Posts Written by Emily
By Emily • 10 years ago

On Becoming a Writer

Last night I went to a panel discussion on The Age of Ladyblogs at Housingworks Bookstore, featuring an amazing set of women: Yesha Callahan (Clutch), Jessica Coen (Jezebel), Kate Harding (Shapely Prose), Anna Holmes (Jezebel), Lori Leibovich (HuffPo Women), Samhita Mukhopadhyay (Feministing), Amelia McDonnell-Parry (The Frisky), and Edith Zimmerman (The Hairpin). It was a really fascinating event and so many wonderful things were discussed! But I want to focus in on one thing that stuck with me the whole subway ride home.

At one point during the Q&A, a young woman stood up and identified herself as a fresh transplant from the midwest with no contacts who constantly finds herself writing for free. She wanted to know how they made the jump from someone with no audience to being a successful lady writer, and if they had any advice for young female writers just starting out. As a fellow young female writer who feels constantly clueless as to how one “makes it” as a writer, I perked up a bit in my seat. I’m halfway through the Artist’s Way, so I thought to myself, “this could be the moment when it all makes sense.” My inner suspense was abruptly broken, however, by the middle aged woman sitting next to me who immediately started laying the snark upon this young hopeful to her friend sitting next to her. With one ear trying to pay attention to the answers starting to come from the women on ...
By Emily • 10 years ago

Are Breasts the Best?

(Originally posted on my personal blog here.)

Today’s titillating post is about boobs. But first let’s talk about stamps! Yes, stamps. This summer, France unveiled its new postage stamp, one that features the face of lady France herself, La Marianne. Except this was Marianne as you’ve never seen her before. She looked like a Disney princess. No seriously. Look:

She has huge eyes, a button nose, thick waves of hair pinned back with a flower, looking extremely demure, her iconic Phrygian cap almost unnoticeable in the clean monotone lines. The artist, Olivier Ciappa, claims to have drawn his inspiration from Inna Shevchenko, of the international radical feminist group FEMEN, who was recently granted asylum in France after fleeing prosecution in ...

(Originally posted on my personal blog here.)

Today’s titillating post is about boobs. But first let’s talk about stamps! Yes, stamps. This summer, France unveiled its new postage stamp, one that features the face of lady France ...
By Emily • 11 years ago

‘On the Road’ with a feminist

Last week I took myself out on a date to see On the Road, the movie based on Kerouac’s novel of the same title. I read the book this past year while I was in France, and I really liked it. I mean, I’m obsessed with traveling and rambling kooky prose so, how could I not? I had some trouble totally sympathizing with the main characters though, and watching the movie I realized why.

Without the rolling writing drawing you into the perspective of Sal Paradise (Kerouac), the movie is a bit empty. Apparently much of movie-going America agrees. On Rotten Tomatoes, ratings for On the Road stand just under 50%, making it officially rotten. Perusing through the top critic reviews, I noticed that ...

Last week I took myself out on a date to see On the Road, the movie based on Kerouac’s novel of the same title. I read the book this past year while I was in France, and I ...