Friday Finds

GEEKERY
Your week in trailers: How good does Diary of a Teenage Girl look? This trailer is amaazing.

- Hulu saved The Mindy Project! Huzzah!!

- These photos of New York in the 1960s are beautiful and fascinating.

- I need allll of these Star Wars undies.

- These dolls made to represent girls with disabilities are wonderful.

- This graphic guide to cemetery symbolism is fascinating. 

- This baby lemur taking a leap of faith is leaving hearts in my eyes too.

- Which badass Marvel lady are you? I got Natasha Romanoff.

- Some beautiful Disney concept art worth the look too.

- These photos of art in contemporary life are gorgeous and compelling.

- Tina Fey and Amy Poehler action figures! Hearts in my eyes!

BOOKISH

- A Bronte Sisters television drama series is everything I want.

- These reimaginings of classic stories have added a lot of things to my to-read list.

- What would your job be in the wizarding world? I'd be a Daily Prophet journalist which is basically the best.

#LONGREADS

This read on running a creative business after the romance of it fades is a really interesting and practical one.

This article on rethinking the slush pile is terrific and had me nodding all over the place too.

Friday Finds

It's mother's day this weekend! My mother is leaving town only a few days (if it was possible to do a sad exclamation mark, it would be here.) We're spending Sunday together along with my sister which should make for a pretty fun day though.

Do you have any plans for mother's day? 

Your week in trailers. Ricki and the Flash looks delightful. Unexpected looks compelling. Also Digimon Tri trailer. Shaking and crying rn.

- These photographs of Russian models posing with bears are pretty magical.

- Feminist alphabet!

- These cards for people suffering from cancer are everything you wish you could say.

- This bra ad is amazing. 

- Gemma Correll's comic on beach bodies is the best.

- The Secret of Kells and Song of the Sea are two of my favourite animated movies, so it's awesome to see the creative team developing a series, Ellie the Ace.

- The Star Wars Vanity Fair spread is pretty terrific too.

- Harry Potter gifts! I'll take five of everything pls.

And lastly, I'll leave you with one of my favourite televised motherhood moments from The Simpsons episode, 'Moaning Lisa'. 

Friday Finds

This has been such a slow week for this blog, sorry! I did have things scheduled, but I've been distracted trying to finish a YA manuscript to submit to The Text Prize. It's one I've been working on for quite a while, but I made the questionable decision to make some drastic changes. It's been good, and ambitious, and good, and I'm really happy with the direction of it, so fingers crossed, right?

Anywho, your Friday Finds.

- Your week in trailers: I'm loving that the rom-com seems to be making a comeback. Man Up looks like a pretty delightful entry into the genre too! Every trailer for Dope makes me want to see it more and more. Plus, how great does Slow West look?

- Species in Pieces is a pretty remarkable and beautifully designed site on endangered animals.

- This day in the life of Alaskan sled dogs are giving me a serious case of heart eyes.

- On that note, these photographs capturing the lives of Reindeer People are also pretty amazing.

- Rihanna's new song is awesome. 

- These Orphan Black dresses over at Hot Topic are giving me life too.

- This tumblr devoted to teen bedrooms from movies is everything.

- These vintage wedding photographs are beautiful and full of so much history and personality.

- Five ways to tell if he's into you: the animalia edition

- This dude's fake self-help books are basically the best.

- As are these classic novels redesigned as food cans.

- This list of awesome female protagonists are adding a lot of books to my to-read list!

- This interview with Janelle Asselin who's currently kickstarting a new romance comic imprint is a delightful and interesting read into the medium. And hey! You should totally help Kickstart it. I know I have.

- This article on rape in art and why it's not a justification for it as a narrative tool in comic books is a fascinating and compelling read.

Friday Finds

- Your week in trailers: Veep season 4!!! The Connection looks really good. The cinematography in the trailer's sublime. Tomorrowland looks like a lot of fun. The new Inside Out trailer is infinitely better than the first. I am getting progressively more and more excited for Netflix's Daredevil. Roar looks kind of batshit. This new Kurt Cobain documentary looks moving. Adult Beginners looks good too.

- This Cinderella versus Belle rap battle is giving me life right now.

- I am totally obsessed with The Madonna Inn, captured over at A Beautiful Mess.

- These forty pictures in forty years are a beautiful and moving project in aging and growing up.

- The Baileys Women's Fiction Prize longlist has been announced! 

- So has The Stella Prize shortlist!

- And on a related note, 12 empowering children's books to give to little girls.

Pioneering woman surfers in Iran!

One of the things that got me into superheroes and geek culture was watching the Teen Titans series when I was a young teenager. Starfire was always my fave, which is why it's been a little rage-inducing to see her character so poorly treated recently in the comics. Her new costume though is certainly a step in the right direction. There's a great #longread on her history over at Women Write About Comics which I totally recommend everyone read. 

Friday Finds

- These love notes found in books are gorgeous.

- Your week in trailers: Pitch Perfect 2! Orphan Black Season 2!!!!!! Trainwreck looks like a lot of fun. I adore Almost Famous, but haven't loved Cameron Crowe's newer stuff. That said, Aloha looks interesting. Ballet 422 looks amazing.

- Online dating limericks!

- Hipster logo generator!

- And congrats, 50 Shades! This Lego reenactment of your trailer is more compelling than your real one.

- Oh! The Stella Prize longlist this year is the thing dreams are made of. Amazing list.

- This week in cosplay: this Cinderella gown is awesome. This Sailor Moon transformation is the best ever.

- These photographers with their most famous photos are lovely.

- And hey! Start your weekend with this Minister for Men webseries with Gretel Killeen to promote All About Women. Ridiculously funny.

Friday Finds

I didn't write a new year's post to break in 2015. I think that makes this the first year since I started this that I haven't. There are a couple of reasons for this. Firstly, I'm still working on my 24 Before 25 goals that I wrote about back in September, and secondly, I was lucky enough to spend New Year's with some very important people, some of which had traveled here for the occasion. All in all though, I'm pretty excited for this year. My job is changing, my writing practice growing, my future starting to happen before me, which all sounds very cliche, but is also kind of true. How about you though? What do you have planned for the new year?

Also, hey! Enjoy the relaunch / restructured Friday Finds below!

- Which major superhero films pass the Bechdel test?  (spoiler: not a lot).

- This Sailor Moon wedding.

- These award-winning photos of 2014 compiled on BuzzFeed are stunning.

- I love a good horror movie and It Follows is looking particularly amazing. 

- New Orphan Black trailer!! Penny Dreadful Season 2!! AND Better Call Saul!!

- Margaret Atwood did a Reddit AMA! The Mary Sue rounded up the best Q&A's over here.

- 23 tips from famous writers for new and emerging authors.

- 13 books  to read by black feminist writers.

- 12 essential essays for writers.

- If famous authors wrote the internet.

- That Girl is Poison: a brief, incomplete history of female poisoners.
I'm super fascinated by poison in general and the psychology behind people who choose to use it, and this round up of four women who history remembers for it is a compelling little read.

- The  Trouble with Carrie: strong female characters and onscreen violence.
The Strong Female Character has been at the heart of a lot of conversations recently, and it's a really important one to have. The way women are represented has certainly become more diverse in some ways, but not in others, and this article sums that up perfectly.

Friday Finds

It's a bit of a short one today, guys, as I'm hangin' at this awesome thing. Have a great weekend. :-)

- New (well, previously unreleased) Adele songs! *chinhands*

- Playboy's chart on whether or not you should catcall someone is pretty much perfection.

- These photos by Lissie Elle are gorgeous.

- 8 bit Miyazaki! 

Friday Finds

Triple J's Unearthed competition runs annually and serves the purpose of, well, unearthing new Australian talent in music. The big catch is that all entrants to the main competition are highschoolers. So far, it's track record is pretty remarkable - perhaps the biggest winner being Silverchair back in the day, and this year's winner, the dreamy, surreal Japanese Wallpaper is a pretty stirring entrant into the winner's circle. This song, Breathe In, is particularly lovely.

- This video about geek girls acting like geek guys killed me.

- These tampon ads from Carefree are pretty darn delightful (glitter cave! Crimson companion!)

- Nude photos where the photographer is nude and the subjects are fully clothed are basically the best.

- A lot of the new Amazon Prime shows kind of look amazing? I'm particularly excited for Transparent and Red Oaks!

- And to take you out for the weekend, check out these eight short story masterclasses care of Aerogramme Studio.

It's Queensland Poetry Festival this weekend! I talked about it a bit over here, and will be there most of Sunday at this rate. What are your plans for the weekend though? Anything exciting?

Friday Finds

I'm loving Charli XCX's surge to the top of pop at the moment, and her terrific cover of I Want Candy is a great example as to why.

- These three TED talks on storytelling are all sorts of wonderful.

- We're getting a female-led superhero film in 2017? Yay? Just wish it wasn't Sony, not being a huge fan of The Amazing Spider Man reboot.

- Keke Palmer is Broadway's first black Cinderella! I am excite! I've loved Keke Palmer since The Longshots (pls don't judge me).

- This Harry Potter/Scott Pilgrim mash-up is basically the best though.

- How awesome are these photos of African wildlife by Will Burrard-Lucas?! And these ones of powerful moments captured in the wild.

- Studio Ghibli's closing <:O and the not closing?

- 18 books perfectly described using emojis.

- These high contrast illustrations by Polish artist, Patrycja Podkoscielny are awesome and basically the perfect thing to start your weekend with.

Friday Finds

- Gossling's cover of Vance Joy's Riptide is lovely.

- These stone cut crowns by Emerald City are the perfect mix of whimsy and fierce. Also makes me want to write all of the awesome lady fantasy.

- Rolling Stone has created a list of the 50 best non-superhero graphic novels.

- These heartwarming photos of bully breeds that dispel the bad dog myth are totally making me tear up today.

- These infographics on how long it'll take you to binge watch a tv-series are interesting.

- Dazzling new prints from Julian Callos are dazzling.

- I'm also ridiculously excited for Frank. It looks pretty great (and totally up my alley).

- And to take you out for the weekend, check out the in conversation Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad, did at Sydney Writers Festival. 

Friday Finds

- Hear Sylvia Plath read her poem The Birthday Present.

- The new Jurassic Park adds more ladies! And awesome ladies too!

- These ritual photos of make-up routines are pretty lovely and fascinating too.

- These 22 photos of foxes are even lovelier.

- And to take you out for the weekend, have 26 majestic dogs.

Friday Finds

- These aerial shots of Botswana are stunning.These are too.

- These 50 costume tests from famous films are awesome too.

- Upcoming genre movies that aren't sequels, remakes or reboots. Adding a lot of these to my to-watch list right now!

- The Mondo Captain America: The Winter Soldier posters are pretty cool! (Total aside, but I got to see a preview screening of this on Monday night, and it was really, really great. Like. Everyone should see it immediately, great).

- What's your Victorian pen name? I'm Simon Oliver!

- And to take you out for the weekend, a supercut of Selina Kyle awkwardly meeting normal people in Veep.

Friday Finds

Darwin Deez is kind of my jam at the moment, and this video clip is both hilarious and turning the creep factor up a notch.

- These photographs by Madame Peripetie may be the best things I've seen all week. Or maybe these ones are.

- These photos of exotic dancers from the 1890s are pretty amazing too.

- Avengers: Age of Ultron set pictures! Ahhh! Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver are two of my favourite Marvel characters, so I'm a little delirious with excitement to see them appear in the MCU.

- 25 essential books about Americans in Paris.

- PING PONG CAT!!! (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

Friday Finds

You know when you discover a new singer and then immediately descent into a blackhole until you've listened to their entire catalogue a gazillion times? That was my week with Basia Bulat. She's glorious. Her cover of Robyn's Dancing on My Own is pretty close to perfect too.

- Needless to say, I am ridiculously excited for Lumberjanes, a new comic-book series by Noelle Stevenson, Grace Ellis and Brooke Allen, so these variant covers had me chin-handsing all week.

- The Stella Prize shortlist has been announced.

- The first official image from the new Sailor Moon series has leaked! (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

- A Captain Marvel movie? (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

- These genderswapped Disney and Dreamworks characters are pretty perfect too.

- These photos of former playboy bunnies are pretty rad too.

Friday Finds

I totally adore Sara Bareilles, so watching her sing Cee-Lo Green's Fuck You is basically the perfect end to a week. She's so great!

- Readings has compiled a pretty awesome list of 20 Australian Books to Read in Your Twenties.

- 10 Historical Female Military Leaders from History.

- These girls on motorbikes are giving me life right now. Also totally making me want to write things about bikie girl gangs!

- This portrait of a South African family is also beautiful. I love the styling and backdrops.

- I'm a total sucker for SF Girl by Bay's Separated at Birth feature. This Mad Men one is particularly great.

- I would also like 10 of these Earl Grey Tea Cake's with Blueberry Cream Cheese Frosting.

- This is my life.

Macarons by JUCO for Fashion Gone Rogue

How amazing is this spread by Juco?! I'm completely in love with the whole thing, from hair to styling to backdrops and poses. It's charming and totally embodies one of my new favourite phrases - bubblegum gothic. Lovely lovely lovely. Check out the spread at the source here.

Friday Finds

I go on and off Iggy, but you can't deny that she's always putting out pretty great videos. This one inspired by Clueless is basically the best thing I've seen all week.

- Image Comics says women are the fastest growing demographics of comic books! Go figure! Now pls start hiring more women writers + give me Saga 3. 

- These amazing photos of Ethiopia by Steve McCurry are, well, amazing.

- I'm pretty excited for The Zero Theorem release. I've been a big Terry Gilliam fan for a long time, and this looks like another awesome film.

- A Jane Austen cookbook?!

- FINAL GIRL MOVIE?!?!?!

Chic University

It's been obscenely hot in Brisbane the past couple of weeks, so it's kind of nice to check out autumn clothes and imagine I'll be able to wear them any time soon (hahahahahaha, ;__; ) This shoot titled chic university is, well, exactly that. There's not an outfit here I wouldn't wear plus, y'know, it's always good to see knee socks coming back into style. View the full shoot over at The Clothes Horse.

 

Friday Finds

I'm a pretty huge fan of Adele, and this version of Make Your Feel My Love has been in my head all week. It's just lovely.

- Tor.com has a pretty great post over on their blog about mapping out your fantasy world.

- These Beatles vans are slaying.

- Broken Age looks pretty amazing too.

- Powerful photos of segregated America only recently discovered.

- These fake London Underground signs are also pretty great.

Ziggie by Edwin Tse

Oh, man, it's been a while since I've totally fallen in love with a photographer, but I've got hearts in my eyes over the work of Edwin Tse. His sense of space, colour, light and style are all pretty remarkable, and I was especially taken in by this set, Ziggie. I just want to be her, live in this place, wear these things. It's beautiful.
You can check out more of Edwin Tse's work over on his website.