May 23, 2013

I can’t tell if this is awesome or really lame.

I can’t tell if this is awesome or really lame.

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May 20, 2013

When I was in grad school, the prevailing thinking was that grad students waited tables and got tenure track professorships or publishing jobs upon graduation. Had I done any of those things, the results would have been completely disastrous. Realize your path may not be one that’s familiar to your professors or colleagues, but that doesn’t mean it will be any less rewarding. Don’t worry about what you are supposed to be doing. Do what allows you to get your writing done.

MFA as Tattoo: An Interview with Erin Fitzgerald

MFA Day Job has a weekly interview series, and were kind enough to let me play this week.

Quoting yourself on Tumblr is the height of ugh, no doubt, but I hope this paragraph is useful to at least one person.

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Truth from Erin Fitzgerald.

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May 19, 2013

Take my online poetry workshop?

I am teaching an online beginner’s poetry workshop with the Writer’s Center. There’s not many people registered, and it begins in June. If you or anyone you know might be interested in taking it, more information is here. It’s going to be cool and fun, I promise.

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airgordon: theworstroom: McKibben Lofts. Bushwick, Brooklyn. $800.00 ad describes room as “Terrarium” Toward the end of 2010 I moved into a McKibben room just like this, only the bed—which was just a mattress—was on top, with the desk & everything else underneath. There was no overhead light, just a lamp that illuminated the underspace—I’d purchased a long cable to run along the ceiling pipes so I could hang a light, but abandoned this when I inadvertently shattered the bulb via sleep kicking. It was a hole. I paid $850 a month plus utilities, which was juked a little because the roommate who’d been in the apartment for three years was charging herself a lot less. I loved it, though. Bushwick was well past the “taking off” point, but not so clotted that we couldn’t get a table at Roberta’s at dinnertime whenever we were carrying enough paycheck money to justify Roberta’s at dinnertime. A group of great friends lived upstairs, so we’d hang out all the time drinking cheap beer and playing NBA Jam on the Wii before heading off to some local adventure—a gallery opening in a repurposed warehouse, a New Year’s Eve party where Ariel Pink played and was so bad I couldn’t stop laughing about it. When the weather got nicer we’d head to the spacious roof to get stoned and enjoy the view, because the building was tall enough that we could see the entirety of Brooklyn and Manhattan sprawled out before us. Whenever I got upset about how much money I was paying to live in such a dark divot of a room, I’d remember how much fun I was having in this neighborhood surrounded by these people and how that was better than having floor space. What I mean is that such holes are supposed to be a foothold to somewhere else, and that you’ve got to be able to make what you can out of what you have. Yes, it’s obscene to pay as much for a space like this as you would for an entire two bedroom in Pilsen, but this Tumblr is missing a bit of the point—that you’re paying for the right of living in New York, which, all platitudes aside, offers something unique if you’re capable of taking advantage. I’m still in the process of figuring that out, but I know that being here at this moment has opened up a lot of possibilities that wouldn’t have happened elsewhere. Fun and floor space aren’t mutually exclusive, but if you prioritize the latter, accept that you might need to consider a different city—one whose financial realities sound less obscene when spoken out loud.  Sorry but I really LOL when I see that “the privilege of living in New York” bullshit.

airgordon:

theworstroom:

McKibben Lofts. Bushwick, Brooklyn. $800.00

ad describes room as “Terrarium”

Toward the end of 2010 I moved into a McKibben room just like this, only the bed—which was just a mattress—was on top, with the desk & everything else underneath. There was no overhead light, just a lamp that illuminated the underspace—I’d purchased a long cable to run along the ceiling pipes so I could hang a light, but abandoned this when I inadvertently shattered the bulb via sleep kicking. It was a hole. I paid $850 a month plus utilities, which was juked a little because the roommate who’d been in the apartment for three years was charging herself a lot less.

I loved it, though. Bushwick was well past the “taking off” point, but not so clotted that we couldn’t get a table at Roberta’s at dinnertime whenever we were carrying enough paycheck money to justify Roberta’s at dinnertime. A group of great friends lived upstairs, so we’d hang out all the time drinking cheap beer and playing NBA Jam on the Wii before heading off to some local adventure—a gallery opening in a repurposed warehouse, a New Year’s Eve party where Ariel Pink played and was so bad I couldn’t stop laughing about it. When the weather got nicer we’d head to the spacious roof to get stoned and enjoy the view, because the building was tall enough that we could see the entirety of Brooklyn and Manhattan sprawled out before us. Whenever I got upset about how much money I was paying to live in such a dark divot of a room, I’d remember how much fun I was having in this neighborhood surrounded by these people and how that was better than having floor space.

What I mean is that such holes are supposed to be a foothold to somewhere else, and that you’ve got to be able to make what you can out of what you have. Yes, it’s obscene to pay as much for a space like this as you would for an entire two bedroom in Pilsen, but this Tumblr is missing a bit of the point—that you’re paying for the right of living in New York, which, all platitudes aside, offers something unique if you’re capable of taking advantage. I’m still in the process of figuring that out, but I know that being here at this moment has opened up a lot of possibilities that wouldn’t have happened elsewhere. Fun and floor space aren’t mutually exclusive, but if you prioritize the latter, accept that you might need to consider a different city—one whose financial realities sound less obscene when spoken out loud. 

Sorry but I really LOL when I see that “the privilege of living in New York” bullshit.

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May 18, 2013

this dog is basically my life

this dog is basically my life

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May 17, 2013

ryandonato:

Ana Mendieta — Cuban-born artist (1948-1985) used her body as a component in her artworks. Although gender issues concerned her, Mendieta’s art also dealt with issues of spirituality and cultural heritage. Also, her art is lyrical and passional and operates at the intersection of cultural, spiritual, physical and feminist concerns.

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May 15, 2013

Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy: Her Body. Her Choice. Period.
Angelina Jolie mastectomy has ignited controversy about her decision to remove her breasts. It’s her body and her decision, not anyone else’s to criticize.

Why it doesn’t matter what you or me or anyone else thinks about Angelina Jolie’s decision to undergo a preventative double mastectomy.

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May 14, 2013

SO THIS JUST HAPPENED.

SO THIS JUST HAPPENED.

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Is there ever going to be a day when I don’t see a picture of a wide desert sky and feel my eyes sorta prickle and my heart clang around? Maybe when I’m actually back living in the desert, I guess.

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Public Response to Angelina Jolie’s Mastectomy Proves We Still See Women As Body Parts
Angelia Jolie mastectomy reactions prove that our society still sees women (and their breasts) as merely sexual objects.

I wrote about some of the fucking stupid Twitter reactions to Angelina Jolie’s decision to have a double mastectomy. Yup, there’s always going to be dumb people saying stuff on the internet. Yup, most of the reaction has been positive. But the fact that there are people who are making lewd sexual comments, rather than championing her courage, is indicative of the greater misogyny of the world we live in and it’s something worth mentioning and worth writing about until it’s no longer happening. Period. 

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