Claire. Entertainment journalist, print/online editor, poet, movie buff, a bit snarky. If you’re interested in seeing my professional work, check out my LinkedIn profile or view my online portfolio (a work in progress).
Likes: Books, television, poetry, chocolate, indie films, and fantasy.
People I admire: Carolyn McCulley, Karen Covell, Elisabeth Elliot, Eleanor Roosevelt.
Websites I like: Flavors
Site stuff:
How and Where to Download Asian Dramas
Misc:
-I always had a really hard time with this, and it wasn’t until Grammar Girl that the difference really start sinking in. Affect v. Effect
-When to Use ie in a Sentence and The Three Most Common Uses of Irony- funny illustrated guides from The Oatmeal
-Ten rules for writing fiction – from The Guardian
-What is It About 20-Somethings? – NY Times article on the current generation of young adults
-Where Have The Good Men Gone? – WSJ article arguing that today’s male generation is living in extended adolescence
-Things My Best Friend’s Girlfriend Should Know, From His Girl BFF -from Thought Catalog
-What Your Email Address Says About You- CNN
-If Famous Writers Had Written Twilight – Elizabeth Stark
-Hilarious imaginary conversation between Darcy and Thornton for any fans of the BBC dramas
-Hilarious (and spot-on) summary of How To Write a Fringe Episode by Grorg.org(disclaimer: he – and I -both still like the show)
-Hilarious comic summarizing the plot of the Twilight series(and a bit on why we read her and hate ourselves afterwards) – My Lost Weekend in Meyer
-Things that Should Be Like They Are on TV But Aren’t
-13 Ways of Looking at Liz Lemon – witty and spot-on feminist look at this iconic figure
-Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: The Art Film Hidden Inside the Chop-Socky Flick -a detailed, fascinating analysis of the Ang Lee film as a feminist text
-Lost Season Six: The Pre-Game Post – Excellent article from The A.V. Club looking at Lost as art and/or entertainment(my favorite bit is here)
-Sparkle and Fade – Robert Pattinson Career Assesment – hilariously snarky review of RP, or as the Pajiba writer calls him, RPattz. And have an equally snarky and spot-on Twilight review from Pajiba for good measure
-Skipping Church(the definitive rules) – funny and spot-on rules from Stuff Christians Like
Articles I like:
“Kid Goth” – New Yorker article on Neil Gaiman
“Good Grief” – on death, dying, grief, and the human responses to each
Charlotte Gainsbourg’s IRM – review by Drowned in Sound
The Role of Magic in Kid’s Literature and Reality- interesting post by Justin Taylor about magic in a Christian context
Why Women Read More than Men -NPR article on a phenomenon which I didn’t even know existed
Final Proof that Maths and Poetry Have a Special Relationship – Guardian article on the intersection of math and poetry
A Superwoman for Kenya, but America is still waiting for Superman- Roger Ebert article on two education documentaries and American education in general
Express Yourself: It’s Later than You Think – Brad Holland in The Atlantic Monthly-brilliantly hilarious article defining various aspects of postmodernism ala The Devil’s Dictionary
Country Rejoices as Chilean Miners Brought to Freedom – hope, and a miracle for the 21st century
Sleep makes your memories stronger and helps with creativity – “new research is showing that sleep also seems to reorganize memories, picking out the emotional details and reconfiguring the memories to help you produce new and creative ideas”, ScienceDaily article
Poetry for Everyday Life – The New York Times on the metaphors and similes that pepper everyday speech – “we often use food metaphors to describe the world of ideas. We devour a book, try to digest raw facts and attempt to regurgitate other people’s ideas, even though they might be half-baked…When talking about relationships, we often use health metaphors. A friend might be involved in a sick relationship.”
Quotations of Chalres Schultz…aka Charlie Brown
Paper Tigers – not sure I agree with all of Wesley Yang’s assumptions, but it’s interesting
The 100 Best Opening Lines from Books – self-explanatory
10 Things 90s Kids will have to Explain to Their Children -wonderful article from Thought Catalog
Saudade – A Word for the Third-Culture Kid - from Communicating across Boundaries
