December 2010
19 posts
Things that ROCKED My 2010
AKA: Proof that I kicked this year in the balls.
Performing with The Beat Cabaret.
Vanessa’s triumphant return to the city of Pittsburgh.
Related: VANESSA’S UTTERLY INSANE 30TH BIRTHDAY.
Performing at Literazzi.
My trip to Philly/NJ/NYC where I hung out with Sairy and photoed 30 Seconds to Mars.
Bamboozle Roadshow, aka “The City of Pittsburgh Attempts to Pee on...
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My 10 Favorite Shots of 2010
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So...Patrick Stump Has Some New Photos on His...
Including this one:
Um…okay, so, am I the only one who sees this?
Dear Patrick Vaughn Stump,
While I appreciate your commitment to never giving me up, letting me down, running around or hurting me? I’m not feeling this look.
Love,
Me.
(To anyone upset or offended by this post: please direct all complaints here.)
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Neil Gaiman Offers Up Five Free Short Stories for... →
Some of my favorite stuff is there! You definitely need to give How To Talk To Girls At Parties a read!
Helen Keller? More like HO-len Keller!
OMG, so, if you’re like me, when you heard that song by those awesome guys in 3OH!3 you were all, like, “Who is Helen Keller? Is she one of their girlfriends? Is she a model or something?”
And I was TOTALLY not alone!
SEE?
But, anyway, I finally used Google and found out that Helen Keller? WAsn’t anything cool like a model or something! She was just some deaf and...
Spammer sure told me, didn’t he?
(PS: Kids, before you post something like this? You might wanna make sure you’re not talking to someone with an OG Badge, a Buzzmaker Star and a Buzznet Employee icon. But what do I know, I’m nobody.)
Why Gail Simone Might Be Upset. →
nerdcast:
Former DC President Paul Levitz:
I’m not sure that young women are as interested in reading about superheroes. The fundamental dynamic of the superhero story has historically been more appealing to boys than to girls. There are any number of very successful superhero comics over the years that have had a better gender balance than others, but the genre as a whole has been a more male...
Sometimes I Feel...
…like being a girl geek is the new bisexuality. Especially since being a geek became, somehow, cool. Basically, yeah, there’s a lot of girls who genuinely are into gaming/comics/whatever, but there’s also a lot of them that just act like it in front of guys because they’re sure it will get them male attention.
All I’m saying is, I was a geek before it became cool. ...
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APE IN A CAPE: Girls Do TOO Read Comics, Goddammit →
gailsimone:
And don’t let anyone tell you different.
There’s a huge wasteland of people who choose to be either uninformed or in denial. It’s time to wake them up. Make your voice heard. Comment. Write letters. Say what you support and what you don’t. Blog, tweet, tumblr, it all fights the tide. It’s not…
THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS. THIS.
I am friends with women who read...
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Say It With Me Now: Censorship and Critique Are... →
There’s been a great deal of commotion this month over a piece that was displayed at the National Smithsonian Portrait Gallery. David Wojnarowicz’s “A Fire in My Belly,” a less-than-five-minute film, was removed in early December after complaints were filed by the Catholic League as well as members of the US House of Representatives. Their issue?
The video features footage of ants...
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MTV's "I Used to Be Fat": Well, I Used To Have...
If you read any of my articles, especially my ones focused on SRS BZNZ stuff, you know I’m a fan of pulling out statistics. Normally I wait until the end to do that, but today, we’re going to look at some numbers right off the bat:
In the U.S., eating disorders are more common than Alzheimer’s disease: five to ten million people have eating disorders compared to four million with...
