August was a month of biking and cheating. Biking became what I did most afternoons, after the slow crawl of a morning spent writing (sometimes with success, sometimes mired in self-doubt). And cheating was the necessary evil of the summer. I had to check my e-mail more than once a week to keep up withContinue reading “What I Did On My Summer (Internet) Vacation”
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30 and a day: wrapping up Thirty Things Every Woman Should Know by Thirty
Yesterday morning I woke up, thirty years old, and couldn’t be happier. Birthday messages have been peppered with things like “Don’t worry!”, and the real truth is, worry is the furthest thing from my life right now. This age is like a novelty–I kept asking people yesterday, “Ask me how old I am! …Thirty!” It’sContinue reading “30 and a day: wrapping up Thirty Things Every Woman Should Know by Thirty”
8 days til 30: on power tools, underwear, and abundance
Sometimes your life is so awesome in the weeks before you turn 30 that you forget to continue the revamped list of things every woman should maybe but totally doesn’t have to know & have by the time she’s 30. For the uninitiated: in 1997, Glamour magazine published its now-well-loved list of Thirty Things EveryContinue reading “8 days til 30: on power tools, underwear, and abundance”
30 Days Til 30: Revising Glamour’s 30 Things list
In 1997, Glamour magazine published its now-well-loved list of Thirty Things Every Woman Should Have & Should Know By The Time She’s Thirty. As you might imagine, it’s chock full of materialism, sexism, stereotypes, beauty myths, and other eye-roll-worthy tidbits. This year, the entire list was expanded into a book (Maya Angelou: “Every woman shouldContinue reading “30 Days Til 30: Revising Glamour’s 30 Things list”
where my girls at?
As awesome female-fueled band Renminbi noted on Twitter today, women musicians have been (sadly + unsurprisingly) absent from the Top Albums/Artists of the Decade lists that have been flying around. For kicks (and statistics), I thought I’d round up some major list makers and see what their female to male ratios were. Paste Magazine: TheContinue reading “where my girls at?”
Courtney Gillette 