I like men’s clothing. I wish this were my big Ed Wood-like announcement in the form of writing rather than a poorly shot and performed film about transvestism, but it’s not. Everyone in my life has known that I’ve liked men’s clothing for a long time. Ever since I was a little girl I’ve never [...]
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Life and Style Icon of the Day- Warren Zevon
Yesterday, I asked my father, a pianist and music lover, if he was familiar with Warren Zevon’s music. Considering that Zevon was a classically-trained musician, popular in a pivotal decade of music for my father and featured piano in many of his songs, I figured he was a fan. “Sure, I used to listen to [...]
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Fashion/Design, Featured, Pop Culture
The Photography of WeeGee: Are Crime Scene Photos Art?
The other day, Flavorwire, one of my favorite pop culture sites, posted a most anticipated art exhibits of 2012 list. In it, they mentioned a photographer I never heard of: WeeGee, or Arthur Fellig. WeeGee was a press photographer in the 30s and 40′s who documented life and death in New York City. He never [...]
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Fashion/Design, Featured, Pop Culture
For the Love of the Lady Mustache
Yesterday I wrote about beauty in the media and how we compare and contrast. I made a little footnote on Facebook that I still dig Zooey Deschanel’s peach fuzz ‘stache. It appeared that you did too. A lot. You freaky mo-fo’s. Because of your fetish for the lady fuzz, I decided to write a post [...]
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Beauty in the Media and Why We Constantly Compare and Contrast
The other day, I came across a Buzzfeed article titled ‘10 Scary Celebrity Close-Ups‘. In it, we are gifted extreme close-ups of celebs such as Katy Perry, Zooey Deschanel and Jennifer Aniston. I’ll be honest, the article brought some joy to my life after discovering a giant pimple forming in the middle of my forehead. [...]
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Has Banksy Sold Out?
The other day I was hanging out at Austin’s uber-indie book store Book People and stumbled across a row of Banksy greeting cards. My initial thought was, “Oh my God…guerrilla artist, now Hallmark?” but then I thought, “Eh, people need to make a living.” Selling a line of greeting cards of your famous work does [...]
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Winter Fashion Staples: How To Look Stylish and Not Like Ralphie From A Christmas Story
It’s that time of year. That time where we Texans contemplate if we miss summer or not. 108 degrees or 40 degrees- which would you take? Yes, Winter is finally here and I am completely not prepared. I grew up in a town that has 8 month Winters and because of that and moved far, [...]
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The Best Nerdy Glasses for Your Boyfriend
“I want to get a pair of glasses like David Byrne has in the “Once in a Lifetime” music video,” my boyfriend said to me the other day. If he only knew how long I had been waiting to hear those words come from a man’s lips. I remember the first time I saw the [...]
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