aaryn belfer. - 2009 October

Death Panel: Wal-Mart lowers the guillotine on authors and independent bookstores

Halloween is upon us again, and that means only one thing: We are a mere month away from the all-American phenomenon known as Black Friday. Yes, each year, to kick off the holiday season, millions of people will loosen their belt buckles and fight the effects of tryptophan to flood the Big Box stores in [...]

In Backwards and In High Heels, Pop-Culture, The Column, Writing on 28 October 2009 with 6 comments

It’s more than just a word

I’ve been involved in a rather heated internet debate with some women I collaborate with on another website. We’ve been going back and forth, as part of a larger discussion, on the meaning of a loaded word. And I’d really like to know how it makes you feel, what it makes you think. I’m curious [...]

In WTF, Womanity, Women, Writing on 27 October 2009 with 25 comments

Why the fuck not?

“After the final no there comes a yes and on that yes the future of the world hangs.” -Wallace Stevens
Now. Onto the next submission. Who’s joining me?

In WTF, Why I'm more qualified than Sarah Palin to be Vice President, Writing on 21 October 2009 with 6 comments

The Hunt

Do you go through this or am I the only one?

In Fashion on 19 October 2009 with 2 comments

This is, like, totally bananas

I’m the recipient of The Honest Scrap Award, the only award that I have ever accepted on this blog. I don’t believe in these bloggy awards, much the same way I don’t believe in tiaras for women over the age of 12. But! I do quite like the bitch who presented the award and [...]

In Bits & Pieces, Photography on 14 October 2009 with 5 comments

I just spent an hour and a half on a post that vanished. And yes, I hit “Save” multiple times.

Motherfucker.

In Life on 14 October 2009 with 4 comments

Things Fall Apart: Just because you paid for it, doesn’t mean it’s going to work

On May 1, I paid off my car, the only brand-new car Sam and I have ever owned. The foreplay was intense, to be sure, with the buildup of the countdown being almost too much to bear. With each preceding month’s automatic bank withdrawal, I uttered a breathless itemization: Only four more—three more—oh God. No [...]

In Backwards and In High Heels, The Column, Writing on 14 October 2009 with 3 comments

Wow: The appearance of a nascent spine

And the DNC slams the hammer down squarely on the head of the nail:
“The Republican Party has thrown in its lot with the terrorists — the Taliban and Hamas this morning — in criticizing the President for receiving the Nobel Peace prize. Republicans cheered when America failed to land the Olympics and now they are [...]

In Life on 9 October 2009 tagged Government, Politics with 12 comments

And I finally weigh in on Anita Tedaldi

I’m late to the party but that’s because I’ve been mulling it over and doing a little background research.
Better late than never, though. So, I’ve begun over here.
There will be more.

In Adoption, Love, Parenting, Pop-Culture, Race, WTF, Why I'm more qualified than Sarah Palin to be Vice President on 6 October 2009 with 4 comments

Grateful

One comb out, a few tears, a great new stylist and 3-1/2 hours later (no, that’s not a typo), this is what her hair looks like. She chose the “clicky-clackies” and her birthmother chose me.

In Adoption, Hair, Love, Parenting, Race, Self-worth on 5 October 2009 with 12 comments

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