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Good reads around the Internet (a.k.a. Things I’ve starred in Google Reader to write about later but only manage to put in lists): My internet friend Lindsey Markel was mentioned in the current editon of Bitch Magazine. And she posted an excerpt from the introduction to her upcoming book, You Are Among Friends, in her [...]

This is part of an ad campaign for a marriage education program (that received a grant from the federal Healthy Families Initiative) found all over local billboards and in PAT buses. Does it instill confidence in their interpersonal relationship guidance skills? More at Pittsburgh’s City Paper.

Things I’ve enjoyed on the Internet lately: threadbared has been looking at standardization, street style and style blogs. This post Footpath Zeitgeist on Street Style includes links to their discussions on the subject while looking back at earlier takes on the subject from 2007. Too Many White Girls at Jacket Whys. Race in young adult [...]

This is from the Dior Fall 2009 collection. I’ve never saved an image from a couture show to my hard drive before, but this dress speaks to me in tones usually reserved for private conversations in the dark. The line, the color, the detail. That collar! Oh!