Andi Zeisler/Bitch Magazine Article

Oops! I missed one! I also did an interview wih Andi Zeisler, Editorial Director of legendary Bitch Magazine in Issue 11 of Snippets:

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/snippets/issue11/bitch_magazine

That lady is very cool.

Writerly Aspirations

In case you haven't realised: I'm an aspiring writer and trying (with some degree of success) to keep doing my thing whenever I have a spare minute!

I've written a number of pieces for the AWESOME website 'Cut Out and Keep' magazine "Snippets":

http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/snippets/issues

• Issue 2 on Women in the comic book industry.
• Issue 5 on Music you should listen to.
• Issues 7 film review of The Craft.
• Issue 9 on Tim Burton & The Nighmare Before Chistmas.

I've also had two articles published by the lovely ladies at Subtext Magazine:

Issue 6: Candy Girl: Diablo Cody: on Cody's memoir and self created persona
http://www.subtextmagazine.co.uk/current_issue.htm

Issue 5: Film is a Feminist Issue: the films of Sophia Coppola. http://www.subtextmagazine.co.uk/issue_5.htm

ch-ch-check it out! (no pressure obviously) ; )

I hope to post more links to my writing as and when it is published. So watch this space I guess!

Tattoo or not to tattoo?

Ok, so I would consider myself to be a fairly alternative soul inwardly but apart from the odd foray into multi-coloured hair and crazy birthday cake t-shirts I have tended to keep within the bounds of the acceptable with my outward appearance. Few would guess my feminist credentials or dark goth sensibilities at first-glance. My brain is a whirl of comic book image/goth horror rock but my look is more pretty in pink.

I've decided that I quite fancy getting a tattoo but I'm keen for it to be a true representation of 'me' without being too hardcore, no simple task. I have to endure the toe-the-line dance of my 9-5 world as well. sigh!

I'm thinking of getting I on the inside of my left wrist/arm and want it to be really colourful. Maybe something like this one. I like the idea of pink cherry blossom petals. I also want it to be quite comic booky in design.

Any suggestions are most welcome!

Inspirational Art

I'm feeling pretty inspired at the moment and keep discovering great new artists!

For example, check out the cute/weird world of Ciou (bottom image): http://ciouland.free.fr/

I also love Dame Darcy and just wish that
I could get hold of her comic Meat Cake more easily.. damn you
mainstream Forbidden Planet/Borders why?!!!
*chuckles*

Beautiful stuff ladies.

Birthday Girl

My 27th(!!) Birthday is just around the corner and I have to say - I'm feeling a little freaked. with everything that has happened over the last couple of years with health scares and getting my life back on track (and meeting my lovely man) I'll be honest.. there was a time I really didn't think I'd make it!

Now I am standing at the edge of my mid-twenties and looking ahead towards thirty I find myself taking stock of the past present and the possible future(s). It's like a crazy episode of Star Trek in which our plucky heroine sees glimpses of her alt reality/parallel universe selves. Will I be a corporate career woman or pursue my writing and my love of art? Can I/will I start a family? If so where will I live and with whom? Will I go back to Uni and attain more education? Will I ever be the 'me' I hoped to be or in fact (shock horror) am I already?

The aging thing is a little strange. The realisation that time is gathering pace and the feeling that there is much still to do. For years I have danced to my own rhythm; writing things, dressing increasingly like a twelve year old, collecting dolls and comic books, reading weird/funky books, dreaming of far away places and feeling passionately about wanting to make a difference. I have felt the frustration of not meeting enough like-minded souls, of having to cloak my true self to 'fit in' at work etc. I have dreamed of more and tried to take steps to make some of it a reality.

The one certainty is that I don't want to waste any more time! I'm desperately trying to keep up with my writing and creating stuff to this end.. I have plans *she says rather ominously*...