Hello, I'm Sarah and this is my blog, The Licentiate (pronounced 'lie-sen-she-ate' - but there won't be an oral test, I promise). EDIT: Here's a dictionary definition for curious comers. In retrospect, it wasn't the best name to pick, but I'm not one to make things easier on myself. This is what I look like.
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| Did I mention that I hate having my picture taken and I'm very awkward and I don't normally look this smug and ohgoddontjudgemefromthispicture?!? |
I've been blogging for almost a year now on style, (hence being a finalist in the 'Lifestyle' category in this year's Irish Blog Awards *happydance*) subculture and it's various permutations in film, books and art. Any posts before the sixteenth of March '10 are imported from a previous blog. I'm a freelance journalist and write a column, also called The Licentiate, for The Cork Independent. You can read them here.
From the first Licentiate post:
This is the product of my obsessions including but not confined to; magazines, stealing my friend's SLRs and fiddling around with the aperture settings, internet shopping, colour schemes, frames of reference and inspiration, history of fashion, the tenets of style, bad taste, out-of-print fashion books, bad DIY, local goings-on, vintage, stuff collected on my travels, patterns and anything slightly insidious, off-kilter or weird.
That was the mandate then, and I've stuck to it as closely as possible. Here's a few posts for the first-time visitor. Consider it a cyber pocket guide.
Self-indulgent tripe
1 - A licentiate's backstory (involving me looking stupid in my graduation gear).
2 - Why I blog - You know the hows, now read the why.
3 - Ritualism - A blog post I wrote when my grandmother died and I nearly wore a tutu to her funeral.
4 - Nan's Legacy Part I and II - as you can see, my family is a big deal to me. I often write posts about both of my grandmothers, who were equally inspiring in wildly different ways. Here is some of my paternal grandmother's jewellery.
Favourites
2 - Is the blog the modern equivalent of the zine? A post about modern publishing and a full reproduction of original 70's zine 'How to Look Punk'. I can't tell you how much I love this zine - every night I go to sleep and mentally thank the person who upload this on the internet (I may not actually do this).
3 - WWDVD (What would Diana Vreeland Do?) - Or 'why I detest American Apparel'.
4 - Mixtapes at the Glucksman - A closer look at Linder Sterling. Oh, Linder.
Reader favourites
5 - Royal Wedding Bonanza!
I'm terrible at signing off, so I'll just say that you can say friend me on facebook, follow me on twitter or leave a comment to say hello. I love meeting new people (just as long as they don't follow me back to my apartment) and I hope that, if you like this, you'll come back again. Over and out *does awkward Vulcan salute*.
I'm terrible at signing off, so I'll just say that you can say friend me on facebook, follow me on twitter or leave a comment to say hello. I love meeting new people (just as long as they don't follow me back to my apartment) and I hope that, if you like this, you'll come back again. Over and out *does awkward Vulcan salute*.
