June 2012
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Sadly, Dina Kantor’s “Photographing Communities” class at School of Visual Arts was canceled due to low enrollment. Here’s what’s on deck for my summer instead. Photographing the Familiar: Personal Space and Vision “The home is an entry to memories, dreams and desires; it is both a fictional and a lived reality. This course will focus on domestic space and family photographs....
Jun 1st
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Jun 1st
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May 2012
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May 31st
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May 24th
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“An impulse purchase is the sincerest form of shopping.”
– Ariel Kanter (speaking the damn truth)
May 24th
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May 24th
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May 23rd
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May 22nd
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May 21st
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May 18th
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May 18th
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In what backwoods corner of the world do they...
File under “Questions I Ask Myself Every Single Day.”
May 16th
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May 16th
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May 16th
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May 15th
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May 14th
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WHEN I CATCH A COPY ERROR IN THE NEW YORKER
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May 11th
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Hilarious video from TAL's live show last night.  →
I was lucky enough to catch This American Life’s live show last night at NYU. Mike Birbiglia FTW.
May 11th
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“Since breasts are getting bigger, so must the...
I wrote about minimizing bras for xoJane.com…
May 9th
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May 7th
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May 4th
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WHEN I FIND OUT A WRITER ISN'T ON TWITTER
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May 4th
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“While you may feel you’re just pretending that you’re an artist,...”
– from Art & Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland
May 1st
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April 2012
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Apr 30th
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Apr 27th
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Apr 26th
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Apr 26th
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WatchWatch
I’m semi-obsessed with Kim and Kanye and had the pleasure of talking about it at MTV News. Look for Amber James and Rob Shuter (PopEater reunion!) in the video, too.
Apr 26th
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“I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out...”
– Jack London (via thechocolatebrigade) (This was my yearbook quote in high school! Still so great after all this time.)
Apr 25th
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Apr 25th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 24th
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Apr 23rd
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Apr 20th
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Apr 19th
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Apr 19th
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Apr 18th
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Apr 18th
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“Every time I wrote in the first person it was just too close.”
– Junot Diaz speaks with the New Yorker about his latest story, “Miss Lora”
Apr 18th
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“I used to think I couldn’t lose anyone if I photographed them enough.”
– Nan Goldin
Apr 18th
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this is rae votta's tumblr: I'm looking for a... →
Be Rae’s intern, someone! She’s super smart and has nails that will make you cry they are so awesome. blurintofocus: I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately and finally decided to post to see if anyone is interested. One of the best things I did to prepare for my career is do some digital work as an “intern” of sorts, and social media networking is actually how I got my first NYC...
Apr 17th
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Apr 13th
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“About a week later, I sent a floral printed box with a vintage shoe inside. The...”
– Landing your dream job is hard, but Carissa Statsny, 28, devised a plan that would eventually get her a job as a designer at Nanette Lepore.
Apr 13th
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“One woman considers the sacrilegious act of dying... →
…and I am that woman! Click to read about how being teased about having red hair made me awesome.
Apr 12th
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Apr 11th
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“In the end, what makes a photograph a photograph is its ephemerality, its...”
– Jennifer Blessing - Is Photography Over? (via annotatedimages)
Apr 11th
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The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - Full Episode →
I don’t know how this happened, but the Daily Show with Jon Stewart pulled a clip of me talking about Obama and social media from January and it magically appeared on TV last night. Click around to 10:12.
Apr 6th
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Apr 5th
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Apr 5th
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