Category Archives: Disorders

A Tough Choice

The skirt above, by Pearl Lowe for Peacocks is priced at $30.00 The skirt below, by Balmain, sells for $2,280.00 It’s worth spending $2,250 more for the Balmain because _________________________________.  

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Triggers and Tarzana

  Once you are traumatized, you are vulnerable to triggers. And triggers are everywhere. Jane Birkin’s daughter, Kate Barry, jumped from her fourth story window last week. I couldn’t stop thinking about her despair, and how fame and talent don’t … Continue reading

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No Dancing

  When I saw a few moments of the Cancer Dance video on the evening news, I was dismayed. The news people smiled and exchanged platitudes about courage and healing. Wouldn’t it be wonderful, they mused, if people everywhere were … Continue reading

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Lou Reed, Good Riddance

My memory of hearing the Velvet Underground for the first time is indelible in every detail. I had just moved to London and I was sixteen and up for anything. I was smoking hash with some guys I’d just met, … Continue reading

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Manifesto of Limitations

I can only look at art or photography. But no nudes or kitsch. No cats, No pictures of food or girls wearing hats. No ironic memes. No selfies. I can no longer wear thongs or socks. I can only eat … Continue reading

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The Horror of Facebook

  I have been spending more and more time on Facebook, and learning how it substitutes for actually living your life. People who hang out there are losers, like me, or else they’d be doing something out in the world. … Continue reading

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Now I’m Mad.

  I just found out that MAC produced this beautiful red lipstick without telling me, and it sold out in three hours. This is a fucking outrage. I blame everybody. It was part of MAC’s collaboration with Rihanna, whose lipstick … Continue reading

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A Terrible Story: Weigh In

Kelli Stapleton is in jail without bond, for the attempted murder of her daughter Issy. Kelli has documented her challenges as Issy’s mom in a blog called ‘The Status Woe.’ Issy is a lovely blonde 14 year old who is … Continue reading

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The Inner Sting

  This picture of Roona Begum and her mother says everything I could ever say about everything. I have not been able to stop thinking about it. Primarily, I see love. I see the absence of god. I discussed the … Continue reading

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Fear of Old Ladies

  It has taken several days to emerge from the spell cast by Top of the Lake. I miss the weird atmosphere and the intensity of the relationships. Now that I’m back in my own world, I’m preoccupied by the … Continue reading

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