Monday, March 08, 2010

IWIAYQ: Part II


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Please enjoy our second installment of You ASKED!!! In today's episode, I dish on The Boy. shhhhhhhhhh.......

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What do you like about your mate?

I like that The Boy has never seen E.T., even though he is a Film scholar and a child of the 1980s. I like that he discreetly buys several pairs of the same pants when he finds a pair that make his bum look good. And finally, I like that The Boy takes exceptional care of me and our little pig-dog on good days and on less good days. Ahhhhhhhh. Barf. Next question!


What is your academic field?

With apologies to Umberto Eco, I like to joke that I study Contemporary Sumerian Literature with an emphasis in Tautological Dialectics. (SO funny, right?!!? I'm a real hit at cocktail parties.) However, this is not the case. In fact, I study something far more absurd: American Teevee (& the history and theory of communication technology, more generally). At the academic conference Karen referenced in her original question, I'll be delivering a paper on sex and sound design in the Playboy basic cable abortion The Girls Next Door. RIVETING.

Do you have any style icons/inspiration, and if so, who?

When I was asked this question for a feature interview over at the wunderbar Hinterland Vintage blog, I reported that I had no real style icons, that I was 'influenced by the street' (or some such equally pompous hoo-ha). Well, I'm here today to confess that I do have some influences (though all are far from icons): this lady, this lady, and this stripey-top wearin lady. Lezzie chic at its *finest*

2 comments:

Karen/Small Earth Vintage said...

Thank you! I enjoyed my teevee/media studies in college and wish I could see you present your paper!

Anonymous said...

What a great little blog idea! Now I am just sorry I didn't ask you a question.