The joys of procrastination

Mar 30, 2010 16:36

Pratting around on the internet may be a dreadful time sink but it can be also be wonderful in the way quite random things connect!

Today's example (which has cheered me up as I sit watching the weather change from pouring with rain and a howling gale, to snow and still a howling gale):

I went to have a nosy at Fashion for Nerds, a style blog ( Read more... )

prettiness, weather, books, clothes

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ankaret March 30 2010, 15:51:15 UTC
I like the steampunk outfits on Fashion for Nerds as well, though I got a bit bored when she decided to branch out into travel advice.

I looked at the style evolution post because I thought 'Well, I don't like Already Pretty, but, hey, guest bloggers from different generations, how cool is that?'. Unfortunately I came away thinking 'Oh. White, standard-sized, able-bodied bloggers from different generations. Well, that's... a step in the right direction, I suppose'. :(

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alitheapipkin March 30 2010, 16:18:07 UTC
I was somewhat nonplussed by that too but I guess it is the drawback of having a specific topic blog.

I was like 'oh look, an entire post I can read without cringing at the patronising fakey-fakey cheeriness' but I know what you mean, it is definitely a diversity-free zone :(

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ankaret March 30 2010, 16:24:29 UTC
Patronising fakey-fakey cheeriness is exactly what it is, and thank you for phrasing it so perfectly.

Every now and then I follow links there and I always regret it. The last time I did she was describing legs as 'your stems'. If she ever gives up blogging and finds a time machine she'll have a job ready-made for her writing fashion features for Just Seventeen circa about 1990.

(Icon aimed at lack of diversity and general irritatingness, not at you!)

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alitheapipkin March 30 2010, 16:42:34 UTC
I'm sure 'fakey-fakey' is something I've picked up from you, isn't it? You are usually the one who comes up with the wonderful descriptions :)

'Stems'?? Oh dear me...

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