I ride my bike, I roller skate, don't drive no car
And walked by Quimby's yesterday to buy the current issue of BUST, but didn't see it. I would have asked the woman behind the counter, honest, but saw an in-store announcement for this:
Speaking of love (read: lust), I'd like to call your attention to the new Suicidegirls coffee table book. And if you happen to be in or around Chicago in the next few weeks, Missy Suicide and ten of her girls will be doing an in-store book signing and possible burlesque show here next month.
And decided to try getting it at Women & Children First instead.
The appearance, according to the calendar,will be Friday, July 2nd at 7.
This event is a release celebration for the new SuicideGirls coffee table book that displays the women of SuicideGirls over the past few years. SUICIDEGIRLS (published by Feral House) is 124 pages and displays over 200 fun, sexy and artful color photos that has come to define the women of SuicideGirls, the book also contains journal entries selected from the site and an introduction by Missy Suicide.In addition to Missy, 8 SuicideGirls will be present to sign copies of the book and possibly perform a short set of their punk rock inspired Burlesque Act.
Links to Feral House and AllConsuming.net added, if anyone cares. And there's a brief overview of the SG site, for fans of alternate history fiction, that I didn't bother to quote.
What?
Apropos of very little, there's a letter criticizing attacking W&CF in this week's Chicago Reader. It's also pro-Starbucks, leading me to suspect astroturf, or at least extreme stupidity on the part of the writer.
I may, however, be biased.
I remain diplomatically neutral in regards to the Gapers Block vs. Chicagoist conflict, and call upon all sides to ferchrissakes go for quality over quantity/low price on beer. I mean, damn.
Comments
Do they not print letters to the editor in the online Reader? Here, I wanted to know how one could possibly critique W&CF, unless it was some yuppy fundie, & I would be a bit surprised if the Reader printed a -really- ignorant letter.
But I guess we'alls out in the non-Chi area will have to wait & see if you update...
Posted by: neogrammarian | June 19, 2004 11:32 AM
The Reader doesn't put much news/editorial material on their site at all. Totally understandable, given the effed-up economic model free papers use, if you think about it.
Quoting with commentary, David Futrelle of Andersonville writes:
He also mentions ordering from "a certain Seattle bookseller" over the 'net, either unaware that he could or unwilling to order 'em from W&CF's site. Between that and the "antichoice" and "lapsed feminist" bits, I'm moving towards the stupidity explanation. With a hint of misogyny, for spice.
Of course, in Andersonville, maybe 20% of the women who turn him down on dates are actually telling the truth when they say it's because they're dykes. . .
Posted by: Aaron | June 19, 2004 12:59 PM
Men that label themselves feminists make me happy.
Men that label themselves lapsed feminists make me want to run for a hammer. A big one. With teeth.
Posted by: neogrammarian | June 19, 2004 1:53 PM