by Suri Suicide

Artist / SG Member Name: Kaylie McDougal / Tigermassacre

Mission: “I’m from a small, southern town. All I ever dreamed of was getting out and seeing the world. After getting out and seeing very small pieces of the world, I can honestly say I’ve yet to feel truly at home anywhere. But I’m still looking. Besides my love of travel, the only other constant in my life has been my love of art – in particular, drawing comics.

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by Nicole Powers

“She’s a bit of a skank.”
– Rufus Dayglo

It’s been a couple of years since Tank Girl made her dramatic comeback. Since then she’s been kicking a lot of physical and metaphorical butt. After a hiatus of over a decade, the punk rock comic character is making up for lost time, with a slew of new adventures in book and comic form.

Created by anarchist wordsmith Alan Martin and artist Jamie Hewlett, Tankie (as she is affectionately known to those in the know) first made her debut in the pages of UK comic magazine Deadline in 1988. Her “fuck you” attitude instantly resonated with Britain’s disenfranchised, Thatcher-abused youth, and it wasn’t long before Hollywood came calling. However MGM’s 1995 film, which captured the look but not the spirit of the comic strip, pretty much stopped Tank Girl in her tracks.

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By Edward Kelly

Fall is here, finally (but tell that to the oppressive heat wave Los Angeles is currently experiencing), which means it’s time for the kids to go back to school, for football to start up again, to bid adieu to the dog days of summer TV dreck, and to grant a warm welcome to new and returning shows. Thankfully, it looks like this season has some strong contenders, and while I’d love to fully recap and nerd out over each one of these individually, I don’t think I’m allowed to (plus, there are actual TV critics who will do that for you). So, instead, I thought I’d offer up my top seven favorite moments of this premiere week. Why seven? Because I’m just nutty for prime numbers.

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Leopoldine Suicide in Bilitis

• INTO: Art and architecture.
• MAKES ME HAPPY: Californication, Scrubs, Les Planches courbes de Yves Bonnefoy, Harold et Maude, La Fille sur le pont, Cry-Baby.
• 5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: My panties, Frou Frou, my jeans, my toothbrush, love, love, love beauty products.
• I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Studying architecture and shopping.

Get to know Leopoldine better over at SuicideGirls.com!

By Malloreigh

If you’ve chosen not to eat animal products, what’s the point in making “fake” versions of them? I get this question all the time. A lot of people don’t seem to understand why vegans and vegetarians find it necessary to make faux meats and cheeses, or construct veg versions of meaty, dairy-filled foods.

Every culture has its own food and its own customs surrounding meals – even if you’ve never left your white bread suburb, you’ve probably encountered ethnic food of some kind. Food, and the experience of eating it, is a spiritual practice; it’s an instrument of cultural cohesion that binds people together despite long distances and changing religions. From holiday feasts with your family to business meetings over lunch, food has always, and will always, function as a centerpiece for cultural events and ritual. It’s also rich to our senses – both taste and smell – and therefore is strongly linked to memory.

There’s a reason we haven’t adopted the common sci-fi prophecy of eschewing the time-consuming process of cooking and eating in favor of nutrition pills. Food is enjoyable, important, and culturally meaningful, and it is for this reason that vegetarians make “faux” versions of omnivorous meals.

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by Blogbot

This week’s pin-up tip comes from SuicideGirls co-founder Missy.

TRY: Mac Ruby Woo lipstick.

WHY: It makes everyone feel more glamorous and look “put together.” The blush red shade is dramatic enough to make a statement, but has a subtle matte finish, which doesn’t come off on your teeth.

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by Fred Topel

“Buddha didn’t stop struggling with women until enlightenment.”
– Russell Simmons

Russell Simmons sat all by himself at NBC’s party on the rooftop of the Beverly Hilton hotel. Well, not totally by himself. The young girls he came with were talking amongst themselves, and celebrities kept stopping by to meet him (hence the photo opp with Jimmy Fallon).

The Oxygen Channel, an NBC cable arm, is producing a documentary on Simmons’ business. Running Russell Simmons shows the viewer what it takes to maintain Simmons’ multi-faceted life, by following the assistants who coordinate all his endeavors behind the scenes. It is scheduled to premiere Nov. 2.

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