May 2013
42 posts
Adios, Thought Catalog
omgstephlol:
I’ve been waiting for the right time to write something about this, but it seems there isn’t one, really, except that I’m ~1.5 business days away from starting a new job so I guess like, right now is the time.
I am no longer with Thought Catalog. The split was super amiable (and really, I couldn’t ask for more from the place I worked day in and day out for two years). I left...
Tumblr’s “reply-to-reply” function (or lack thereof) is amongst the most frustrating aspects of modern social media.
So let me just say here how much I appreciate all of those nice comments about this morning’s photos. :) You all are for the greatest.
And for the anons who asked, I haven’t lost that much weight (in actual pounds, anyway, because I have definitely...
“Look, I love Cynthia’s dad, and I know that every account I have will eventually leave me. It’s not worth the risk. Cynthia is my life, my actual life.”
-Ken Cosgrove,
The warm little perfect soul who as yet remains uncorrupted by the Roman orgy of human excrement that is Mad Men’s character arcs. May he and his adorable short stories live forever.
oh shit i just realized it’s fucking five in the morning and i’m blogging about pineapples
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really not ready for all these unrepentant pineapple haters coming out of the woodwork
who are also casually shitting on the entire melon family as they go
i wasn’t gonna say it but MANGOES ARE MAYBE THE GROSSEST FRUIT THERE IS, YOUR CHOICE IS WEAK AND FAULTY
you brought it to this point with your petulance and judgment
this ugliness is on you
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pretty sure i’m finally emotionally ready to admit that pineapple is the ultimate superior fruit
like, we will all keep a place in our hearts for in-season strawberries
and watermelons can’t be beat cira late july
of course apples will always be the workhorses/unsung heroes of the fruit world
but pineapples are simply incredible in all of their manifestations, from fresh to...
halfpaintedframe asked: Someone has to ask superficial questions of the non-vitriolic variety, so I'll gladly be that person. I love your style in whatever photos you've posted (I believe you likened your fashion sense to American Girl dolls, which for better or for worse that's not something I'm averse to). If you don't mind my asking, where do you find your clothing? Paris, I'm sure, but...
Anonymous asked: Not to dredge up negativity, but if it's something you're comfortable with, would you mind expanding on how you got out of the self-hate rut you described before you moved to Paris? How did you move past it?
Anonymous asked: How did you get to live in Paris and do what others only dream of (aka their dream job)?
darlingdaintyfoot asked: I was just reading your stuff on TC and UGH some of the comments are so exasperatingly ridiculous! The whole "let's take everything this author writes completely literally and then get really offended when it doesn't represent ME" is a bit old.. how annoying is that, to you as a writer? Or is it valuable to hear?
currentlythymoss asked: Not sure if my previous ask went through, but Chelsea, I also want to ask: how do you get out of a rut? I'm graduating with a bad degree now, and I feel so paralysed and depressed and incapable of moving forward or taking charge of my life. I just. Don't know what to do and I'm so terrified.
farwzzz asked: Chelsea!! you are the smartest person I know so I need to ask you something. how would I subtly go about asking a guy if he has a gf or not? I don't want to sound creepy andall the advice I've gotten would make me. :( please help even though this is a pretty unimportant problem lol. ps: I love you!
Anonymous asked: Hi Chelsea. Your posts have really resonated with me over the past couple months since I first started reading them. Your thoughts on relationships and love really strike a chord with me especially having gone through a really tough relationship change months ago that I am still emotionally dealing with. My question is this: do you think someone can truly love another if that person has cheated?...
Anonymous asked: How is the clarisonic brush working for you??? I am waiting with baited breath to know because I want to buy one!
mlehew16 asked: How do you choose a topic to write about? What do you do about writer's block? I always want to sit down and write, but I can never find the direction to go in. Any tips?
Anonymous asked: 6 places to find stupid fucking articles written by pretentious fucks --> thought catalog
So I finally have the green light to share the name of my book coming out this fall (and though I cannot show the cover, trust that it exceeds your wildest dreams). My book, which you will all be flashmobbing your local bookstore for, is called:
I’m Only Here For The WiFi: A Complete Guide To Reluctant Adulthood
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Never Trust Professional Male Feminists
I know I tend to get on the “professional ally” thing a lot on here — I made that post a while back about the constantly self-flagellating white people who follow around PoC, but that exists with pretty much every marginalized group.
There is something I really don’t trust about the idea of a person in a privileged profession basing a career or an entire internet persona...
can’t our leg hair take a hint like come on guys we don’t need u thanks but no thanks
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I don’t want to leave my blog on the somewhat heavy notes of my last two posts, so here’s a quick anecdote to remind us all how silly life is:
Right after finishing that last little rant and feeling thoroughly righteous, I realized I had to pee really badly and got up to go to the bathroom. I tried untying my sweatpants (not even the sexy yoga kind, we’re talking men’s XL...
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I was looking through Google for an old article...
And I came across a quasi-popular post that made the rounds a few months ago that was a sort of incoherent critique of a post I had written that I suppose some people disagreed with. The initial post was pretty vitriolic/personal, and it had been a while since I’d seen something of that nature, so I looked through the notes.
I was surprised to see a decent handful of people I know on...
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Some (Serious) Thoughts On Tumblr
I’ve been using this website for about two and a half years now, starting just before I moved to Paris in 2010. At the time, I imagined that it would be like any other blogging platform I’ve used (a hobby that used to be really close to my heart, but which had slipped by the wayside in the three-ish year period where I was pretty depressed/unhappy with myself/convinced that I had...
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heads up as someone who used to work at abercrombie
they literally placed you in the store based on how good looking, young, and thin you were, and put the unattractive/fat people in the stock room
you were required to wear clothes that showed your figure off/showed a little skin, and address all customers with “hey, how’s it goin”
like even old ladies and shit, no respect
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Dear YouTube,
pjxel:
arnber:
pjxel:
hatsandsnapple:
Yes, you’re right. The female singer (guitarist/bassist/drummer) of (insert band) is really pretty.
But, she’s also a profession musician. And, if you’ll believe it, a human being.
Being a creep isn’t cool. It’s not a joke. Sexism isn’t punk. Fuck you.
Since when is calling a girl pretty considered sexist
The point isn’t calling the girl pretty...
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jus tryna work on my thigh gap as u all know
always lookin 4 thighspo
♡ reblog if u post same ♡
shout out to all the girls who ever had to wear kitten heels to a big event because their bf didn’t like them to be taller
u did something real
my favorite tumblr users are the self-flagellating white people who follow around people of color and act like some kind of internet christ figure who’s going to take all the punishment for the sins of whitey via writing overwrought blog posts about how wonderful and impressive PoC are and shitting on their fellow white person for being horrible in every way
they are truly the gift that...
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Personal Development for Smart People - Steve...
mtremsal:
Seek truth with open eyes. Courageously accept your discoveries and their consequences. Rid your life of falsehood, denial, and fear of what is. Make truth your ally, not your enemy. This isn’t easy, but it is correct.
Share your love openly. Connect with yourself and others by tuning in to the connection that already exists. The risk of rejection is overshadowed by the rewards of...
i’m all about health and different body types and shit, but like
i keep accidentally following people without realizing that they post almost exclusively the following
thigh gaps
rib cages
collarbones
cigarettes
messy buns
pictures of fast food (really???? nothing but thigh gaps and chicken mcnuggets???? what kind of monster would do such a thing???)
and i can just like feel in my...
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what is more unsettling than an unexplained bruise?
like, i have this lil constellation of three bruises on my upper left thigh, and they are all kinds of blue and purple and yellow
significant fucking bruises
and i have ZERO recollection of how they appeared, even if i have a vague guess or two. marc asked me how i got them and i was like “leg curl machine????” because i...
my 10th grade chemistry teacher was a born-again messianic jew who looked like ned flanders and literally only wore sweater vests and made us watch teen christian rock bands who sang pop songs about chemistry and physics, a la bill nye (?????)
and let me tell you, the first time i saw breaking bad i was like “THEY MADE A SHOW ABOUT MR. RUSSELL.” how he has not ended up as a meth...
I don’t care what consequence it brings,
I have been a fool for lesser things.
I want you so bad,
I think you ought to know that
I intend to hold you for the longest time.
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I want to just take a moment to say that I’m really proud of how my body is feeling the past few weeks since I’ve been taking clean eating and exercise (six days a week!!!) very seriously.
I’ve always tried to maintain as neutral a stance as possible on my physical appearance because I felt it was something that we do not earn, and that I wanted the vast majority of my...
Anonymous asked: Where did you go to college, and what did you major in??
Anonymous asked: Tips on resisting the temptation of sweets/comfort/fatty foods?
agemorada asked: Do you speak good French already? How's la vie parisienne?
spencealot asked: As a 125-pound 5' 7'' individual, I really dislike your idea that the "bros are probably laughing" at the rick moranis dude. Do you know that? My greatest barrier when going to the gym is getting over my own internalized idea that somehow my body type is less cool than others and that everyone notices that and has secret laugh parties about me. In reality, the bro body...
nekogda asked: Dear Chelsea. I have been reading your posts on TC from the very first one, and a lot of them have been teaching me about being a woman. Recently I have turned 21 and have been making plans to take my 26 y/o male roommate friend out to a bar. The objective is that he's going to teach me how the whole going-to-a-bar-and-still-being-responsible thing works while I try to seem like I know what...
bepositivelivefree asked: Hi Chelsea, I recently read your article about going to community college in order to avoid debt. A few weeks ago I committed to a state university that's going to cost me about $15000 per year in loans to attend. I'm starting to wonder if I made the right decision. I would be double majoring in accounting and finance but I'm struggling to justify telling someone I can manage...
April 2013
38 posts
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I’m not going to do the messages the dignity of posting them, and I won’t keep them in my inbox, but to address the anon who left me messages criticizing me for posting “thinspo” and telling me how “not everyone’s best is losing weight,”
You have serious fucking problems, and your physical health is surely but one of them. Never once have I said anything...
I spent this afternoon picking out black shoes for a funeral because I realized that I didn’t have any black shoes that were somber enough and the train is in a few hours.
A very sad shopping excursion, but my best friend was there, so it was almost like any other day at the mall.
And I consider all of you like a big, warm extended group of friends, and I’m going to be offline for...
You’re Not Special For Being An Introvert: A Tumblr Musical
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in all seriousness, the love i have for joan is at once so heartwarming and so aching. like, it hurts to constantly see these glimmers of a wonderful person who is so perpetually disrespected and shat on, who thus takes it out on the people she still feels she has control over (the other women)
i think any woman working in a professional environment has that feeling of “do i play this game...
there is platonic love
there is familial love
there is romantic love
and then there is the love i have for joan holloway
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soOoOOOooOOOoOOo
i finally took the plunge on the skincare front and invested in a clarisonic mia 2. for those who are unfamiliar, see image:
i’m hoping that it will help me with all of my myriad skin issues, but while i sit out the agonizing 24-hour initial charge period, i was wondering if anyone has any tips re:
cleaning the brush
cleansers to use with it
products to use after
frequency of use
...
i log onto tumblr tonight after seeing some friends, hoping to see some funny cat GIFs or maybe some black and white ~classy porn~ my friends are reblogging when they think no one can see them
and i’m just like,
tumblr is so FUCKING NEGATIVE
like i feel like the vast majority of people i’m following right now exclusively post a) negative shit about themselves, b) negative shit...
