Carousel: 25 Lessons For Creatives & Lesbian Etiquette!

[ 24 June 2011 ]

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Friday! Yes please, & thank you! I am so ready for a NAP, how about you?! In the meantime, here are some links to keep you distracted & bring some loveliness to your day!

<3 25 lessons for creatives from Patti Smith. Apparently, her book, Just Kids, is quite excellent.

<3 Si wrote a guide to simpler EFT, for those of you who want to take the leap!

<3 Sarah Wilson asks if we’re ready to confront our own racism...

<3 More smart stuff from smart gals — why radical change is better than slow change by Susannah Breslin.

<3 I love the Executive Colouring Book! Hahah.

<3 If you missed it, like me, don’t despair! Here are some photos from the Coney Island mermaid parade last weekend.

<3 Love this!!!

<3 From Autostraddle, check out Emily Post for Lesbians: Etiquette For Everyone! Emily Post is still relevant; amazing, no?

<3 If your dream is to write a novel, check out these practical tips on writing a book from 23 great authors.

<3 Let’s make lavender lemonade this weekend!

<3 The Talks is a new online interview magazine which I like! Check out these interviews with Sofia Coppola, Mick Jagger, Valentino, Patti Smith, Zac Posen & Ewan McGregor!

<3 A Brief History of Writers Who Died Untimely Deaths... A little morbid, yes. But drowning because you were trying to embrace the reflection of the Moon? ...WELL!

<3 Required Viewing: Great Documentaries About Comedians with trailers to give you a taste. I’m pretty excited about Conan’s documentary… Will you see it?

<3 Stereotyping You By Your Favourite Rapper. HA HA HA! I love it!

<3 Oh! Can we start growing matchbox gardens?! Man, that’s cute!

<3 You can listen to Patrick Wolf’s fith album, Lupercalia, here.

<3 What Gives Us The Right To Judge Amy Winehouse? This is so true… People are really nasty about celebrities, & it’s total bullshit!

<3 I really like this collection of Polaroids.

<3 This lookbook for Ruche makes me want to go to the South… How about you?

<3 I love Kelsey Brookes’ super-bright neon art! It would be so good on the wall!

<3 Here’s something you don’t see every day… A townhouse in Manhattan with an indoor pool!

<3 Pets impersonate celebrities... Hahaha.

<3 Oh wow! I adore these composite street photographs of NYC! Number 1 & 9 are my favourites!

<3 In praise of Bohemia... “Bohemia is a state of mind: a threadbare but vibrant Utopia in which one can prioritise the tenets of creativity, love, merriment, experimentation and arousal of the senses.” (Thanks, Emma!)


& here’s a really sweet email I received this morning. I hope you find it as inspiring as I did!

Hello Gala,

I found your website and it couldn’t have been better timing. Everything on your site is absolutely amazing and it opened up my eyes to a world I had never imagined. I read almost all of your posts and it changed my life, literally! I couldn’t have been worse off, I hated myself and everything about me.

After reading your posts I decided it was time for a change and a big one. I took a three day trip to Reno with my best friend. I got out all of my jewelry and got all dolled up and for once I felt pretty special and totally worth love. I was actually turning heads and of course im not the most stylish person on the face of the planet… I wore things that made me feel sexy and pretty and I beamed with confidence.

Before I was ready it was time to go home so I sat alone in my car on the way home singing as loudly as i could, it felt great! Then my favorite song came on, it was Trisha Yearwood’s X’s & O’s and I was struck with a fantastic idea! My brother recently started doing tattoos and I decided I absolutely have to have a tattoo and it’s got to be x’s and o’s… So I went straight to my brother and had pink and black xoxo on the inside of my left wrist and THAT will be my self love totem! I can’t lose it, it’s totally cute and even if I don’t feel like loving myself, there it is, and it will never go away just like my love for myself should be. So I wanted to tell you thank you for posting all of those wonderful things and giving me the courage to change myself.

Traci




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