the Mac who loved me
Posted in etc., I'm Thursday., newyorkette style on Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011
My last article in thehairpin.com is about my life with Macs and men, from the first Mac I ever bought back in 1991. RIP Steve Jobs. Read it, here.
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The Evolution of Ape-Face Johnson
Posted in etc., I'm Thursday. on Friday, Sep. 9, 2011A written and illustrated piece of mine, called “The Evolution of Ape-Face Johnson,” the narrated slideshow version of which I performed at The Rejection Show a few years ago, appeared in The Hairpin this week. I love The Hairpin. If you don’t know it, please get to know it. Especially if you are a girl or woman. Or a good man.
In the wringer: portrait of the artist as a young model
Posted in I'm Thursday., in the wringer on Sunday, Aug. 26, 2007
(The delicate creature known as “the model.” Illustration by Carolita Johnson.)
(This is what models do a lot. Sit around and wait. Get paranoid. Begin having (mostly justified) feelings of inadequacy. Begin thinking that listening to Aerosmith’s “Dream on” should be limited to the minimum. No need to learn all the words. Same goes for Twisted Sister’s “We’re not gonna take it,” particularly in the morning before work. Take it easy, girl. Stick with lighter fare, like Peggy Lee, Hank Williams, and Nat King Cole.
Maybe get a real job, throw away all those flesh-colored thongs, get some respect. Yeah.
(The flesh-colored thong would become a symbol of oppression.)
The above illustrations are from a chapter of “I’m Thursday” (working title, remember) to be called, “The delicate creature,” and it’s about being a model. That, up there, would be me, about twenty years ago. I’m afraid I may have made myself look better than I did, but I can’t really remember what I looked like anymore! Anyone who knew me is free to point out where I went wrong. One friend said I look rather “empty” in this illo, which means I probably got pretty close. Being empty was my job!
