first: (hebrew) lion of god
middle: (literally translated from spanish) of the rose
last: (spanish and basque) the son of mendo,…
first: Princess
middle: Warrior
last: Reindeer Mountain
PRINCESS WARRIOR REINDEER MOUNTAIN. It’s pretty much the best.
(Source: wingsofkynareth)
(Lynda Barry, What It Is)
You should read this thing on The Awl about comics and autobiography.
(via yoursecretary)
Mercury by Ariana Reines is our August pick!
It has a beautiful mercury-colored cover in its physical incarnation. To compensate for lack of same when reading the ebook, simply paint your nails quicksilver.
Emily Books release day is a monthly holiday. A holiday of joy and awesome books.
BAND NAME ANGST
The Dykings
Pros:
Cons:
your thoughts are welcomed.
1. Abandon the cultural myth that all female friendships must be toxic, bitchy or competitive. This myth is like heels and purses—pretty but designed to SLOW women down.
1A. This is not to say women aren’t bitches or toxic or competitive sometimes but rather to say that these are not defining…
Here is an email that I sent to one of my best friends a few weeks ago (reproduced in its entirety):
also i just finished reading sheila heti’s “how should a person be?” and it was so good and there’s this great female friendship in it, and it reminds me of how much I love you.
I feel like I have been really lucky in life to have close, functional, supportive friendships with people of a spectrum of genders and sexualities. I have had my share of toxic friendships with women, and there was definitely a time where I was like, “Friendships with guys are easier. Guys aren’t catty or emotional.” YIKES. But a couple things happened: 1) I started making friends with awesome women and having healthy friendships with them; 2) I started shedding unhealthy friendships; 3) I realized that I didn’t have to be in competition with other women! That we could all do our own thing and help each other and it was way more fun.
I also think that a lot of early bad friendships just has to do with who’s available to you at the time. Sometimes you don’t find your people immediately and you make do with who’s around. In the same way it takes time to find a really good romantic relationship, it takes time to find really great friends.
Also, my issues with toxic friendships with women are actually pretty similar to my toxic romantic relationships issues (BOUNDARY PROBLEMS!! HA!) so like, why blame that on How Women Friendships Always Are.
You should go read Roxane’s entire post, and remember to always spell her name with one “N.”
I volunteered again last week at the Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp for Girls. I taught 8-10 year olds how to play guitar in the morning, and in the afternoon I was a band manager for a group of 12-14 year olds. It’s been a while since I’ve worked with teenagers (and oh man, painful memories of my own adolescence!) but I’m really glad that I had the opportunity.
I have ~1 billion stories and amazing moments I’d like to tell you about, but I think it’s important to protect the privacy of the campers, so I’ll just do some vague sum-ups:
1. “Rolling in the Deep” is universally beloved.
2. Fake mustaches are in right now.
3. Band names included “Pink Whipped Cream,” “Zombie Poptarts,” and “The Cute Sparkly Hamster Girls.”
4. There were at least four songs that were about living in dreams / living in worlds made out of candy.
5. I totally cried during the showcase. It’s awesome and inspiring to see what develops when you give girls the space and tools to express their creativity.
Oh hello, Portlanders!
I’m playing at the IPRC this very Friday.
“We are celebrating First Fridays at the IPRC. July 6th we will be featuring the IPRC typography show and music from The Dykings, The Dykings are a Portland-based lo-fi music project whose sole constant member is Sara Renberg. Renberg combines the textures of live looping with literary lyrics to create emotionally resonant songs.
Free and open to the public”
The event starts at 6 but I’ll likely be performing around 7. I’m playing several new songs. Also, I’ll have copies of my chapbook available if you’re interested in picking one up.
The Independent Publishing Resource Center is located at 1001 SE Division and is a CRAZY RAD place in case you are interested in learning letterpress or book binding. Or! If you’re just looking for some superhero copy machines for your zine-making needs, they have those, too.
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Heti, Sheila (2012-06-19). How Should a Person Be?: A Novel from Life (p. 204). Macmillan. Kindle Edition.
There is something important about this line that I am trying to digest. This book is giving me feelings.
mllehazelwood asked: Tag, you're it! State 5 random facts about yourself below. Then, go to 10 blogs and tag each of them. :) Come on play!
1. I didn’t like oranges until two years ago.
2. I played ice hockey (poorly) for two years in college. I thought it would be a good way to meet girls. (Wrong!)
3. I sleep with books in my bed.
4. In middle school I wanted to learn to play the clarinet but the teacher told me my lips were too big. (?!?) They made me learn flute instead.
5. When I was in 7th grade, bees infested my room and I didn’t tell my parents for three months because I knew they’d make me clean my room.
