Why Women Aren’t Welcome On the Internet:
Two hours later, a Palm Springs police officer lumbered up the steps to my hotel room, paused on the outdoor threshold, and began questioning me in a steady clip. I wheeled through the relevant background information: I am a journalist; I live in Los Angeles; sometimes, people don’t like what I write about women, relationships, or sexuality; this was not the first time that someone had responded to my work by threatening to rape and kill me. The cop anchored his hands on his belt, looked me in the eye, and said, “What is Twitter?”
Rebecca Mead on Jennifer Weiner. Thoughtful, open-ended. Manages to work in George Eliot, obviously.
Have you read Sisterland, the latest Curtis Sittenfeld yet? I just finished it after a long hiatus, and I want someone to talk about it with. I also just really love Curtis Sittenfeld’s novels.
Jaya’s etiquette site takes on the concept of housewarming registries.
Get tiny eu-mails from a Clean Person.
An alternative way to be a woman on the internet.
Tumblrs of Note: LOL My Thesis
This adorable gift for a child was recommended to me by The Bartender, who pointed out that modern children may have no idea what these things are.
Angela Merkel: 2 legit 2 know she broke her pelvis
Emily Rapp, who lost her son Ronan to Tay-Sachs, is having another child. This essay is very difficult to read, but written with the fire and honesty that’s been present in everything she writes. I also recommend her earlier memoir, Poster Child, about the experience of having her foot amputated at the age of four, and what it was like to literally be the poster child for the March of Dimes.
