ff

*y'all are super lucky this week. cause i wrote this post on tuesday or wednesday. when i was at my usual feminist-anger level. and not the raging ragefest i am now at the end of this too long week of middle-aged straight white men telling me how to feel about my vagina. so you get a fairly cheerful post. and not the red-hot-tears-pouring-down-my-face post that would be if i had had to tackle feminist friday today. yay!*

i can't even believe we finally get a pen!



ellen is the bestest and i love her so.

enough enough enough. this bit reminded me that i have been meaning to talk about the rage-maker that is mark's work wearhouse's new campaign. too. i can't find a picture online so maybe maybe they've smartened up and taken them down*, but for realsies, for weeks all over the toronto subway were signs reading:

* mark's now accepting women

HAHAHA! yup. for real. sure they always sold stuff for ladies before, but now they are actually, like, pumped about selling stuff for ladies. like, whoa! we are welcome! no longer should we hide our heads in shame and hustle in and out with our steel-toes in hand, trying not to inconvenience the male patrons buying their sturdy belts and wooly socks. we can be proud to be shopping there! hoooray! oh wait. nope. now i will never shop there again. ooooops.

STOP IT WITH THE OTHERING! okay. thank you.

*nope! they haven't. there just aren't google-searchable versions... roommate-sarah had the joy of riding in a 'women welcome' subway car just yesterday... after i'd written this post, but before i posted. TADA! HOOOORAY!

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ink on a pin

lace!

blue lace.

{elie saab spring 2013, photos by marcus tondo at gorunway.com by way of style.com}

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neither you nor i

things are very good in toronto. i am feeling very good and glad. but also i am very much missing home right now. and the people who are it. my magical family. i am nervous at the possibility of christmas without emma & charlie. i don't even know what that would look like. i am sad that declan is getting so big. i hope he won't be as shy as me, and that he'll always be warm to his aunt erin. i am grateful to have love so big that it hurts.

tonight i'll be roasting pumpkin seeds. and sleeping in flannel sheets (even though it is not cold enough here, and i have to leave the window open so i don't roast myself). my heart will be in the prairies, driving from farm to farm with gerry, collecting candy and drinks.

{my prairie nephew in the prairie light}

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saved my life

li li li live music! i am getting outta hand with all the live music.

kimbra was great. she wore a hilariously awesome dress-tutu-thing and danced like a bandit. her drummer's hair did not disappoint. the sound mix was a little less than perfect, with her vocals not being as upfront as i would've liked. we ate skittles and popcorn and the coat check did not even lose danny's coat when it fell off the hanger. a most excellent night out.

i'm running out of kimbra music to post for you! but i don't think i've ever put this one up. a fantastic cover of nina simone. hearts for days.



happy monday. those in the path of sandy, please stay safe.

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special agent man

when i decided to dye my hair dark, i had to come up with an appropriate halloween option. i was deciding between:

audrey horne. and. an owl. 

i brought this up with roommate-sarah and because she is so smart she said: 'why not be an audrey horne(d) (owl)?'

i tell you all the time. she is so smart. so that is exactly what i did. and sure, no one got it. but it was HILARIOUS for me. and i got to do up my eyebrows like hells yeah. (i worked all day long on making owl wings, and then i was so tired from all the sewing that i abandoned the party i was at early, and didn't get a decent picture of my awesome outfit. daaaaamns. damns you sleepiness! these rubbish cell-photos will have to do... i mean. it is creepy weird in the lobby, like twin peaks. so. that's good.)

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ff (fs)

there are no words, sometimes. i was trying to come up with some sort of othering joke, but i can't even. oh heavy sighs, people.

*cnn wtf

that is all. ugh.

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heroine

tonight i went to the opera (atelier) and it was oh so very excited and i wore my lanvin-h&m dress. it doesn't get to go out much on account of it being rather pooofy and standoutish, but if you can't wear such a dress to the opera where on earth can you wear it?! (family christmas is where... which reminds me that we need to start thinking about what to wear for family christmas this year!!)

but in honour of that lanvin-h&m dress, here's lanvin. tada! i just want to be a lanvin girl. tough and feminine and sharp and consuming of space... one day, right?

{lanvin spring 2013, photos by yannis vlamos at gorunway.com by way of style.com}

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