Tiah Beautement's Blog, page 112
September 17, 2012
On Man Romance
In a man romance, there is a woman. Lonely, not really living, needing SOMETHING. Yes, along comes our hero, who wakens her to life and cataclysmic sex, makes her a real woman, yada yada yada. Then, when the inevitable consequence of all that great awakening happens–the need to take responsibility of any kind or God forbid, make a commitment, et voila! The hero has to leave. . . Let me tell you. If I’d written Cold Mountain, that guy would have stuck around to plant real fence posts. - Eileen Dreyer, Benjamin Button and Man Romance -
My ribs may never recover
Jenny Lawson, Let's Pretend This Never Happened - . . . his mom went on about all the debutante balls Victor had gone to. . . Then she asked me when I came out and I said, 'Oh, I'm not gay. I'm dating your son,' which I thought was pretty clear to begin with. - - In the last two months, six separate men filled in the 'sex' blank on their job application with some variation of 'Depends on who's offering.' Two answered, 'Yes, please,' and one wrote, 'No, thank you.' I hired the last one because he seemed polite....
September 13, 2012
On today
'What day is it?' asked Pooh. 'It's today,' squeaked Piglet. 'My favorite day,' said Pooh. - A.A. Milne -
Caitlin Moran can't spell and that's why I adore her
Caitlin Moran, How to be a Woman - For preference, I would like you to stand on a chair and shout, 'I AM A FEMINIST' - but this is simply because I believe everything is more exciting if you stand on a chair and do it. - - Personally, I find the idea that women are supposed to 'love' shopping bizarre - nearly every woman I know wants to cry after 45 minutes of trawling the high street looking for a shirt, and hits the gin with alacrity upon the sad occasions where jeans have to be found. - -...
September 11, 2012
On writing in public
It has always irked her to see people writing in public. Writing is such an intensely private act, something you do aside, in secret. Underground. It is so phoney to sit and write where everyone can see what you are doing. - Antjie Krog, A Change of Tongue -
September 10, 2012
Zukiswa Wanner on African Writers
'African bookstores continent-wide may prefer stocking Grisham, Picoult, Steel and self-help galore, but these days I always find something new from an African writer.' Click here to read Zukiswa's Top 5 African Writers
September 9, 2012
On Drinking
'I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damn things have learned to swim.' - Frida Kahlo, A letter to a friend -
September 6, 2012
Photography
Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted. Industrial societies turn their citizens into image-junkies: it is the most irresistible form of mental pollution. - Susan Sontag, On Photography -
September 5, 2012
What my physio read to me
'a patient suffering from serious chronic cardiac disease [said], "Through the little deaths of illness we learn and grow. . . Finally you discover that you are responsible for your own self alone. . . "' (Pettit, 1988).
