Before I begin, let me make the disclaimer that this is not a plug. I am not playing favorites here; I am simply giving props where props are deserved. With that out of the way, it seems that Migration: A Gallery has a fun little blog out there in the big Internet. The online journal, […]

There are some things that I am just really bad at. These things include applying blush, keeping an eye pencil steady, keeping my shirt reasonably unwrinkled and blow-drying my hair. I believe that some people are genetically programmed to look put-together and some people are destined to look as if they are perpetually falling apart, […]

First thing’s first: Did everyone see Tina Fey’s endorsement of Hillary Clinton on “Saturday Night Live”? Booya! I’m having t-shirts made that say “Bitch is the new black” on the front, and “Bitches get things done” on the back. But if you missed Fey’s endorsement-as-comedy-routine, it’s not too late to catch it on the Internet […]

Any course in “Websites 101” includes a certain education in the basics, the foundations—Google, Craigslist, Slate, that kind of thing. And if this space is my introductory course, then I sometimes think that I must be a real a failure of a teacher, because it’s these basics that I often forget to praise sufficiently. Case […]

Local computer geek Waldo Jacquith has many tricks up his sleeve when it comes to showing Charlottesville the ropes of the Internet (ah, the joys of mixed metaphors). Seeing as I was stuck at work in New York as the primaries were unfolding in Virginia, I relied on one of those tricks—Waldo’s Virginia Political Blogroll—to […]

After former Atlanta Falcons (and Virginia Tech) quarterback Michael Vick was convicted last year of felonious dog fighting, 47 pit bulls were seized from his property and spared euthanasia. Rather, the animals were distributed to various rescue groups that were then charged with either rehabilitating the dogs or caring for the animals for the rest […]

I recently attended a panel discussion entitled “Crafting Protest,” where I heard four amazing women speak about the work they are doing in fields traditionally considered “craft” (as opposed to “art”). One of these women was new media artist and activist Cat Mazza, the woman behind microRevolt. MicroRevolt is an online protest of sweatshops that […]

The review as a form of literature is, I think, a natural way of thinking. I truly believe that it is part of our human nature to have opinions about the things in which we come into contact (books, movies, art shows, fashion shows, food, service, etc.) and to impart those opinions to those around […]

I really want to see my carbon footprint get smaller, but when faced with a pile of paper to recycle, my thoughts tend to run a little something like, “How do I recycle paper again? Does brown paper go with glossy paper or newspaper? Or does newspaper go with white paper? Or is newspaper its […]

After reading Doug Nordfors’ contribution to a recent C-VILLE cover story—a few hundred words pondering the lackluster literary scene in Charlottesville—I began pondering the same question myself, specifically regarding the under-35 literary demographic. Being on break from my own MFA program, I decided to investigate ways to get the local, under-35 literary demographic off their […]