erin fitzgerald @embfitz - Tumblr Blog

I clip stuff all day. Here's the stuff I clip.

One of the greatest things that happened to me when I switched from PC to Mac a couple of years ago: Grabbing text and images got a million times easier.

Command + shift + 4, move scissors, enchanting camera shutter noise, it’s on my desktop. That makes me so happy, many times a day.

Then I thought: Why not dump it all on tumblr?

Enjoy.

Amy confounds a clothing store clerk when she requests a shirt in a larger size.

Let’s talk about how everyone thinks this is hilarious and relatable because we’re talking about a size 12, and how it would be something totally different if the number was any higher.

No?

Didn’t think so.

#larger not plus because ew

“Robin Black on Memoir, Craft, and Violating Taboos,” at Electric Literature.

Click through and read every last word.

#lit #writing #robin black #adhd #electric literature

#beavis

Did not see this working as well as it does.

From Ann Patchett's The Getaway Car.

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Robert Kardashian may have never actually lectured his kids about the danger of fame, but that‘s not the point, say the show’s creators.

“If you were in the Kardashian household and all this media frenzy was going on, how would that affect you?”

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I’ve been watching the show -- and in every episode, there’s a moment where I *really* want a spinoff series about the Kardashians in the 90s.

On Rihanna’s early “it” factor, from John Seabrook’s The Song Machine.

I’ll end up talking about the book as a whole on Goodreads (BE MY GOODREADS FRIEND!) but I’ve been thinking about this passage since I read it on Sunday.

Yes, some of the language in it is problematic. The thesis, though. Especially those last two lines.

Do we ever talk about this in the literary community?

#lit