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The Problem with Mannequins Circa 2014: A Rare Note on Body Image and Weight in Middle Age (300th Victorian Chick Blog!)
Ed. Note: Yesterday I wrote the better part of a blog about Robin Williams, genius and mental illness, but because it’s a more academic (that is, allusive and exegetical) blog than usual and my printer is disconnected from my MacBook, … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Food & Wine, Health & Beauty, Relationships, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged bicoastal brunette, body image, depression, eating disorders, feminism, feminists, fitness, health, kathleen rooney, live nude girl, Naomi Wolf, psych meds, psychoanalysis, psychology, Robin Williams, therapy, toni bentley, weight, yale
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Happy Friday and First Day of February! George Eliot Letters, Shine Blowdry Bar Pedicure and Fun Weekend in LA with Play at the Geffen and Time with Florida Friends
It’s what everyone says but there’s a reason for this: I can’t believe today is the first day of February! Where did January go? For me it went to dance, the symphony, LA, Dad’s bronchitis, the SBAC pool and … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Health & Beauty, Lifestyle, UCSB, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Babe Walker, class, death gardens, depression, grad school, happiness, memoir, nyc, Shine Blowdry Bar
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Reflections on Relationships and the Relinquishment of One’s Own High and Pop Cultural Investments, or The Challenges of Living a Life of Ideas Outside the Academy
Usually Ollie prefers the ottoman on which I’ve photographed him numerous times but the sun is so brilliant and warm streaming through the window, he decided to lounge about on the hardwood floor. He often sunbathes on the upper … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Fashion, Film, Food & Wine, Philosophy, Relationships, Television, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged CT, depression, dresses, graduate school, Grey Laswell, grey's anatomy, happiness, literature, money, Morning Glory, music from Grey's Anatomy, new jersey, new york city, parents, relationships, Suits, Tadashi Shoji, tutoring, wealth
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Pictures and Video of Emma, the Labrador Retriever Who Does Not Retrieve and Reflection on Fabricated Facebook Lives and the Freedoms of Victorian Chick
It feels like summer. I’m in a green mermaid sheer maxi-dress I bought as a cover up for the Dominican Republic in the summer of 2010. I hadn’t been out of the country in 17 years and I had … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Philosophy, Politics, Travel, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged anti-romantic child, autism, depression, dyslexia, facebook, gossips, happiness, hyperlexia, kay young, kids, mean women on Facebook, parenting, parents, personal philosophy, priscilla gilman, summer vacations, ucsb english, west los angeles, yale english
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Gloomy Monday in Santa Barbara Brightened by Lunch at Fresco and Musings on the Literary-Critical Landscape of UCSB English in the 1990s (Another Victorian Chick Ars Critica)
Gloomy gray days don’t bother me; I find them oddly comforting and generally energizing but not today. I am loving the Trader Joe’s mango Greek Yogurt, 5.5 ounces and 120 calories and will go for a big swim and … Continue reading
Posted in Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Philosophy, School, UCSB, Uncategorized
Tagged book reviews, books and arts, chaucer's books, christopher benfrey, claim of reason, cultural studies, depression, emily dickinson and the problem of others, ethical criticism aesthetics, fresco of santa barbara, grad school, henry james, in pursuit of the ordinary, julie carlson, kant, kantians, kay young, louise fradenberg, martha nussbaum, new criticism, new historicism, paul guyer, philadelphia junto, philip terzian, philosophy and literature, stanley cavell, ucsb, weekly standard, yale school of criticism
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Torrential Rain and Thunder This Friday in LA: Facebook Timeline Rant, the Clare Spark Blog, Life in the Age of Psychoanalysis
I’m at Cafe Vida in Pacific Palisades, my favorite munchkin sighting place in West LA. It’s very loud as the rain and wind have shut down the outdoor dining area and every table is occupied. I’m exhausted, having coughed all … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Lingerie, Literature, Philosophy, Relationships, School, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged barre method, clare spark blog, cosabella lingerie, cultural studies, death gardens, depression, facebook, freud, friends with kids, greg hilton, lacan, living social, psychoanalysis, purr mission, reflex action and theism, santa barbara, ucsb, will to believe, william james
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Heading to LA: Thank You for Reading Me This Week (6 Blogs in 8 Days)/Lighthearted Reflections on Analysis, Massage, Chiropractic, Acupuncture, Al-Anon in the 1990s
I’m lollygagging since I awoke at 4 AM with the the bright moon shining like a laser beam through the windows of J’s master bedroom. I was already coughing a bit on and off but once the light pierced me, … Continue reading
Posted in Celebrities (Classy Ones), Family, Health & Beauty, Relationships, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged al anon, breakdown at christmas, dating, depression, fantasy of intellectual man, lack of sex, memoir, OA, psychoanalysis, yale
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Happy Friday from Santa Barbara! Mishigas with Landlord, Heroic Father Saves the Day and Catch-Up Post NYC/DC Trip
Well, I’m not going to say anything profound or earth-shattering, having consumed a respectable amount of the Skinny Margarita pictured here (on sale at CVS, 3 bucks off). I had a clusterfuck of a day with landlord who, as my Facebook … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Literature, Television, Travel, Uncategorized, Yale
Tagged Adoration tennis bracelet, al anon, business, buttonwood wine, codependency, coffee, depression, diamond nexus labs, emotional health, happiness, housing prices, john mayer, kalorama, landlord, Lorian Platinum, new york city, organo gold, real estate, recovery, room for squares, sales, san roque, santa barbara, skinny margarita, washington dc, whole foods, yale, yale english
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Happy Pre-NYC/DC Trip Friday! Photo Blog from San Francisco and Auburn 40th Birthday Trip with Trip-Inspired Grad School Reflections
Friday, 9:30 AM. I have been up on Facebook and chat since 5:30. I do not usually arise this early but this is the second day in a row up before 6:40, my internal clock’s preferred wake-up time. J and … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Philosophy, Relationships, School, Television, Travel, UCSB, Uncategorized, Westlake School For Girls, Yale
Tagged 40th birthday, application to grad school, auburn, birthday, book reviews, brian fischler, brutality of academia, californication, cross country skiing, depression, dissertation, garwood's, grad school, irvine, journalism, lake tahoe, laugh for sight, law school, literary theory, luigi dance center, monkey cat, new york city, orange county, person of interest, rutgers, san francisco, smash, snow, the weekly standard, toddlers, ucla, ucsb, washington dc, west los angeles, white collar, yale
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Booked NYC/DC Trip (2/27-3/15)! Mark’s Inventive Doctored 2008 Shot, and Victoria vs Can Opener Video
My Facebook friend, devoted LAX schlepper and superlative chef (German crepes and Bloody Marys pre-flight so “steerage” as Dad refers to it, stings a bit less, though I have only not flown steerage thrice in all my life), took … Continue reading
Posted in Family, Food & Wine, Lifestyle, Uncategorized
Tagged apartment for rent, birthday, cooking, DC, depression, domestic goddess, domesticity, JAP, meatloaf destruction, memoir, nyc, santa barbara rentals, shower doors, vacation rental
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