Not mentioned yet (that I can see) Lorrie Moore, Grace Paley, Ali Smith, AM Homes, Djuna Barnes, Joshilyn Jackson. Also: Lauren Beukes, Tricia Sullivan and Alex Barclay (those three in the more "genre" category, which I rebel against but YMMV). Barclay's kinda hit and miss, but when she hits, she hits hard.

Yeah, I thought it was like he'd watched a bunch of classic movies (The African Queen, Giant, Key Largo all jumped to mind), but in the backroom of a GAP.

My pick would be the Great Library in the Tuesday Next books by Jasper Fforde. All completed manuscripts ever written, plus a well of lost plots for the ones that didn't quite make it. All presided over by the cat formerly known as Cheshire. What more could anyone ask for?

Willam, Detox, Shangela, Raven and many more. Lucky lady.

This is my most favourite of all the Gaga images:

Yup. My philosophy in general is "Don't carry that shit". It could have something to do with being older and no longer seeing life as being about quantifiable success but more about tangible happiness/contentment.

I kind of thought that the memoir was the jumping off point, it sold well in book form, it had a hook that would work on the suits...and then Jenji gets her hands on it and subverts the crap out of their expectations.

Oh, so this is why she studied with Marina Abramowic? As art goes, I'd rate this effort "meh". Gaga minus goofery plus pretension adds up to nothing more than a whole lot of cringe.

Yup, the fun factor has been tragically misplaced somewhere along the line. I could be cheeky and say it's all Marina Abramowic's fault, but even she was kind of amusing in Jay Z's "arty" video (maybe unintentionally, who knows?).

Mr Bodacious wishes it to be known that he only allows SPECIFIC filters to be used on photographs of his bad self. Paint smells paw-shakingly bad and so is verboten.

Very true - we were both misdiagnosed as depressive for years and fed SSRIs (for me that's 2 weeks of being manic superhero-girl followed by a swandive into the pit of despond).

Yup. Took a decade for me: pills and electroshock and chemical coshes, oh my.

And precisely why should Andre Leon Talley care for ANY damn labels except for the ones sewn into clothes?

Yup, it's all because of Instatwitterfacetumblr.

If Bravo wants to fuck with the eagles, they'll need to learn to spread their wings and fly first.

This. For me it wasn't college but an extremely demanding job. I like your use of "effectively celibate", that's true for me too. I read the article and honestly wondered why there was such a rush to label and build a manifesto around not actively looking for sex/relationships.

This one time at band camp...

I adored this song when I was 8 - it plus Kim Wilde's Kids In America and Joan Jett's I Love Rock and Roll. BRB nostalgia-trawl of YouTube required.

That's a fun watch - looks like someone's been reading AM Homes (the description made me think of her story "A Real Doll" right away) - with genders flipped.

St. Valentine's (allegedly) preserved heart is in Whitefriar St. Church in Dublin.