Category Archives: Music

Quit yer damn bitchin’! Melissa McCarthy and Elle Magazine knock one out of the park!

Posted on October 18, 2013 by Julia Barrett

What is with our damn post-modern feminists??? I so hate this politically correct shit. And I burned my bra when I was thirteen years old- my training bra anyway. When Miley Cyrus shows too much skin, the pundits bitch. (By … Continue reading →

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An economy of movement.

Posted on September 20, 2013 by Julia Barrett

Have you ever watched a great dancer? I mean a really great dancer? Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly, Cyd Charisse, Rita Moreno, Danny Kaye, Donald O’Connor? Have you really watched? There’s a difference between a great dancer and someone … Continue reading →

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Too damn cool for school- America’s Cup!

Posted on September 18, 2013 by Julia Barrett

Never thought I’d care. It’s not like I’m a big Larry Ellison fan (Oracle), nor do I much appreciate an American boat that lacks Americans. The token American, the tactician, was canned after Oracle lost a race to the Kiwi’s. … Continue reading →

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Bitchin’.

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Julia Barrett

Bitchin’ is a powerful word. It has two diametrically opposed definitions. According to the Urban Dictionary- Bitchin’: good, fuckin’ great, awesome, bad-ass fine. Bitchin’: whinging, whining, complaining. I think self-publishing is bitchin’. It’s wicked cool to have control over my … Continue reading →

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When no means no. And no, this has nothing to do with Robin Thicke and the Blurred Lines video although I think it should.

Posted on September 9, 2013 by Julia Barrett

That graffiti painted on the wall in the Blurred Lines video is blinding me in retrospect and now I forgot what I was going to post. Damn. It seems to me that if you have to spray paint Robin Thicke … Continue reading →

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