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Sunday, April 24, 2016
Going Viral: Lessons Learned
While my latest post, "I Dressed Like a 'Style Icon' to Prove a Point About Fashion," generated so much more buzz than I could've ever perceived, I definitely knew I was onto something when I got the idea. I had a feeling the post would be marginally more popular than those I had written previously, but there's no way I could've imagined the scope of the response. Because I mean, who can predict that type of thing? Who has a feeling something like that is about to happen? I thought the fact that my post got 1,000 views in its first 24 hours post-publication was my blog's peak, so you can imagine my surprise when I was contacted by A Plus to syndicate the post, only to have it's co-founder (that's Ashton Kutcher, if you're keeping up) share it to his Facebook feed. Needless to say, in the course of the last week I've learned quite a lot and I want to share it with you.
Lesson One: There's Room for My Voice
As a journalism student, 98% of the classroom dialogue surrounds the morning news or the front page of the New York Times. My professors are quick to assume that every student wants to be a broadcaster or a hard news reporter--I don't, and for a while I was feeling really stupid and lesser because of it. While my classmates were practically salivating over the idea of getting a byline on the front page above the fold or reading today's top stories live on the air, I was thinking up ideas for blog posts or opinion pieces in which I could share my feminist thoughts. I can write a good lede or a kitschy hed (that's reporter talk for "lead" or "headline"), but that's not really what I want to do. And turns out, that's okay. People have time for opinions and are ready to engage with my lifestyle pieces, even though it's not necessarily breaking news.
Lesson Two: Ideas are Currency
As a writer, the most important lesson I learned in regards to my craft is to pay attention to my ideas, because they truly are my best asset going forward in my career. I could've easily thought to myself "is 'fashionable' just another word for 'thin'?" and continued on with my day without pausing to flesh out the article in question, but choosing to dig deeper is what truly changed the game. Much like an athlete needs to weight train or a chemist needs to conduct experiments, I need to pay attention to my thoughts and observations as they relate to the pieces I'm writing. Some of my friends who are also writers have asked me for advice in the wake of this piece garnering so much attention, and I guess that's my one piece of advice: treat your ideas like currency. Your ideas have value and they will pay off if you cash them in.
Lesson Three: We love BUZZWORDS!
I'm not going to delve in deep and address every hate comment I've received in the past week: one, because I think that's reductive, and two, because there's a lot of them and I don't have the time to wade through them all. But just know I have read a few, and they seem to boil down to a few key points: people are mad that I can't afford to dress like a Kardashian, people think my legs look JUST FINE (thanks, I guess), and people think I'm skinny shaming. Look, as a feminist I love that we're thinking critically about the things we read, but we gotta stop assuming every critique that's ever raised in rooted in internalized misogyny. I have thick skin, so it doesn't really faze me when people say I need to "lay off the bagels, fatty" or that I don't understand the intricacies of fashion, but to claim I don't respect my fellow woman is where I draw the line. Before we throw around buzzwords like feminism or skinny shaming, let's understand what they mean. And I promise, I really don't mean that to be patronizing, and I apologize if that's how it comes across. But really: feminism is much more than "women supporting other women." That is a huge facet, yes, but my brand of socially aware, intersectional feminism looks more like this: championing equality for people of all genders, sexes, races, socioeconomic status, and SIZE. Me stating the obvious--that thin, pretty women are granted privileges that other women aren't--isn't me shaming thin, pretty women. If anything, it's me shaming the society that champions them over everyone else. Because the truth is: all women are great! The thin and pretty ones, too! I'm just raising the point that women who aren't modelesque don't get the privilege of being called fashionable when wearing simple outfits. Not thin shaming the Kendalls, Gigis, and Alexas of the world: seriously, check out my Tumblr or Instagram feed, I fangirl over those three women on the reg. I thought that point was pretty clearly articulated, but never underestimate the Internet's ability to throw around the latest buzzwords, even when they don't really apply. (But seriously, the silver lining here is I do love this new trend of being critical of media; as a media student, I think that's really important and a sign that media is enduring and effective.)
Lesson Four: Fakers Gonna Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake, Fake
I know how this is going to sound; there's no way to say this without coming across like an asshole, so I just have to say it and accept the douchy tone: everyone who knows me knows about the article. AHH, I KNOW, RIGHT?! Such a douche. But really: whether people found the article via social media or word of mouth, my network of friends, family and acquaintances were all at least aware of the article's success. I had people from high school messaging me about it, kids in class I rarely talked to were bringing it up, my boss at work shared the article on Facebook. So that said, it became very apparent to me that some people in my life were actively choosing not to acknowledge the post or were choosing only to focus on the negative aspects. There are people in my life who I interact with regularly who have only chosen to mention the article in order to mention how many hate comments its attracted, without even alluding to the article's impact or scope. That bums me out a little. It's a very telling learning lesson to see which people in my life have actively chosen not to be supportive during this celebratory time in my young adult career and has also modeled for me how not to behave next time one of my loved ones experiences professional success. Again, there's no way for that to not sound patronizing, which I guess is just a drawback of the written word.
Lesson Five: There's so many reasons to smile.
Ending on a positive note that strays far away from negative comments, this experience has shown me how many amazing supportive people I have in my life. I've been feeling warm and fuzzy all week not because an article I wrote got a lot of views, but because my loved ones are just so stinkin' wonderful. More people told me they were proud of me and excited for me than I can count, and that's not something I take for granted. I hope every single one of you has a network of people who will be genuinely excited for you when something goes your way, because it's the best feeling. Trust me, I've had friends in the past who will only celebrate one of my achievements so they can top it with two of theirs, and to be rid of that negative energy is a god damn blessing. This week of my life has proven to me that your loved ones will poke their heads out from all over the place to give you a thumbs-up. Thank you specifically to my marketing fam, my cousins, my grandparents, my teachers, my mentors, and my friends. You're all so special to me and have more love for you than Ashton Kutcher has followers on Facebook.
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Honestly, you pull off the styles far better than the 'fashionable' people that have been classed 'celebrity' by dint of being more well-known than the general populous. I'm glad that modern media lets us 'normal people' have a voice which spans the gap traditionally separating us from 'them'. Good on you, girl, and keep up the writing.ReplyDelete
Love this follow up even MORE than the viral one. Great advice and perspective.ReplyDelete
This is simply brilliant! And I agree with the comment above. This article is even more kick ass than your original article, simply because you sat down to break it down!! Such a fabulous follow-up. Congranulations on your article, going viral, being a true equalitarian feminist, and for your gratitude to your tribe. Sending you a virtual high-five, and keep up the great work!!!ReplyDelete
I didn't get the skinny shaming at all - I only came across the article because a skinny friend on Facebook was offended. Why do you do so much fat shaming? Yikes, I ate a bagel - oh the shame hide my belly and how dare I have estrogen that stores necessary fat on my lower body. Not cool. Not "good" feminism if there even is such a thing. My biggest take-away? Contradiction and/or inauthenticity.ReplyDelete
Have you bought into the idea that we need to be fashionable, to look a certain way, to present ourselves in a way others consider acceptable/fashionable? I'm likely a bit older than you, so I'm sure my opinion won't count for much but I can tell you that for as long as you compare/contrast yourself to external measures like fashion icons, you'll never be "good enough" in your own mind - where it matters most and solely. Ultimately the article to me dripped with self fat-shaming. This is not a criticism, just an observation. Oh, and also something I wish women would/could stop doing!
Hi! first, i'm sorry about my bad english, i'm from Mexico so my first language is spanish, not english, so you have been warned! lol, jk.ReplyDelete
I read about you in another site, i don't remember wich one but it had a link to your blog, i think you look good dressed like a "celebrity", my favorite one was the alexa one, you look effortless chic, even if you don't feel like that.
And i don't get all the hate you recive, i mean, is just a buch of photos of you dressed like someone else dress every day, is that a sin? my mom told me if you don't have anything nice to say then don't say a word, why spend time writing a bunch of shit about someone you don't even know?! is crazy! and i don't think your post was skinny shaming, why noowdays everybody find everything "shaming"? jeez, i wish we all take just 3 seconds to think before start to write/speak bullshit.
Well, that were my two cents, lol, greetings from Mexico!
Loved your original post, love the follow up! It's so true, people love to cling to a buzzword and just spit it out at everything, and a lot of the time when someone asks them to explain their stance they get defensive and can't give one!ReplyDelete
Lesson 4 is SO REAL. Dump that negative energy, girl. You don't need ANY of it :)ReplyDelete


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An awarding ceremony was held on 4th June 2014 to distribute the certificates for the children who successfully completed the "My Language" Programme. This special language course was launched to initiate and instill the values of mother tongue and culture of the expatriate community of Sri Lanka. The Chief Guest for the ceremony was Mr. Kumara Baduge from ICTQatar. The event was made colourful with traditional dances performed by the children of SSLSD.
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I wasn't really sure how to go about that, so I asked my friend Linda of Rosewood Stitches. She quickly explained the technique shown in this post.
The idea is simple: cut your pattern pieces down the middle and add a strip of paper to make the pattern wider. I started by taking some careful measurements and figuring out how many inches I needed to add. Forgive me, because it's been a while since I did this, but I think I needed to add 6 inches in the hip, and slightly less at waist and bust. Anyway, I decided I needed to add 6 inches around. Since most of the room I needed was in the front for the bust, I decided to add 1 inch to the back pattern pieces and 2 inches to the front.
Here is the back piece after I added a one inch strip. (The weird black notch at the center back is actually just my corset getting in the way. Yes, I wear a corset to sew in.)
I'll show you more in-depth how I did this with the front piece. Here is the pattern piece for the front copied directly onto a new paper:
I didn't want to have to reposition the darts or mess with them, so I chose a spot just to the side of the dart to make my increase. I used my quilting ruler to draw a line.
I cut and spread the pattern piece along this line. (Actually, I think I just used my rotary cutter for this.
Then I made a strip of paper three inches wide and carefully marked off the 2 inches I needed to add to the pattern, with 1/2" on either side to tape to the back.
I carefully placed the pieces on top of this strip and taped them down.
Because I'm tall and long-waisted, I almost always have to add length to tops, so I did that as well. Sometimes I will cut and spread the pattern at the waist as I did above, but in this case I didn't want to interfere with all my complicated stuff already going on in this pattern, so I just added an inch to the bottom of the pattern piece.
I used my ruler to carefully mark 1 inch out all along the piece at one inch intervals.
Then I drew in the curve and cut along this. So here is my finished pattern piece:
But wait! We're not done! Because this pattern has a separate yoke pattern piece. So we have a problem:
So I added two inches to this piece, too:
But you can see that now this piece is something of a weird shape and all the lines on it no longer match up. Basically I just did my best to make the lines smooth and straight when I was sewing the pieces together. Here is the body of the blouse sewn together:
At this point I tried it on and it fit pretty well! The body was a decent fit for a blouse. If I had been ambitious, I could have taken some in at the waist to make it more tailored, but I'm the queen of "close enough." But I had a problem: the sleeves didn't come close to fitting. Increasing the size of the back and front had made the armscye or opening of the sleeve too small. And I have HUGE shoulders anyway that are hard to fit. So I took the sleeve off, cut back, put it back on, cut more off, put it back, etc. I just could NOT get the sleeve to be comfortable. Eventually I put the project to the side out of frustration.
About two months went by and then I approached the shirt DETERMINED to make it wearable. I tried the sleeves yet again. I referred to my new book on clothes fitting and construction. According to the book, the armscye was about the size it should be. Finally, I resorted to desperate measures. I threw out the small pouf sleeves and went with the larger pouf sleeves from the pattern. I'd used these sleeves before when my shoulders didn't fit in a sleeve, so I knew they worked for me. Since I had wanted smaller sleeves, I cut down the length of the large sleeves and used the small cuff from the small sleeves. Finally, the damn things fit. I could finish the rest of the blouse.
The only other problem I had was the collar. I wanted a plain standing collar and just went ahead and attached it as drawn in the pattern. I didn't think about the fact that the neckline was larger due to my adjustments. But since I already had the collar on, I decided I could totally live with the way it looked. And here is the finished blouse:
If I ever find my vintage lace again, I'll add some to the sleeve cuff. I need to reorganize my sewing area SO BAD. Here is a photo of the shirt with a steampunk outfit:
(Also pictured: my crew's bartender (check out the shot glass bandolier), and my captain in the background photobombing us.)
Ok, so that's done. Hope it helps someone!


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Sandal Day
Mutterings continued.
Another warmish, albeit overcast, day. Def. sandal-wearing day.
I'm going back to my old/changed job next Tuesday and today I spent the day with my replacement. I was losing my voice by this afternoon.
I went walkies this morning and just KNEW I should have taken my camera. Popped in on the lions and watched Alistair playing with the enrichment device - he had sunk his teeth into the hessian bag and wasn't letting go. Strolled by the baboons and watched the baby jumping around and generally enjoying itself. Taye was being his usual utter loon and spinning around in circles with a stick in his hand.
This afternoon, one of the spider monkeys was hanging from lord-knows-what on a palm tree by the very tip of his tale. He was playing with a branch of eucalypt that had been put into the enclosure for enrichment.
The mirror site for the very funny Foamy cartoons. I love the coffee shop rant.
I've been doing some more '40s research. I found a couple of pages with English bank notes of the time - I'm not sure of the dimensions. I think they were larger than notes today. And Director Pat sent me a graphic of a ration book.


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Definition of the noun Adiantum macrophyllum
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Adiantum macrophyllum is a species of Adiantum.
- synonyms: species Adiantum macrophyllum / Adiantum lancea / species Adiantum lancea
- kingdom: Plantae
- phylum: Tracheophyta
- class: Polypodiopsida
- order: Polypodiales
- family: Pteridaceae
- genus: Adiantum
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- variety Adiantum macrophyllum macrophyllum
Adiantum macrophyllum is a species of Adiantum.
- kingdom: Viridiplantae
- phylum: Streptophyta
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Northern city of oil
The man next to me was splattered with mud. I was liberally splashed with the thick grey substance as well.
"You sure know how to show a man a good time," he said, as we trudged through the weird lunar-type landscape of inland Azerbaijan. The sound of a rather juicy fart rent the air. Beside us a small cone of solidified mud disgorged a trail of viscous grey liquid.
We could both confidently disown the small explosion of gas. We were standing in the desolate midst of a field of mud volcanoes - not one of the Caucasus' best-known tourist attractions, but to my geologically biased mind, one of its most intriguing.
I pointed out to my companion that almost anyone could have shown him the Eiffel Tower, but the opportunity of being showered with mud while being serenaded by a chorus of gentle methane farts took more effort to organise.
Azerbaijan lies on the western coast of the Caspian Sea and offshore and on land are some of the region's largest reserves of oil and natural gas. Mud volcanoes are often associated with such areas, spilling out not lava but mud, water and gas, usually methane. They are sometimes known as "sedimentary volcanoes", as opposed to the ones we are familiar with in New Zealand, which are fuelled by volcanic activity.
Apparently Azerbaijan is home to about half the world's mud volcanoes which, although fascinating to those of us keen on geology, is not nearly as important to the Azeris as their far more lucrative sources of oil and gas.
However, every year a very small number of tourists (most Azeris are unaware of the volcanoes or, if they are, are rather bemused by travellers wanting to visit them) do find their way to the various clusters of volcanoes an easy drive from the capital of Baku.
The volcanoes we visited had cones, or gryphons, about two metres high. They rear up from a landscape largely devoid of vegetation. The land is covered with the dried remains of mud eruptions large and small. In some places, the volcanoes are simply round pools of muddy water, or salses, in which the occasional giant bubble forms, grows steadily to bursting point and then sprays onlookers with a fine mist of mud particles.
The volcanoes have the potential to be more energetic. A few years ago, one volcano began to erupt flames up to 300 metres high. The ones we visited were much more docile, enabling us to clamber up the cones and peer into the mud pools at close range.
In most places of the world, no doubt there would be walkways, guard rails and signs warning one to stay back. So I made the most of the fact that there were none here by sticking a finger in one of the pools to test the temperature (clearly it was not going to be hot because there was no evidence of any heat).
Even so, it was surprising, given our experience with Rotorua's hot mud pools, to discover the mud here was at air temperature or even slightly cooler.
I also couldn't resist finding a long branch from lower down the ridge to stick into one of the craters. It descended more than half a metre before it encountered a squelchy layer of mud.
Even though it was hardly quicksand, this would not be a good place to stumble upon at night and is perhaps why one mud volcano area's ancient name translates as "the camel got stuck".
Elsewhere in Azerbaijan the impact of oil and gas is of a less frivolous nature. Even on the southern outskirts of Baku there are oil pumps in people's backyards, in workshop yards and scattered across apocalyptic landscapes of rubble and general detritus.
Beside the Caspian Sea are several giant docks, where oil platforms are constructed and repaired. Several platforms were lying on their sides like leviathans washed up from the deep.
Baku itself is an extraordinary testament to the world's insatiable and growing demand for oil and the prices it now commands.
Baku has long been an oil town, but since my last visit about five years ago, it's obvious the oil revenue is flowing even stronger than ever before.
Azerbaijan is regarded as one of the birthplaces of the oil industry, with its first oil well drilled in 1846. Intriguingly, it was the Swedish Nobel brothers, including Alfred, who founded the Nobel Prizes, who were key to the development of the oil fields in the late 19th century.
They built the world's first oil-carrying steamship in 1877 and there are photos in their mansion in Baku showing the view from their front terrace - oil derricks so close together no land or water can be seen beyond them.
By the start of the 20th century, Azerbaijan produced half the world's supply of oil. Yet for the Azeris, oil was nothing new - it had been seeping from the ground for centuries and was in regular use from the 9th century. Marco Polo commented on how the Azeris were exporting oil in the 14th century.
Today, although Azerbaijan ranks low in terms of world production, oil is still the key to its prosperity and a target for interest from around the world, especially from Russia, with which it shares the Caspian Sea, along with Iran, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan.
Baku is awash with money - luxury mansions sprawl across the rocky hillsides above the sea and pedestrians en route to Hermes, Hugo Boss and Cartier stores dodge among the Hummers and Ferraris on the streets.
There are new public buildings of startlingly innovative architectural styles springing up all over the city, such as the new carpet museum, which is designed to look like a partly unfurled rug. Most striking of all are the Flame Towers - three 200-metre-high curved skyscrapers. At night, these become lofty lightshows, their flanks flickering like fire. The symbolism is deliberate. Azerbaijan is known as the land of eternal fires and in ancient times the predominant religion was Zoroastrianism, which venerates fire.
Even the Soviet-era buildings (Azerbaijan was, like its neighbouring countries Georgia and Armenia, part of the former Soviet Union) have been given major facelifts. Formerly dire-looking apartment buildings have been faced with new stone and buildings from the early 20th century that have strong Western European influences have been cleaned and renovated.
In the midst of the building boom lies Baku's World Heritage listed Old Town, parts of which date from the 7th century. One of the oldest buildings is the Maiden's Tower, which once would have been one of the tallest in the town.
Legend has it the tower was the scene of a tragic death plunge by a young woman trying to escaping from a forced marriage to her father. However, it is much more likely that the tower was part of the town's defensive walls and might also have served as a place on which to light fire beacons, or as an astronomical observatory.
None of these is quite as dramatic as the tale of the maiden's plunge, so the legend lives on.
Around the towers are restored buildings from Baku's medieval past, including mosques, minarets and bath houses. Azerbaijan is a Muslim country, unlike Georgia and Armenia, which are Christian, which follows the Shi'ite tradition and thus has friendly relations with neighbouring Iran, the largest Shi'ite Muslim country in the world.
Since the Soviet Union collapsed, the three Caucasian countries have become free to decide where they fit in the world. Perhaps in Azerbaijan more than the other two, there is confusion as to whether they should be part of Europe or align themselves to the East, or simply be Caucasian.
Oil and the proximity of Europe pull Azerbaijan towards the West, while Islam orients it to the East.
Today, however, one gets the feeling that for many of Baku's citizens at least the attractions of ancient Zoroastrianism or modern-day Islam have taken a back seat to the pursuit of the oil dollar.
The result is an endlessly fascinating collision of tradition and modernity, the hub of a country still forging its place in the modern world, while attempting to control one of the fastest developing cities anywhere on the planet.
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3 bedroom semi-detached house for saleGreatfield Lane, Up Hatherley, CHELTENHAM, GL51 3QU
Sold STC £279,950
Property Description
Key features
- Three Bedrooms
- Updating Required
- 70ft garden
- Garage & driveway
- chain free
Full description
This three bedroom home in Up Hatherley has the makings of an excellent family home. The house is a good size but is dated, which presents an opportunity to finish the home as you would want it, not buy someone else's ideas. The double glazing has been updated and there is a 70 foot long garden to the rear.
The layout is very modern with a kitchen dining area across the back of the house with a lot of glass letting in both light and the view over the garden. To the front is the formal sitting room which is accessed from the entrance hall. Upstairs are three bedrooms and a family bathroom with a single garage attached to the side.
Offered to the market chain free this home is just a short walk from local schools and amenities.
Entrance Hall
Living Room - 15'5 max x 14'7 max(4.70m max x 4.45m max)
Kitchen / Diner - 17'8 x 9'1(5.38m x 2.77m)
Master Bedroom - 12'11 x 10'0(3.94m x 3.05m)
Guest Bedroom - 11'9 x 10'0(3.58m x 3.05m)
Bedroom - 9'5 max x 7'6 max(2.87m max x 2.29m max)
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