Crash bang wallop: it’s that kind of day. I thought I had already resigned myself to the fact that February will just be a dead run, but then I have to take another breath and realise I still need to run faster. That first week in March I will dissolve into a week of pure…
Category: BitchBuzz
BitchBuzz: You Can’t Erase Your Past on the Internet
What is it with NY politicians and sex scandals? “Excelsior” must have another meaning I have not considered. So, in a timely manner, I combine my teaching with the news: You Can’t Erase Your Past from the Internet By K.A. Laity Much has been made of the internet in recent weeks as the golden-haired saviour…
BitchBuzz: Should Writers Abandon Social Media?
Three guesses what I’m going to say — what’s that? You only need one? Yeah, go on then. Read it anyway: Should Writers Abandon Social Media? By K.A. Laity Is social media getting to be too much to manage? This week over at Publisher’s Weekly, Andrei Codrescu castigates the use of social networking as a complete waste…
BitchBuzz: Made (Over) in Dagenham & News
Good news: “High Plains Lazarus” finished 9th in the Predators & Editors poll for Best Horror Short of 2010. I seem to be the only woman in the top ten. Thanks to everyone for their support and voting. It’s always awkward asking people to vote for you, but I’m learning to be a little more…
BitchBuzz: Technology and Temperance + Jane Quiet
My column today springs from my annoyance with paternalistic colleagues who keep giving people the impression that academics are stuffy know-it-alls who pontificate from their position of privilege. I realise I can also be a bit unreasonable about it: on President’s Day a colleague in the midst of his “technology: bad” talk (thank goodness there…
BitchBuzz: Take a Letter
Today’s column owes a tip of the pen to Miss Wendy, my pen pal: Why Not Write a Handwritten Letter? By K.A. Laity In the rush of post-holiday depression and intense workouts, whether required by your resolutions or the amount of snow piling up around your home, you’re bound to need a bit of a…
BitchBuzz: Get Unstuffed
Endeavouring to make it so in my life, I of course advise others on how to do it. 6 Ways to Unclutter Your Home & Life By K.A. Laity Every January you think about a personal make-over, sometimes one that lasts past the 31st, but isn’t it about time you dealt with that other problem?I…
BitchBuzz: The Quiet Grrl Riot
Today’s column: The Quiet Grrl Riot By K.A. Laity The biggest revolution this year may be one you didn’t even notice. The year end reviews seem to be having a nerd-gasm over The Social Network, which I figured out finally—thanks to Edgar Wright’s roundup for a ‘gentleman’s magazine’—is all about “geeks as gangsters” and not…
BitchBuzz: World Domination (and bonus fez)
For my latest column, I channel EL Wisty: A Simple Guide to World Domination By K.A. Laity Some people use the holidays to give gifts, bond with families and eat too much. These people will never control the globe. Lots of people have a good string of days off this time of year when they…
BitchBuzz and a Contest
Yes, up to my usual anti-social behavior in my column this week: No Ho-Ho Holiday Films! By K.A. Laity When you’ve seen too many cheery reindeer, children singing and hearts growing three sizes, it’s time to strike back. I know there are many who can’t wait to pull out that pile of Christmas DVDs every…