Here’s a thing: from one of those ongoing discussions, most recently on Facebook, but other places too. There’s a phenomenon that crops up all the time, yet has eluded naming so far. As I mentioned when sharing Peg’s post (right) about director Brenda Chapman on Facebook, the usefulness of the term “gaslighting” has been amply…
Category: memes
AudioBoo: Moths
One touch easy recording, that’s what an Audio Boo claims to be. So I had to try it out on my new shiny toy. This is a poem that’s supposed to be appearing in a magazine at some point but that was about a year ago that they said so, thus I wonder if it…
BitchBuzz: The Whiteboard Meme
My latest column on this week’s internet wildfire: Why the “White Board Girl” Meme Was So Popular By K.A. Laity The link that launched a million laughs has, perhaps predictably, been exposed as a hoax. The Gawker gleefully “exposed” the pranksters and a lot of #HOPA tweets were predictably misogynist in their tone as they…
Crazy Haste
The next interview will be up later today; naturally, I have all the interviews at home while I’m here on campus and running like mad today, because I plan to head down to Bard to hear Liz Hand read between my classes. I will be announcing a new writing gig later this week. I just…
Have you? (AKA 99 Things to Do)
Meme picked up from Marja-Leena (thanks!):Bold the ones you have done. 1. Started my own blog 2. Slept under the stars 3. Played in a band 4. Visited Hawaii5. Watched a meteor shower6. Given more than you can afford to charity7. Been to Disneyland/world 8. Climbed a mountain9. Held a praying mantis10. Sang a solo11….
Repetition
What is it about repetition? My need to repeat things over and over? At least three times I repeat a thing! I like to blame genetics — we did always run a joke into the ground when we were kids. There’s a series of jokes one group of friends knows so well that we just…
Writing Whuffie
In the wake of David Foster Wallace‘s suicide, there has been an outpouring of reminiscences and grief, as one might expect in the wake of a celebrated writer’s precipitous exit. In the mainstream media, most of it has been from men about his age who found in him a kindred spirit, although I have to…
8 Things & 8 Tags
It’s meme-o-rific time! Thanks to Pádraig, who tagged me. RULES:* 1. Post these rules.* 2. Each tagged person must post 8 things about themself on their journal.* 3. At the end, you have to choose and tag 8 people* 4. Go to their pages and send a message saying you tagged them.* 5. No tag-backs…
K. A. Laity 