While Lifetime has always had a panache for marrying high and low culture, the channel has also told multifaceted, complex, even contradictory women’s stories long before “prestige” antiheroines were trendy. On Lifetime, women are strong; women are victimized. Women are sexual; women are violently sexualized. Women want a reflection of their own experiences; women want… Continue reading Friday Finds
Month: April 2016
Doen Spring 2016
I am in looove with Doen's Spring 2016 collection. It's a breezy, seventies inspired line with gorgeous prints and the sort of feel to it that has me yearning to head out into the wilderness (and look, that's not a feeling I get all that much). It's pretty damn great. Check out the full lookbook here.
Sunday Circle (or what I’m working on this week)
For background on the Sunday Circle, see this post. What am I working on this week? I'm actually revisiting my sci-fi screenplay this week. I'm wanting to work through this new draft before flicking it off to a few people for feedback. I've booked out some time on the public holiday tomorrow to re-read it… Continue reading Sunday Circle (or what I’m working on this week)
Friday Finds
On day five of the trial in the Erie Federal Courthouse, Ken Barnes took the stand. By this time, the prosecutor—Marshall Piccinini, a fast-talking, silver-haired assistant US attorney—had already built an impressive case. Summarizing the strange characters linked to the Wells plot as a cast of “twisted, intellectually bright, dysfunctional individuals who outsmarted themselves." This… Continue reading Friday Finds
On Working and (temporarily) Living Alone
I talk a little bit about my housemate on this blog (hi, Emma!). We've lived together for about eight months now, and it's been a pretty awesome set-up. We've been friends for a really long time, having worked together at a children's clothing store in our late teens, so co-habitating with her has mostly had… Continue reading On Working and (temporarily) Living Alone
Sunday Circle (or what I’m working on this week)
For background on the Sunday Circle, see this post. What am I working on this week? Haha, weelllll, look. This coming week got a bit explosive for me as I'm doing long, long days on my writer's attachment. So, I guess that? Predominantly at least (expect a post on it in the next week or… Continue reading Sunday Circle (or what I’m working on this week)
Friday Finds
"Laura is an embodiment of many frustrations. One of the major things I drew upon in writing her was my own experience discovering comics in my early 20s and having that feeling of, ‘I really want to do this, but I suck.’ At the end of the first arc she does one magical thing, and… Continue reading Friday Finds
Oscars Year 16
For every movie that has stayed in the public consciousness over the years - the Gone with the Wind's, the Rear Window's, the Citizen Kane's, there's thousands that have slipped away from the public consciousness. That's perhaps never more obvious than in the 16th Academy Awards, where Casablanca would win Best Picture, and every other film nominated is something you've… Continue reading Oscars Year 16
Primal Posture
I have a notoriously bad back. A lot of that has to do with the fact that I have chronic muscle tension in my upper back (look, being a busty gal doesn't help that), but also the fact that I worked an office job for six years without doing a ton of exercise or stretching.… Continue reading Primal Posture
Sunday Circle (or what I’m working on this week)
For background on the Sunday Circle, see this post. What am I working on this week? STILL redrafting. I've actually done my preliminary pass, scene change, character cut which has been a great and little bit painful thing to do. So this week, I'm going back to Chapter One, with all the things I've learnt… Continue reading Sunday Circle (or what I’m working on this week)
Sophie Overett 