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Take one last taste of summer this month. One last juicy bite of freedom before saying hello to carpools and pool closings, farewell to a
Friday frame of mind all week long. Wear your darkest movie star shades before the sun sets off on its world tour. Let homework hassles be a distant dream while you study the ice melting in your drink. Find a dive and rock the joint. Dance to the jukebox like the girl you used to be. Dress like Frida Kahlo under the Mexican sun. Postpone and procrastinate. Surf your own couch through the
Practice being sultry. perfect wave of a dappled green Sunday morning. Purr in a patch of fading sunlight. Befriend your freckles. May the grass kiss your bare feet with abandon before you have to buckle up and buckle down. Cover copy by Nikki Hardin, art by Traci Daberko
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Jenny Maxwell
wealth, bodies and souls.
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independent, outspoken, serious, playful and irreverent,
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The Lessons Issue Essays
Horse Laugh
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Photography Molly Harrell Chris Thelen
What My Preschoolers Taught Me
Kat Richter....................................................................................... 13 Great Expectations
Heather Caliri................................................................................ 14
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The UniTed SkirTS of AmericA
The United Skirts of America was founded on the blood, sweat and estrogen of our foremothers, who won us the freedom to choose...to break
Traci Daberko Traci Daberko received her education at the University
from The PUbliSher
The Lessons Issue I read an interview with Rachel Maddow recently and was surprised to learn that she has suffered from recurrent bouts of depression since childhood. Super confident, no-holds-barred Rachel Maddow?! Given her
The Rules, to wear
public persona, it seemed such a brave thing to put out there, and her
combat boots or high
description of how she copes with self-doubt and anxiety was inspiring.
heels, to run for office
Sure, we’re living in an era when we all know the brand names of half a
or run a marathon,
dozen antidepressants, and many of us have been in therapy at one time (or have a friend or family member who should be!), but it’s still hard for me
of Nebraska at Kearney and
to form our own
started her professional career
rock groups instead
how debilitating it can be. Our culture places such a high value on being
of being groupies, to
relentlessly cheerful, optimistic and Facebook-friendable that it’s just sort
1995, Traci co-founded
shatter Glass Ceilings
of embarrassing not to be that person. God knows, I’d love to wake up
Cyclone Design. During that
and Glass Slippers, to
in Seattle working for several prominent design firms. In
time, she received national recognition from many design
shoot hoops instead
to admit out loud how much I struggle with depression periodically and
every day in a cupcakes-and-kittens state of mind, but there are mornings when I’ll settle for an emotional weather report that is partly sunny with only a 30 percent chance of rain. As much as I thought I’d always been
industry organizations and
of settling for hoop
honest about this lifelong battle I seem to have inherited, I realized from
publications. In 2001, Traci
skirts. The ones who
Maddow’s interview that I’m often still apologetic to myself and others
came before us made
about the times I get taken down by what Winston Churchill called the
was selected as one of the judges for Communications Arts Magazine Design Annual.
it possible for our
She also teaches an advanced
daughters to dream
typography course at the School of Visual Concepts.
bigger, to have the
Currrently, Traci has more than
chance to grow up to
15 years of professional design
be President and turn
experience and has worked with a diverse range of clients
“black dog.” Her courage made me realize that I still have so much to learn about the difference between being broken and being broken open to become more human. Thanks for the lesson, Rachel. I promise to keep doing my homework.
Nikki
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the Oval Office into
from across the country.
the Ovary Office. In
from The ediTor
Constantly seeking out new
the United Skirts of
I teach a day-long writing class once a month, to people from all sorts of professions. My best
America, every day is
students aren’t engineers, lawyers, Ivy League grads, former Rhodes scholars, or (heaven help me)
challenges, she is now exploring other visual art forms that include fine art, digital media, consulting and product design. daberkodesign.com
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journalists. They’re soldiers in the United States Army. As a group, these women and men do one thing better: they don’t justify why they did something the old way; they simply try to do it the new way. And they learn faster because of it. Soldiers tell me this ability is key to their survival—and I believe they mean not just on the battlefield but in rising through the ranks, too. As a student, I’m trying to be more like a soldier. It’s not easy. I did have a reason for doing it the old way, I think to myself, even if that lousy old way is what brought me to class in the first place. It helps to have passionate teachers—like the women we profile this month—encouraging, full of patience, and eager to share the lessons they’ve learned.
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FEEL GOOD AUGUST
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planetnikki [ a visual journal ]
The full moon last month was juicy enough to fry in a pan.
I followed it home
like a wolf stalking dinner, like a planet in search of an orbit,
like a teenager smelling pheromones, like a
lover licking its chops. There it was, hanging just out of reach. There I was, chasing
An apricot moon pie. Sailing away before I could get a sticky piece
what I can’t have, as usual.
to put under my pillow and
dream on.
The title song of Rufus Wainwright’s latest CD, Out of the Game, is my current favorite. His father, Loudon Wainwright III, also has a new CD out with two wrenching songs about family: “The Days That We Die” and “In C.” I’ve been having a Wainwright emo moment.
As is often the case, I bought this retro-looking wall hook from Wabi Sabi as a gift and ended up keeping it for myself.
Every few years, I get a craving for banana trees in my yard. Catching a glimpse of the big bold leaves out my window makes me think I’m on a desert island. This summer I planted four hoping for a little jungle instead of my usual desert-like field of sand spurs.
This knit tote by hansel from basel is the perfect size for a Mac Air, which I don’t own. But I thought that if I bought the bag, the computer might appear. Like, you know, a gift from the Nikki-centered universe.
Tokyo Milk is a brand I can’t resist because their packaging sucks me in every time. Their “Honey and the Moon” tin is one part candle, one part eye-candy. (And the title of a Joseph Arthur song I don’t seem to tire of hearing.)
Nikki Hardin is the founder and publisher of skirt! magazine. She blogs at fridaville.com.
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