Bloggers Won the War Over the Word 'Internet'
Bloggers, perennial warriors of the web, do not have many things to call “wins.” But today is a day for bloggers to rejoice, for they have won the word “internet.”
Let's All Apply to This Dream Job (Full-Time American Ninja Warrior Blogger)
On Monday, SB Nation, perhaps remembering what it’s good at, posted an advertisement for a newly created job. It is the singularity of internet jobs—at once specialized and meaningless, creative and soulless, for the sports fan and the physical idiot. It is the best job in the world. It is a full-time contract for one…
You Want the Bip Burger
Bip Ling is one of England’s greatest exports, a blogging artist, DJ and vocalist who comes equipped with her own funny vocabulary, “bipping” and “mooching” all over the internet. (Bipasha Ling is her real name, though; she is the daughter of artist Tanya Ling and fashion illustration curator William Ling, which also…
The Flash's Iris West Is The Worst Blogger Ever
Ah, Iris West: Jitters barista by day, intrepid chronicler of the Flash's superspeed shenanigans by night. But while The Flash has been off the air, we've been thinking that maybe Iris isn't Central City's best Citizen Journalist. In fact, she's actually the worst blogger on the internet, which is quite an achievement.
Fashion Bloggers Make Millions, Journalistic Ethics Be Damned
In a piece titled "Incomes Keep Soaring for Fashion's Top Bloggers," the numbers are staggering.
Staffer Poses as a Lady Blogger to Defend Assemblyman Against Sexual Harassment Scandal
A New York State Assembly staffer's admirable attempt at subterfuge failed pretty hard on Monday, when it was revealed that he'd impersonated a female blogger in order to more convincingly defend Speaker Sheldon Silver. As some of ye faithful readers may remember, according to the New York Times, Silver had authorized…
Adorable Lunch Blogger Will Team with Celebrity Chef to Make Better Lunches
It's been a busy weekend for intrepid Scottish food blogger Martha Payne. First, humorless adults at Lochgilphead Primary School in western Scotland told the nine-year-old she could no longer photograph her disarmingly Euclidean school lunches because she was apparently jeopardizing the jobs of innocent lunch ladies.…
Puerile Blogger Dan Riehl Finds a Way to Make Breitbart.com Even Ickier
Have you heard of this charming gentleman named Dan Riehl? If you haven't, let me have the honor of pointing him out to you — he's the blogger for Breitbart.com who recently fired off a series of misogynistic tweets apparently insinuating that Salon editor Joan Walsh perform oral sex on him instead of speaking, and…
Tumblr to Ban Pro-Eating Disorder Blogs and Content
Blog hosting service Tumblr announced today that a new type of content will be banned from its platform: blogs that promote self-harm, like eating disorders or suicide. In addition, users who search for tags associated with that sort of site — thinspo, for example — will be directed to an announcement that will…
Who Is Penelope Trunk?
Career blogger Penelope Trunk was already a little bit infamous when she tweeted about her miscarriage during a board meeting. Now, she's written an astonishingly raw post about her abusive marriage, complete with a photo of her bruised body. Yet this is the same blogger who routinely issues tidy, didactic lists about…
Alleged Scam Rocks Devoted Anthropologie Community
Did an Anthropologie enthusiast create a "personal shopping service" to scam trusting readers out of their money? That's what some are claiming — and their accusations have rocked the weird world of "Anthro-blogging."
Teen Cancer Patient's Bucket List Blog Goes Viral
Fifteen year-old Alice Pyne started her blog on Monday. By Thursday, the terminally ill teen in England was granted one of the wishes she put on her "bucket list:" to be trending on Twitter.
Pioneer Woman Makes Blogging Look Like Paradise
She hasn't quite got the old-media fame of mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, but Pioneer Woman Ree Drummond is making headlines — and cash. What makes her life on the ranch so popular with readers?
The Best Republican Ladyblog Story Ideas
We knew we could depend on you folks to make up for where the Republican National Committee left off. Here, a few of our favorites from the comments.
Sartorialist Calls Fashion Blogger "Curvy," Shitstorm Ensues
Scott "The Sartorialist" Schuman snapped these two photos of Milan-based fashion blogger Angelica Ardasheva. Schuman called Ardasheva "a bigger, curvier girl than most of the other bloggers who you see in the press," and remarked that "[t]he subtle thing she achieves so successfully in these two looks is to complement…
Mommy Blogger Makes Headlines — Again And Again And Again
Have you heard of mommy-blogger Heather Armstrong? If you have, it may be because she's been featured in the Times (at least) six times since 2003, most recently in a lengthy magazine profile this week. Let's take a look at Armstrong's much-chronicled life, how it's changed, and how it's stayed the same.
Nineteen-Year-Old Woman Jailed In Syria For Blogging
Syria has sentenced a nineteen-year-old woman to five years in jail for writing on a blog that she "yearned for a role in shaping the future of Syria," per Reuters. Syria called it "revealing information that should remain hushed to a foreign country."
Ladies, Tom Ford Would Do You Too
- Artist John Currin interviewed Tom Ford, and joked that sometimes innocent statements are "The small acorn that will grow into a great oak of a scandal later." Well! Ford then claimed, "I'm one of the least materialistic people that exist."
FBI Raids Home Of Condé Nast Fashion Hacker
Last December, Condé Nast sued a fashion blogger for posting unpublished pictures from Vogue, Teen Vogue, and Lucky. The culprit? 22-year-old fashion-obsessed community college student Ross Ulrich, who once said his "heroes" were Bruce Weber, Steven Klein, and Mario Testino.
Twitter's Hot Mom Sells CBS Sitcom
CBS is developing a half-hour sitcom called The Mother of All Something, written by Canadian blogger, tweeter and former model Kelly Oxford. Jessica Alba is getting involved as executive producer.
