Category Archives: Clicky-links

Presenting Video The Second!

So remember last week, Snarklings, when the Lady of the Manners unveiled the first of the videos to promote Gothic Charm School and the upcoming book? Well guess what? It’s time for the second video! This one is about common questions and assumptions that Goths are confronted with all the time. Questions such as “Is that a costume?’ and “Are you a vampire?” Assumptions such as that we’re all depressed, and all support ourselves by working in coffee shops or doing tech support on the graveyard shift. Continue reading

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Gothic Charm School: The First Video!

Oh Snarklings, the Lady of the Manners is all aflutter with excitement about what she has to share with you in this post! Because this is the post unveiling the first Gothic Charm School video! Continue reading

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More Advice For Aging Goths. And Clicky-links Of Coveting.

Snarklings, the Lady of the Manners has been quite touched by the flood of complimentary mail about the previous column on Aging Goths. Mail from fellow ElderGoths, and from younger Goths who are glad for the reassurance that Goth doesn’t have an age limit. Because the Lady of the Manners does tend to get letters like the following one from a young lady named Carrie: Continue reading

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Of Movies and Button Eyes: Coraline

t’s time, Snarklings, for the Lady of the Manners to flail her hands in excitement. Why, you may ask? Because the movie for Coraline arrives in theatres on February 6th!

You do know about Coraline, don’t you, Snarklings? The wonderful book by Neil Gaiman about a young girl who walks through a secret door in her new home, into an alternate, more magical version of her life, complete with Other versions of her parents. But the magic takes a turn for the sinister, and Coraline must rely on her determination and bravery to get back home. Continue reading

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Amusements, Or What the Lady of the Manners Looks At When She Is In Need of Distractions

Hello and happy 2009, Snarklings! May this year be generous and the best kinds of exciting for everyone. This installment of Gothic Charm School isn’t the usual sort of lesson; no, it’s a short list of places on the Web that the Lady of the Manners is fond of. Blogs she likes to check, places she likes to window (and tab) shop, that sort of thing. You see, the Lady of the Manners is working on writing up the next lesson for Gothic Charm School (a number of you have written with questions concerning Goth and religion), but she thought that while she was working on that topic, you Snarklings might like to see where the Lady of the Manners goes for distraction and gothy eye candy. Continue reading

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