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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>I’m fern. I’m a writer living in NY. Things I’ve written: Huffpo  /  The Nation  /  This Recording  /  Flavorwire  /  Glamour
Contact me:  E -mail /  Twitter</description><title>YESTERDAY! TODAY! FIVE MINUTES AGO! NOW!</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @ferrrn)</generator><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Linked to by CK tumblr. Success.</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://choicechuck.tumblr.com/post/234051760/its-because-klosterman-doesnt-blog-and-because"&gt;choicechuck&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;“It’s because Klosterman doesn’t blog and because everyone else does, that he got &lt;i&gt;Eating the Dinosaur&lt;/i&gt; published.” F.Diaz &lt;a href="http://su.pr/27coeS"&gt;&lt;a href="http://su.pr/27coeS"&gt;http://su.pr/27coeS&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/236339894</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/236339894</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:34:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Kelly topless. By Ryan.
via www.thousandandonewords.com</title><description>&lt;img src="http://19.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksrfy75Dco1qz7tp0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Kelly topless. By Ryan.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;via &lt;a href="http://www.thousandandonewords.com/images/photos/KellyTopless.jpg"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thousandandonewords.com"&gt;www.thousandandonewords.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/236338437</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/236338437</guid><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:32:30 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>alanalevinson:

Conscience of a Young Conservative.
My latest...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://22.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksnojnwtIl1qz7tp0o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://alanalevinson.tumblr.com/"&gt;alanalevinson&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091123/levinson"&gt;Conscience of a Young Conservative&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;My latest piece for &lt;i&gt;The Nation&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;This is interesting because it lays out the “conservative” versus “Republican” mindset in young people today and how the new fringe GOP isn’t necessarily mobilizing young, smart members of the party. Also, of special interest to Columbia students, since they might recognize some of the sources that my awesome co-intern Alana interviewed for the piece.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://alanalevinson.tumblr.com/"&gt;ALSO she’s new to Tumblr and if you add her she’ll post more. You’ll love her.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/234254222</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/234254222</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Moe Tkacik in The Nation: Gladwell for Dummies</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091123/tkacik"&gt;Moe Tkacik in The Nation: Gladwell for Dummies&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Worlds collide!&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/234127821</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/234127821</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:57:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"I quickly learned to stop picking up my house phone, never answer the doorbell, and always, always..."</title><description>“I quickly learned to stop picking up my house phone, never answer the doorbell, and always, always look around before walking home from the bus stop. Debt collectors, REPO men, and eviction officials were everywhere, waiting to take possession of our house and our cars. This was an exhausting process for me, trying to study for AP Biology with all the lights off while people from the car dealership shone flashlights through the windows and pounded on our doors roaring “Mr. Durrani! We’re here about your cars. Come out immediately, we know you’re in there!” Those tremendous voices sent chills down my spine at first, but one could say I eventually grew used to it.”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;From “&lt;a href="http://www.thenation.com/doc/20091123/durrani"&gt;The Weight of Our Problems,&lt;/a&gt;” one of my favorite finalists in The Nation’s student writing contest, which asked high school and college students to tell us about how the recession had impacted their lives. &lt;a href="http://www.thenation.com/blogs/question/487577/2009_nation_student_writing_contest_winners"&gt;More winners here.&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/234099059</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/234099059</guid><pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:14:49 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>strutting:

Just remembered that things coulda been a whole lot...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://1.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslzll0Feo1qzpr22o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://fysigunk.us/post/233318196/just-remembered-that-things-coulda-been-a-whole"&gt;strutting&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;p&gt;Just remembered that things coulda been a whole lot worse.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/233321007</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/233321007</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:54:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>With passion as intense as her photos, budding photographer...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://20.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslwdiv8Ri1qz7tp0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;With passion as intense as her photos, &lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/ch/~3/qHeCYw2JFCw/photographer_as.php"&gt;budding photographer Ashley Jordan Gordon &lt;/a&gt;recently caught the attention of London’s National Portrait Gallery with her image called, “Girl on Kingsland Road.” Shot at an East End music festival (pictured above), the 24-year-old caught the “convergence of the roiling crowd” as well as a fleeting moment of mutual awareness with her subject. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/233259633</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/233259633</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:41:42 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title> My review is up on Flavorwire: “Chuck Klosterman:...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://11.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kslkmm6lTA1qz7tp0o1_400.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt; My review is up on Flavorwire: &lt;a href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/s/#4KGfed/flavorwire.com/47811/chuck-klosterman-pre-blog-or-anti-blog-either-way-its-a-relief/"&gt;“Chuck Klosterman: Pre-Blog or Anti-Blog? Either Way, It’s a Relief”&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/233070513</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/233070513</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:27:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"At no point in her wisdom-dispensing did Godson ask the woman if she herself might enjoy..."</title><description>“At no point in her wisdom-dispensing did Godson ask the woman if she herself might enjoy experimenting with a walk on the bare side. It’s hair! It grows back! Nor did she conversely say that maybe after a little open conversation, her new beau might appreciate a woman who looks and feels different than his previous lovers. She didn’t ponder if this wasn’t a case of getting-to-know-you misunderstanding. She didn’t offer an invitation to the writer to first figure out what makes her happy, and if that shocks her suitor, who needs him?”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.salon.com/life/broadsheet/feature/2009/11/02/brazilian_wax"&gt;The Times of London says you need a Brazilian wax // Broadsheet&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/231447437</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/231447437</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:39:20 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"Wouldn’t it be interesting and gratifying if a gifted writer were to succeed in American..."</title><description>““Wouldn’t it be interesting and gratifying if a gifted writer were to succeed in American politics? Like an American Vaclav Havel.””&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;From &lt;a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-ross/the-writer-in-chief_b_342242.html"&gt;this awesome HuffPo piece on the inside story&lt;/a&gt; of publishing Obama’s memoir.&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230942935</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230942935</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:32:41 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>FLAVORWIRE REDESIGN!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://flavorwire.com/"&gt;FLAVORWIRE REDESIGN!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;It looks really really good.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230932773</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230932773</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:17:28 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>RPattz wears Vampire-Weekend-chic in an attempt to clinch the...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kshoqmW7MU1qz7tp0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;RPattz wears Vampire-Weekend-chic in an attempt to clinch the coveted Hipster demographic and complete the holy commercial trinity? (Tweens, Hipsters, and Moms!).&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230884254</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230884254</guid><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:06:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Upon further consideration</title><description>&lt;p&gt;That column made me realize that Joe Lieberman is to the senate what Meghan McCain is to The Daily Beast.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230441188</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230441188</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:21:18 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"We are a generation of communicators, and to us, actions speak louder than loud words...I find it especially ironic that most of those who criticize Senator Lieberman more often than not have never run for elected office. But as the old saying goes, those that can’t do, criticize."</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-11-01/joes-no-traitor/"&gt;"We are a generation of communicators, and to us, actions speak louder than loud words...I find it especially ironic that most of those who criticize Senator Lieberman more often than not have never run for elected office. But as the old saying goes, those that can’t do, criticize."&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;M. McCain:&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;If I want to hear the liberal bias, I will turn on MSNBC. If I want to hear conservative dogma, I will turn on Fox. But where do people go to listen to the Joe Liebermans of the world? Where can we hear voices that dare to cross party lines, think outside the box, and say what they truly believe?&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;No further comment.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230432847</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230432847</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:11:00 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>   It really bothers me how A-Rod always looks like he's been crying/about to cry/crying inside. </title><description>&lt;p&gt;Hey, you’re A-Rod, cheer the fuck up.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230425775</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230425775</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:03:39 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>"i find it ironic that the world series is marketed to 60 year olds who can’t get erections..."</title><description>“i find it ironic that the world series is marketed to 60 year olds who can’t get erections anymore yet the games go from 8 pm to 1 am ….. I WANNA GO TO SLEEP DAMMIT”&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt; - &lt;em&gt;Tom.&lt;/em&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230421294</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230421294</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:58:33 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>This seemed really funny at 1am.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://3.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksgox1L7WL1qz7tp0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;This seemed really funny at 1am.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230378794</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230378794</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:12:37 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Matt &amp; Me</title><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3525/4066429177_c7c610a995.jpg" height="281" width="500"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3493/4067182810_96f4e8f269.jpg" height="281" width="500"/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230376306</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230376306</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:10:13 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>Snow White, the Bedbug, and the girl with the headpiece.</title><description>&lt;img src="http://6.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksgnjg2JNs1qz7tp0o1_500.jpg"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;Snow White, the Bedbug, and the girl with the headpiece.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230349864</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230349864</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:42:51 -0500</pubDate></item><item><title>I went as an Indian princess? Or an Indian bride? Someone...</title><description>&lt;img src="http://12.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ksgndiR5IY1qz7tp0o1_400.png"/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;p&gt;I went as an Indian princess? Or an Indian bride? Someone guessed “Bollywood Bride,” which probably wound have sounded better.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Mostly I just wanted to wear this headpiece.&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230346389</link><guid>http://ferrrn.tumblr.com/post/230346389</guid><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 21:39:17 -0500</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
