• The Class Boundaries of Veronica Mars – S. E. Smith over at This Aint Livin’ talks about the class politics of Veronica Mars. This post resonates particularly with myself right now. I was particularly stunned by the North vs. South class system in Perth. For those not in the know, North of the river = upper class, bourgeois society. South = bogan. Guess where I live!
• Aw, man. Beat me to it! It totally wanted to write a post on breaking up with friends (something I recently had to do myself). I mean, is there a correct etiquette for cutting a non-romantic relationship out of your life? What do you say instead of ‘we can still be friends’ ?
• The Princess Letters Project – This one’s really special. Did you love princesses growing up? My best friend did, and always tortured me with playing princess games. Luckily, I had a brother who taught me the important life lessons, like how to climb trees, race toy cars and fight like only little sisters can. I think indulging your inner princess is a must for all girls. Eat more cake! Play dress ups! It’s harmless fun. But this whole ‘some day my prince will come’ message might be potentially damaging. I partially blame Taylor Swift.
• Self-professed Wordsworth and Proactive Pimp Alexandra Franzen has a lesson for you in modesty. Might have to stop describing myself as a wordsworth wunderkind.
• I wish, oh how I wish, I wasn’t such a middle class foodie and had the guts to commit to the Live Below the Line challenge. Props to those (like fellow UNSWer and freelance writer Rachel Hills) who are taking the plunge and living on a shoe string budget.
• My favourite zinester and all round bad ass grrrl Amber talks about girl hate in online forums, negative reactions to her tattoos, and reclaiming otherwise offensive insults.

I think that before someone does something seemingly innocuous like posting online about another person, it would be absolutely imperative to first examine where those bad feelings are coming from. Because once that action is taken, it cannot be changed and it can be destructive not just for the friendship (or pretendship, a term that I recently learned through the partner of a friend) in question, but for the communities that all involved parties belong to. Besides that, it’s a downright embarrassing situation to be in. I’d rather deal with it in a productive manner; by talking things out, and preferably not in a public forum, because that’s where the drama begins.

• I love the tumblrverse. It’s addictive and there’s so much pretty! But sometimes, all the images of fashun models and the hoardes of girls who idolise their jutting collar bones and knobby knees gets a bit too much. However, skinny bashing is just as damaging. It’s like no body weight is good enough! Too fat? Too Thin? Reminds me of that scene in Mean Girls where The Plastics are all like ‘OMG EW!’ when Cady says she has fire crotch bad breath. Jetta knows what I’m talking about. Whilst I can’t personally relate to ever hating being called thin, it’s interesting to hear what it’s like for our fast-metabolism friends.
• Speaking of Tumblr, Rhiannon from Fuck Yeah Women Artists has started a debate about whether  posts on Tumblr can be considered a form of artistic creation. I say yes. As informal and digital as it may seem, just as curators in galleries organise and archive collections by artistic movements, or artists, or themes, or periods etc, so too do Tumblr users organise and archive their content. This is done through the use of tags. It makes it simpler to locate images of a particular theme, or images of a certain person or thing. It’s the 21st Century way to cordon off sections of a person’s very own digital gallery.

Happy Sunday!