would just say, well, show me what you’ve made with your own two dirty little hands. I don’t really care what you say, I want to see what you’ve done. It’s a time when you can make stuff so much more easily. Now, getting that stuff to rise above the clutter, and getting it seen is a battle, getting paid for it on top of it, yeah, that’s another battle.”

-David Carr’s advice on becoming a journalist

David Carr on Fresh Air

Yes yes yes.

theroxy: How Were You Born? by Natalie Hayter Do you like to...

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:41:58 -0700

theroxy:

How Were You Born? by Natalie Hayter

Do you like to rip off tiny sheets of paper off street flyers? Were you born to? If so, you might want to travel to Sydney, Australia and tear off the one that applies you. Assuming you’re any of the following:

Lady Gaga – “Born This Way” (2011)
Patrick Hernandez – “Born to Be Alive” (1979)
Bruce Springsteen – “Born to Run” (1975)
Steppenwolf lead singer John Kay – “Born to Be Wild” (1968)
Hank Williams Jr – “Born to Boogie” (1987)

NPR: A Coconut Cake From Emily Dickinson: Reclusive Poet, Passionate Baker

Thu, 20 Oct 2011 13:11:28 -0700

NPR: A Coconut Cake From Emily Dickinson: Reclusive Poet, Passionate Baker

Miranda July’s “A Handy Tip for the Easily...

Sun, 09 Oct 2011 23:37:46 -0700

Miranda July’s “A Handy Tip for the Easily Distracted”. Brilliant. Via @mblarueyoga

Via @NickKristof: "Let's hope that Nobel Peace Prize to the female triumvirate reminds us all that women need to be at peacemaking tables."

Fri, 07 Oct 2011 09:46:57 -0700

Via @NickKristof: "Let's hope that Nobel Peace Prize to the female triumvirate reminds us all that women need to be at peacemaking tables."

newyorker: The Woman Who Is Obsessed with Her Career and Is...

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 14:20:50 -0700

newyorker:

The Woman Who Is Obsessed with Her Career and Is No Fun at All

I regularly work sixteen hours a day. Yet, like most people I know who are similarly busy, I’m a pleasant, pretty normal person. But that’s not how working women are depicted in movies. I’m not always barking orders into my hands-free phone device and yelling, “I have no time for this!” Often, a script calls for this uptight career woman to “relearn” how to seduce a man, and she has to do all sorts of crazy degrading crap, like eat a hot dog in a sexy way or something. And since when does holding a job necessitate that a woman pull her hair back in a severe, tight bun? Do screenwriters think that loose hair makes it hard to concentrate.

- Mindy Kaling (Kelly Kapoor of “The Office”) on one of the many specimens of women who exist in romantic comedies, but do not exist in real life.

Click here for the rest of Mindy’s guide to women in the movies.

Paulo Coelho Discusses ‘Aleph,’ His New Novel - NYT

Mon, 26 Sep 2011 10:43:44 -0700

Paulo Coelho Discusses ‘Aleph,’ His New Novel - NYT:

I’m skeptical of one person having as many “epiphanies” as Paulo Coehlo, but his social media strategy is one to watch.

Warco: an FPS where you hold a camera instead of a gun

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:47:48 -0700

Warco: an FPS where you hold a camera instead of a gun :

I always thought I’d actually be Christiane Amanpour, but now I can at least play her in a video game.

Reading Shakespeare in Kandahar

Fri, 09 Sep 2011 10:21:22 -0700

Reading Shakespeare in Kandahar:

Great piece in Foreign Policy by my friend @nickschifrin.

Volunteering will save your career

Wed, 07 Sep 2011 13:38:25 -0700

Volunteering will save your career:

From Fast Company: Starting today, LinkedIn will let users list their public-spirited deeds and philanthropic efforts alongside job experience under a new section called “Volunteer Experience and Causes.”

Joshua Tree, a set on Flickr. One wacky, hot, awesome weekend in...

Mon, 05 Sep 2011 22:12:42 -0700

Joshua Tree, a set on Flickr.

One wacky, hot, awesome weekend in the desert.

Excuse, Moi! Miss Piggy polish! (h/t @penguingirl)

Fri, 26 Aug 2011 15:55:31 -0700

Excuse, Moi! Miss Piggy polish! (h/t @penguingirl)

Hipster Ipsum

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:10:43 -0700

Hipster Ipsum:

For the design nerds. This is genius!

The Antics Roadshow (made by Banksy)

Mon, 15 Aug 2011 10:00:34 -0700

The Antics Roadshow (made by Banksy) :

Banksy’s “The Antics Roadshow”

“An hour-long special made by Banksy charting the history of behaving badly in public, from anarchists and activists to attention seeking eccentrics. Contributors include Michael Fagan talking about breaking into the Queen’s bedroom: ‘I looked into her eyes, they were dark’; and Noel Godin, who pioneered attacking celebrities with custard pies: ‘Instead of a bullet I give them a cake’. Explaining his reasoning behind the show, Banksy said: ‘Basically I just thought it was a good name for a TV programme and I’ve been working back from there’.

Narrated by Kathy Burke and produced by Jamie D’cruz, The Antics Roadshow examines the stories behind some of the most audacious stunts of recent times and what motivates the perpetrators, from mindless boredom to heartfelt political beliefs. It includes a world exclusive first interview with the man responsible for putting the turf Mohican on Winston Churchill’s head.”

(recorded via Chanel 4, channel4.com/programmes/the-antics-roadshow/episode-guide/series-1/episode-1)

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What would a company built on women's norms look like?

Wed, 03 Aug 2011 12:52:39 -0700

What would a company built on women's norms look like? :

From Knowledge@Wharton: “Women business leaders and Wharton experts say the workplace would probably function very differently — and have a different look and feel — if it were built by and for women.”