Uncreated Conscience

So. Hello, blog. We haven’t spoken in a while. How are you? How are things? How’s life in your corner of the internet? I’m so sorry for treating you like that friend I speak to once every six months only when I have something exciting I want to share, but it’s a little hard to [...]

Today’s blog post is brought to you by the letter F: for fatigue, feelings, and feminism. So here I was, all ready to talk about my blog fatigue, when something actually sets a fire beneath my ass and gets me posting again. (Although to be fair, I have been writing; I just haven’t been blogging.)

For those who aren’t familiar with the text (I highly doubt my blog readership–such as it is, ha–isn’t familiar with Shakespeare, but you never know), Much Ado About Nothing is a romantic comedy in which two pairs of lovers, Beatrice and Benedick and Hero and Claudio, get into complications on their respective ways to the [...]

Today I want to talk about the “F word”. No, not that one. That one. Yes, THAT one. You know what the word is. Oh yes. No, not feminist. Feminist is not a dirty word, you know that. But you know what’s also not a dirty word? Feminine. New column is up! I’m rather proud [...]

A while back, my colleague and I were discussing a set of YA fantasy novels by the same author which featured two very different heroines. One was a “kickass” heroine, the other was not. I expressed my preference for one over the other, and the choice surprised my colleague. “I thought you would like the [...]

Dear winter: I am so over you it’s not even funny. In addition to the 50+ inches of snow you’ve dumped on the city this year, last night you saw fit to send us an ice storm. Which is gorgeous, by the way. Bravo, it’s one of the prettiest sights I’ve ever seen. But however [...]

Dear Readers, I must acquaint you all with something with which I was obsessed over the Christmas holidays. What do you get when you have a witty, intelligent, cross-dressing heroine, a stodgy, principled (but adorable) nerd, a rebel with a heart of gold, and a weaselly, manipulative, and ambiguously gay mischief-maker? ONLY JJ’S NEWEST KOREAN [...]

I try and try and try to maintain a regular blogging schedule, but I think I’ve somehow constrained myself to the Publishing Box and am unable to break out of it. Coming up with ideas for blog posts and then finding the energy to expound upon said ideas is more than I can spare. JJ, [...]

This morning I tweeted about lusting after Pottery Barn monogrammed towels and then felt the need to defend the fact that I have a yen for interior decoration. But why? It was a throwaway comment I made after Pottery Barn sent me an email blast about what was on sale. I don’t think any one [...]