Viva Joy Riot!

style in service of social justice

14 December 2009

Posted by Unknown at 1:44 PM

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If Wishes Were Horses

...this house would be carpeted with road apples. A while back I offered up an arrangement for our living room that requires some new furn...
Yours, mine, ours?

I've been thinking a lot about the issue of cultural appropriation over the last year. I see instances of this all over -- what is...
Superpowers

What are your superpowers? We all have them . Mine happen to include a pink miniskirt, a hip shimmy and a exoskeleton b...
Shopping for a Better World

Illustration by Alice Rutherford Reposted from Lena Dunham & Jenni Konner's Lenny No. 22 by Shirley Kurata of Virgil Norma...
Could-a, Would-a, Should-a

Sometime in 2005 I wandered inside the National Council of Stylish Jewish Ladies of a Certain Age Thrift Shop and unearthed a COMPLETE FREA...
Serious Style for Shut-Ins

During the thirty-five minutes Ms. Baby napped this morning, I decided to try and gussy up. Not that I have plans to go anywhere or see anyo...
Hot Hot Heat

I'll be honest with you, I'm not a huge fan of the heat and dryness all up in my grill this past week. Of course, I've got it ea...
Planting Seeds

The new moon is around the corner (this evening, to be precise) which means it is a good time to plant seeds, or in the parlance of modern ...
The Only Way Out is Through

I've been doing a lot of reading lately about how memories take shape, and how they in turn shape us. Parenting From the Inside Out ge...