what a shame to see her going down the "kids these days" tubes, she's still so much sharper than that
― Brio2, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 17:53 (nine years ago) link
And that is not a mood board, it is a stealing board....
IRL lol at this.
― Οὖτις Δαυ & τηε Κνιγητσ (Phil D.), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 17:54 (nine years ago) link
most kids ARE ignorant, bcz they have been
i'm pretty sure she was part of a 'run away to the Village' teen clique, so an aberrant sample.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:09 (nine years ago) link
Our parents weren't our friends. They disapproved of us. All our parents cared about was how we behaved, not how we felt, not what we wanted.
this is true imo but the thing is I'm convinced the boomers are an outlier in this regard, this obsession with always being against the previous generation
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:17 (nine years ago) link
i dunno, you can find a fair amount of contemporary damning of youthful decadence throughout the last century and a half or so.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:21 (nine years ago) link
that's a different dynamic, I'm talking about it going the other way, and I feel like it's evident in her kinda resentful description there - this dynamic where the kids explicitly reject/hate their forebears
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:29 (nine years ago) link
to frame this in terms of music, nowadays you have (several) post-boomer generations that still revere classic rock, that don't automatically discount anything that wasn't produced in the last 10 years etc. I'm not saying "kids these days" are all well-informed about history (of course they aren't, ignorance is part of youth) but that they don't reject what came before out of hand the way, say, boomers would recoil at their "square" parents
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:31 (nine years ago) link
I guess it depends which boomers, some of whom made Reagan, Clint Eastwood and The Greatest Generation into "legends"
xp
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:32 (nine years ago) link
I don't get why this woman gets any more attention than any other crazy person sitting next to you on a bench in ny
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:34 (nine years ago) link
people remember a book she wrote 30 years ago, most books by crazy people on ny benches are long forgotten
― da croupier, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:39 (nine years ago) link
it's called wit.
crazy wd be C Paglia
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link
Food is an important part of a balanced diet.
― iatee, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:41 (nine years ago) link
not generally a big fan, but I liked her advice about garment care, and I agree that clothing's concealing function is great, so I appreciate that interview.
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:51 (nine years ago) link
I forwarded it to my gf, mostly for the good advice about immediately hanging coats
― chinavision!, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 18:52 (nine years ago) link
not sure why someone who dresses as ghastly as she does is given credit as an arbiter of fashion?
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:13 (nine years ago) link
― iatee, Wednesday, March 25, 2015 2:34 PM (38 minutes ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
otm
she has a "look"
i throw my coat on a chair when i get home and that's not gonna change.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:16 (nine years ago) link
It's pretty simple; she is a better writer and talker than 99.9% of people who get paid to write and talk. It's like asking why does Louis CK get a lot of attention. (Though Lebowitz is, of course, much funnier and sharper than CK.)
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:30 (nine years ago) link
real talk
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:34 (nine years ago) link
I don't really see sharpness on display here
― swae lee is the sremmurd for rae dad (crüt), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:38 (nine years ago) link
in fact everything she says in this interview makes her seem incredibly dull
― swae lee is the sremmurd for rae dad (crüt), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:40 (nine years ago) link
you're dull
― mattresslessness, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:41 (nine years ago) link
fair
― swae lee is the sremmurd for rae dad (crüt), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:45 (nine years ago) link
give it 25 years, crut
the substance of what she says is very hit-and-miss, but that was the case with Oscar Wilde too.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
also i think it helps to hear her voice as you read her
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 19:52 (nine years ago) link
Well I thought it was pretty funny. And she sounds honest, at least.
"I am deeply superficial" <= Isn't this an Andy Warhol line? Maybe she got it from her stealing board.
― Josefa, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:25 (nine years ago) link
It is!
Wilde said things v close:
It is only the superficial qualities that last. Man's deeper nature is soon found out.
It is only shallow people who do not judge by appearances. The true mystery of the world is the visible, not the invisible.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
i don't get her. her clothes look bad.
― computer champion (harbl), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 22:48 (nine years ago) link
her clothes look terrible!
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 22:49 (nine years ago) link
famous ppl who have a "uniform" get tons of credit as if it's not its own form of vanity
― call all destroyer, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 22:53 (nine years ago) link
i think she looks great but leslie feinberg is a personal style icon of mine so ymmv
― mattresslessness, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:02 (nine years ago) link
leslie feinberg looks fucking amazing imo
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:05 (nine years ago) link
also tbf to lebowitz there are a lot of photos in which i really dig her style and she has a cool unique thing going on but others are very bad, the oversize blazer with gold buttons and french cuffs that are too long paired with jeans is nagl imo
― marcos, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:08 (nine years ago) link
yea i may be too sympathetic to the bag lady look
― mattresslessness, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:12 (nine years ago) link
expensive bag lady
― mattresslessness, Wednesday, 25 March 2015 23:13 (nine years ago) link
she looks a bit like a viola swamp
― dynamicinterface, Thursday, 26 March 2015 01:36 (nine years ago) link
"I feel very strongly that almost the entire city has copied my glasses."
this is the GOAT quote tho
― J0rdan S., Thursday, 26 March 2015 04:44 (nine years ago) link
mildly depressed by so many people not liking fran lebowitz itt rn
― flappy bird (spazzmatazz), Thursday, 26 March 2015 06:09 (nine years ago) link
fran is a treasure
loved this interview
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 26 March 2015 07:26 (nine years ago) link
def going to hate on the young ppl myself though, much more than i expected i would when i was that age
― deej loaf (D-40), Thursday, 26 March 2015 07:27 (nine years ago) link
https://31.media.tumblr.com/791e877c1d36944a12371d5ca685c4bb/tumblr_inline_mmtkamw7GU1qz4rgp.jpg
― am0n, Thursday, 26 March 2015 20:30 (nine years ago) link
haa
― mattresslessness, Thursday, 26 March 2015 20:41 (nine years ago) link
"If she has those sheets, you're the trick."
― dow, Thursday, 26 March 2015 21:06 (nine years ago) link
i actually throw my suits on the ground when i get home. i'll never stop. i have mental problems.
― computer champion (harbl), Friday, 27 March 2015 00:42 (nine years ago) link
Bike helmets: how pretentious!
― with HD lyrics (Eazy), Friday, 27 March 2015 00:43 (nine years ago) link
aesthetically, E, aesthetically.
Obviously young'uns have little idea that Fran was an icon in the late '70s/early '80s, esp a gay icon, before queer taste got watered down and elevated that c**t Joan Rivers.
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 March 2015 01:12 (nine years ago) link
just realized quaker oats guy looks like Leon Wieseltier
who i also feel strangely obliged to defend at times
― deej loaf (D-40), Friday, 27 March 2015 02:41 (nine years ago) link
Quaker Oats guy = Barbara Bush
― the increasing costive borborygmi (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 March 2015 03:27 (nine years ago) link
Ranking:
1. Fran Lebowitz2. Barbara Bush3. Joan Rivers4. Quaker Oats Guy5. Leon Wieseltier
― Guayaquil (eephus!), Friday, 27 March 2015 04:06 (nine years ago) link