by Jay Sennett on January 11, 2010
How do you take a picture of yourself in the men's room?
Over the last three years I’ve become increasingly obsessed with how I dress. I’ve grown passionate about each day’s ensemble. My obsession is not merely vanity nor is it just about looking good.
For me, style is life. American dress can be dreary, and, in an all-too-typical manifestation of the paradox of too many choices, unimaginative.
Yet style is entirely within my control. With so many of my rights and the rights of other lgbtq people always contested, why would I relinquish to ralph lauren my body and spirit? Read more... (357 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)
by Jay Sennett on January 8, 2010
Leave it to Leo Babauta to finally explain a method where anyone can form 6 new habits that last.
Pick six changes I want to make and break it down into eight baby steps. Each step is worked for one week, daily. At the end of eight weeks, I’ll have a shiny new habit that will make me happy and proud. That’s the theory anyway.
The six new habits for 2010 I wish to implement are: Read more... (360 words, 1 image, estimated 1:26 mins reading time)
by Jay Sennett on January 7, 2010
As a publisher, I have had discussions with writers who claim to know the way to publish and market books.
Such conversations usually include discussions of book tours and amazon “spikes” and book reviews.
Such conversations do not include discussions of who will pay for a book tour and how amazon might only be part of a larger marketing strategy (and there is certainly no discussion of how amazon might NOT be part of a queer publishing strategy) or whether or not book reviews really sell books.
But hey, it’s easy to spend other people’s time and money. Read more... (349 words, 1 image, estimated 1:24 mins reading time)
