movember

photo by ben currie

my mind is racing these days, a mile a minute. i've been working on quite a few in depth critical posts... but never seem to find the time to finish them off. in the meantime, i think you wonderful readers deserve some eye candy. one of the posts i am working on is a critical analysis of movember, and the gendering of cancer awareness campaigns. i'm hoping to finish it before the end of the month, so keep your eyes peeled!

but before then, here are some of my best moustaches:




robert de montesquieu served as inspiration for me, posing with the dread pirate roberts
april 2008


with the bearded lady <3 in 2007


the strongman


my very first time doing drag, 2005. please note the chest hair. this is my "lucien" persona.

clearly i do not do drag NEARLY often enough.

current (long) hair inspiration

things are hectic, happening, hilarious in my life at the moment and i'm away from the computer trying to soak it all up. you would not believe the amount of writing i have in the "drafts" folder on my dashboard, nor the ridiculous amounts of inspiration being thrown at me every single day. so it is not for lack of fodder that i have been absent! rather, lack of time alone with my thoughts and my words.

in the meantime, dear readers, you get some lovely fluff.

in mid-august, my partner's mother gave me a nice set of bangs. the amount of hair i have on my head at the moment is still shocking and surprising to me, but i must admit i am really enjoying it. so in lieu of actual critical discourse about the politics of hair length/texture/colour, i'm simply going to post pictures of people who always made me want to have the haircut i am currently rocking.

needless to say a lot of them are french brunettes.

julie doiron



cat power circa "you are free"



jane birkin






françoise hardy


seriously style icon for life.



eline ros


aretha!

and of course, uncredited images from tumblr











hedy scott, playboy 1965

and with this last heat wave of the summer, i really just feel like doing this:



happy last days of summer!