If you are using Flickr, you might know of Leigh Ellexson. With dreamy overlays, and some very chic portraits of both her friends and herself, she might lure you in. We love the fresh feeling of experimentation, whimsy, and teenage restlessness.
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leigh ellexson photography: young forever
If you are using Flickr, you might know of Leigh Ellexson. With dreamy overlays, and some very chic portraits of both her friends and herself, she might lure you in. We love the fresh feeling of experimentation, whimsy, and teenage restlessness.
INTERNET FRIENDS (SPECIAL EDITION): ASK SLUTEVER for IDLM PART #4
If you're not all hot and bothered from her new film for Purple Television, then take some time to get emotional with Slutever during our ASK SLUTEVER for IDLM series. Send us the most personal of questions and receive guidance. Email her at Karleyslutever@gmail.com. Today Karley addresses betrayal, mom's fudge, and what it REALLY takes to be good in bed.
Dear Slutever,
I'm horribly depressed. I recently found out my boyfriend is cheating on me, the shock still hasn't worn off and I’ve yet to confront him. You're probably reading this thinking I'm a sooky idiot female, which I guess I am, to be honest. We have amazing sex--sex that sends me absolutely insane. I'm beginning to wonder whether I haven't confronted him because I don't want to give up the sex. His mum also makes an insane chocolate fudge cake, so that could also be another reason. Do I confront him, ignore it, let it spill out in a drunken psycho yelling fit, or simply break it off?
Depressed in Australia
Slutever Says:
First of all, you’re not an idiot. Most people in this world have either been cheated on or been the cheater, and that will probably never change because the human race is inherently slutty. Because most of us have the ability to separate sex and love, it means that even if you truly love someone it’s not out of the question that you will make the conscious decision to fuck someone else behind their back at one point or another. That doesn’t necessarily make you a bad person, it just makes you human (i.e. epically flawed).
The thing is, your boyfriend obviously hurt you, which is a problem. If you never agreed to be in an open relationship then sleeping with someone else is grounds for a break up. There are things to think about: did he sleep with someone just one time? Has he slept with lots of other people? Has he been sleeping with a specific person repeatedly? Option three is probably the most serious, because that’s when you enter “emotional cheating” territory, which is the worst kind.What’s important to remember is that monogamy is hard. If two people have a great relationship then I don’t think it should be a deal breaker if someone gets drunk and fucks somebody one night. If your boyfriend needed to fuck another girl it probably has way more to do with his own ego or his sex-crazed man brain than it does with how he feels about you.
The right thing to do is just to talk to him about it. But don’t go in screaming and don’t be drunk when you do it. You have every right to be mad, but screaming won’t solve anything and you need to have a rational conversation. This is probably not the most responsible thing to tell you, but for the sake of honesty I’ll share. A few years ago I found out my boyfriend was cheating on me. I wanted to kill him, but instead I just went out and fucked another guy. Knowing I had fooled around too gave me a sense of mental power, and I felt more confident and less manic when I finally confronted him and recited the pre-planned line "I know you fucked that anorexic skank from LA you illiterate prick." So uh... yeah, I’m not suggesting you should follow my lead on that one. But the point (I think) I’m trying to make is: don’t play the victim. Do what you want, because there are no rules. If you want to forgive him, then forgive him. It’s not embarrassing. If you want to get threesomed by two farmers to get back at him, then I think that’s fair enough. However if you can’t get over his infidelity and you think it will haunt your relationship forever, then you should break it off. There are lots of guys out there who are good in bed who will send you “absolutely insane” with their boners. It’s a mathematical certainty.
Dear Slutever,
I’m 24 and the longest relationship of my life was seven months. I’ve had sex but I don't have much experience with girls and I feel like I’m missing the good techniques it takes to be good in bed! Is sex that difficult? Do I have to do acrobatics in order to be good at sex or do I just have low self-confidence?
Nick, Athens
Slutever Says:
Please, for the love of god, no acrobatics. I’ll make it simple: as a hetero guy, if you want to be good in bed you have to be attentive to the girl and receptive to what turns her on. You know all the screaming orgasms girls have in porn? Yeah, those are fake. Pounding us repeatedly from behind for ten minutes isn’t going to make us cum. Also, we don’t like it when you try to shove it in while we’re still dry. Foreplay is important to us because it takes longer for girls to cum than is does for boys, so you have to rub our boobs and kiss our necks and spank us (maybe?) to allow us time to “get going” or whatever. Some girls can have G-spot orgasms (I hate you), but most of us need clitoral stimulation in order to orgasm. Well, it’s not rocket science but giving a girl head is normally the most efficient way to turn her on, because you can rub your tongue directly onto the part that feels good. Also, please lick lightly. Jeez, it’s not a stamp.
Also, don’t be afraid to ask a girl what she likes. It shows us that you care and it also means we get to tell you exactly what to do without sounding all demanding. And also, “Tell me what feels good” is just a hot sentence, ya know? Sex is hard to fuck up, so don’t over-think it. Like I’ve said before, sex is meant to be clumsy and awkward. Embrace it.
Above images by Ilze Vanaga via GirlCorMagazine
INTERNET FRIENDS: 8 TUMBLRS TO BOOKMARK
Niki Takesh- This glitter filled tumblr documents an L.A. girl's life and amazing hair colors all the while providing us with an abundance of pictures and gifs representing the glorious 90's. You'll be entertained for hours, while wishing Niki was your new bff (if only to borrow her clothes).
Gaws- A style inclined Toronto native and tumblr men's fashion guru, Liam posts everything from fashion and great photography to music you need to download ASAP.
Scumptious- Describing this one won't do it justice, you really just have to see it for yourself. The only words we have to describe scumptious: spooky, crazy, and freaking awesome. Beware, your mind just might get blown.
The Classy Issue- As the name suggests, this blog contains some awesomely classy photos balanced with the perfect amount of asses and g-strings. From sneakers and watches to tattoos and hot girls, this tumblr has got it all.
Nicole Loher- An 18 year old F.I.T student, Nicole is already working her way to the top. Her blog documents the daily outfits and musings of the self-titled style student. Need some outfit inspiration...or even some inspiration in general? Look no further. Making your way in the fashion world so young and so fast is no small feat.
Hobolux- Everyone needs their daily dose of Japanese street style, and what better place to get it than a blog dedicated to just that. Every picture will have you sighing. You might even get some butterflies in your stomach. Seriously, these pictures are that amazing.
Molly Soda- An internet video artist, Molly Soda fills her tumblr with everything from nudity and 90's memories to pictures of the blogger herself with purple, green, and sometimes blue hair. If the fact that she has a pet rat doesn't intrigue you, maybe the sparkling unicorns and naked chicks will.
Barkarmaa- Get cultured and let this art blog entertain and inspire you. This collection of incredible creations and photographs is not to be missed.
FASHION FRIENDS: AL BAIO, the backpack hunter
Al Baio is a painter, blogger, and backpack historian. She works in the art world, makes her own work, and maintains a blog documenting the packs of New Yorkers. Even while we walked down the streets of chinatown, talking about backpacks and Al's past love affair with blue hair, she was compelled to chase down a few people sporting interesting sacks. Al dresses from a place of deep conviction and makes pastels look thoroughly conceptual.
Sarah: Hi Al! So I know you have very strong style opinions (so don't sugar coat anything for me), name three things that you would never be caught dead in.
Al: Velvet anything, velvet everything, a fedora.
Sarah: Color is very important to you, and your approach to it is both methodical and passionate. What draws you into a new phase of color? Does a color in your wardrobe bleed into your paintings? What is the difference emotionally between wearing all purple and all pink? What about all black?
Al: Usually a new backpack will usher in a new phase of color. For me, color is a language with no concrete definitions. The same color means something different from person to person. I'm more interested in exploring the associations that come out of two-color pairings, but I can tell you that when I see all purple I get hungry because I immediately think about purple Flintstone's push-up pops.
Sarah: Who/What are your three greatest style role models? Including paintings, locations, artists, films, etc.
Al: Mickey Mouse forever, Frakenberry for now, Noble Heart Horse (with a lil' Treat Heart Pig on the side) for later.
Sarah: When is fashion art? When is art fashion?
Al: I could really go for an oversized shirt with Balthus' Thérèse rêvant on it right about now.
Sarah: Do you ever regret past fashion choices, or is it all a process?
Al: I wore overalls everyday from 3rd grade to 7th grade. These days, I own multiple pairs of lederhosen. You do the math!
Sarah: If you had to design a uniform to live and die in, what would it look and feel like?
Al: I'm wearing a purple Calvin Klein boilersuit with a pink backpack right now. I'm ready to die.
Sarah: Why is a backpack superior to a purse? What does this say about culture?
Al: HANDS FREE=STRESS FREE. I have shingles, I need all the help I can get (pain is in the purse). It says nothing about culture.
Complete the following. Sometimes I feel I am a symbol for positivity, if I were a food I would be a petit four, and if my life were a film it would be The Red Balloon.
Al wears Dusen Dusen available in the SHOP
INTERNET FRIENDS: 4 NEW BLOGS TO BOOKMARK TODAY
Do you ever have the feeling that you're just scrolling through the same images over and over again? Does every post sound the same? Not to fear! Here are some blogs sure to make you hungry, turn you on, and get you inspired!
Bip Ling- This actress/model/dj/artist's blog is a refreshing departure from your average ambush of quasi model girls in heels. Bip makes art with humor and takes an approach that is both quirky and sophisticated. Not to be missed, watch out for this one!
Bleach Black- BB is the epitome of California cool. These girls know how to collage new looks into an exciting and cohesive fashion persona. Always highlighting new products with endless enthusiasm, Bleach Black is a destination for new inspirations.
Scanwich- Exactly what it sounds like! Amazing close up scans of one man's lunch quest. Although these images are artful, they're guaranteed to make you hungry just the same.
3Dollar- One girl's immaculately executed visual diary; her travels, her friends, her outfits, and her exploits! Endlessly entertaining, both glamorous and gritty all at once.
Slutever- The very honest, very graphic account of Karley Sciortino's sexual opinions. This progressive, highly stylish blog is like stumbling into a Richard Kern shoot. Karley's interviews, often with strangers, are informative and well written.
WE ARE SEEKING A NEW BLOG INTERN...IS IT YOU?
IDLM seeks an editorial intern to develop and assist blog content. We are looking for someone who is fashion minded and has a developed sense of personal style. This person would be doing research into new events and people, creating their own content as well as following up on leads. Do you have photo experience? Know a lot about culture? AND love clothes? The position is part time and entails maintaining of social networks.
IF that is you (and you live in NYC !) please send the following:
a short introduction, your resume, 3 blogs you follow, and an image to represent yourself to Sarah@idontlikemondays.us
TONIGHT TONIGHT@ Home sweet Home
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..::good kids, mediocre adults::..
INTERNET FRIENDZ: Cara France of SAVAGE PROGRESS
SAVAGE PROGRESS is more than a Tumblr, its a collage, its hypnosis. Coming across SAVAGE PROGRESS was like finding a time portal. Cara France lives in the UK, graduated from university and makes art films. One scroll on her page and you can tell she is an artist. She graciously agreed to do an interview. Here is how it went:
SARAH: I found your Tumblr and was really amazed by both its movement and its images, as you scroll down its like watching a film. Each image brings something new but also references those before it. What is your thought process when composing SAVAGE PROGRESS. What do you look for in an image?
CARA: That’s such a tough question, it seems like quite a natural process, I just go for images that make me feel like, Woah! What the Hell! Images that you want to keep looking at and going back to. I’ve been amazed by some of the things I’ve found on here to reblog, some images, I just have to know where they are from and it's often lead me to watch movies or get into artists that I never would have heard of otherwise. The process itself is quite OCD, as sometimes I put a load of images up and if they don’t ‘feel’ right, I will just delete them all. Colour is really important to me also, and I noticed recently my tumblr is becoming increasingly lilac and lurid green.
S: So you live in the UK and you make films, What are your favorite films? Directors? Are there any artists that specifically inspire you?
C: There really are too many to list! A friend recently asked me for film recommendations and I ended up giving him and enormous list in chronological order. If I was forced to name favourite films Altered States, From Beyond, Society, Tetsou:Ironman, and Videodrome, would all be up there. Actually all early Cronenberg is amazing, and a french film called Possession from 1981 that I can’t believe I only saw this year that is one of the darkest most visceral films I’ve ever seen. When I was at uni I was really into Expanded Cinema, and experimental films from the 1960’s, those kinds of films that open your third eye like Tony Conrad's ‘Flicker’ and also Soviet Sci-Fi animation, post apocalyptic stuff that is bleak and brutal. But recently I’ve just been watching crappy cyberpunk and trashy cyborg movies like Death Machine, Hardware, Nemesis and the Trancers series, movies about virtual reality, cops from the future and getting sucked into the TV - i love crap like that, especially when it has proper old special FX and bad CGI. Art-wise at the moment I am totally into french comic book artists Philippe Druillet and Jean Giraud Moebius, and surrealists Zdzisław Beksiński and Hans Bellmer, their work always gives me goosebumps, they make those kind of eerie images that stay with you.
S: There is a lot of imagery that references sci-fi or mysticism. Also a lot of nostalgic images. Are you influenced by films or shows you saw as a child?
C: Oh yes, I think everyone is massively influenced by stuff they see when they are a kid. Kids toys and TV in the 80’s and 90’s is enough to warp anyone for life! Things like Mysterious Cities of Gold, Jayce And The Wheeled Warriors, Knightmare, Round The Twist. Also hiring out movies from the video-store on school holidays, I used to watch Flight Of The Navigator on a loop, that part when the kids head is full of star charts still makes me feel weird now. When I was 11 we got cable TV, so 90’s Nickelodeon shows, and MTV Oddities have definitely had a bearing on the stuff I am into now.
S: If you could have dinner with anyone, alive or dead, fictional or real...Who would it be?
C: No question, Jack Deth. We could chat about sub-humanoids in a sleazy diner.
S: Why did you start working on this tumblr?
C: I always collected images, and before tumblr I used to use flickr for similar stuff. I use it as an online scrapbook, a reminder of all the things I’ve been looking at or movies I’ve been watching, its like a visual mind map so everyone can take a look inside my brain, and wander about in there.
S: Who are your fashion icons?
C: Clarissa Darling, Lydia Lunch, Jennifer Herrema, Liz Bougatsos, Kate Bush
(that's her!)
INTERNET FRIENDS: Haeyeon Choi
Haeyeon Choi is a 20 year old student from San Francisco studying at Parsons the New School for Design majoring in IDC fashion. She started her blog simply because she had too many things saved on her desktop, and then things just took off from there. Her continuous stream of beautiful images shows taste and perspective. She came by the IDLM office to have a chat, take some photos, and drink a bubble tea.
S:One thing that really draws me to your blog is that it feels like a constant collage, every image has a connection with the one before and the one after. Whats the relationship between them?
H: I try to keep the images on my tumblr consistent and balanced throughout. For example I won't post two images that are from the same photo shoot back to back. I think it's more fun when it's all over the place and spontaneous!
S:One thing that really draws me to your blog is that it feels like a constant collage, every image has a connection with the one before and the one after. Whats the relationship between them?
H: I try to keep the images on my tumblr consistent and balanced throughout. For example I won't post two images that are from the same photo shoot back to back. I think it's more fun when it's all over the place and spontaneous!
S: So, the 90s are having a major revival right now. It seems really powerful for people who were raised in that time. What is your connection to that aesthetic? And what is your favorite 90s look?
H: I'm glad the 90's is coming back. The clothes back then were so horrible that its actually oh so good and now I see all these people rocking them, including myself. My favorite 90's look is Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis 1992. I want to live in that whole collection.
S: Another important theme in your images is a balance between a really aggressive/androgynous look and an over the top feminine one.
H: Androgynous is on the top of the list for me. My main inspiration is the model Andrej Pejic who is definitely the defintion of that word!
H: I'm glad the 90's is coming back. The clothes back then were so horrible that its actually oh so good and now I see all these people rocking them, including myself. My favorite 90's look is Marc Jacobs for Perry Ellis 1992. I want to live in that whole collection.
S: Another important theme in your images is a balance between a really aggressive/androgynous look and an over the top feminine one.
H: Androgynous is on the top of the list for me. My main inspiration is the model Andrej Pejic who is definitely the defintion of that word!
S: OK...so this is a pretty hard question, if you could only wear ONE designer for the rest of your life who would it be?
H: If I had to wear only one designer....that is a very hard question! But I would say...Christopher Kane. I feel like his clothes are a perfect balance of my aesthetic so I won't go crazy. Also he's a genius.
S: Agreed. Who is your style soul mate?
H: There is this Japanese DJ named Mademoiselle Yulia who is currently a style icon for me! She can wear the most crazy/colorful clothes and look so fierce in them. Also, I dyed my hair purple and got a bob cut because of her!!
S:What is the worst popular trend happening today?
H: Seriously what is in trend right now? Ha ha.
S: Agreed. Who is your style soul mate?
H: There is this Japanese DJ named Mademoiselle Yulia who is currently a style icon for me! She can wear the most crazy/colorful clothes and look so fierce in them. Also, I dyed my hair purple and got a bob cut because of her!!
S:What is the worst popular trend happening today?
H: Seriously what is in trend right now? Ha ha.
Haeyeon Shot/Styled by Sarah Maurer. Clothes By I DON'T LIKE MONDAYS
Haeyeon wears Cheap Monday swimsuit, T by Alexander Wang shorts, Improvd sweatshirt
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