Keep it Weird: Everything but the Kitchen Sink
Have you been stocking your pantry in preparation for the imminent whirlwind of whisks and basters? The season of mass-entertaining is almost upon us, and as any hardened hostess knows, the potential for some oven-baked surrealism is immense. When your mother-in-law arrives with her own apron in tow …
Keep it Weird: Wishlist
For as long as I can remember, every holiday season with my family has relied on two unwavering traditions: countertops slick with grease from latkes gone astray, and my father weighing each gift-wrapped box assessing that this time, he's positive, it must be a pastrami sandwich. Like a surprise birthday …
Keep it Weird: The Canon
In the discipline of art history, there is a rich legacy of challenging social norms aesthetically. I think the iconic heavyweights of the Pop Art or Renaissance movements would wholly approve of the off-center homages on Etsy. Looking for inspiration? This week's Keep it Weird is a crash course in the …
Keep it Weird: Three-Ring Circus
Walking around the streets of New York tends to feel like a circus regardless; on Halloween, this is merely more apparent. The lurking figure in the distance who sends fear into the hearts of children and adults alike is not the headless zombie mother-in-law, but rather the colorful, bouncing, grinning …
Keep it Weird: Bone Thugs
With Halloween a week away and Dia de los Muertos swiftly following, there's no better time to celebrate the internal structure of our bodies. When I come back from the dead, I hope I'll be pop and locking my fleshless limbs 'til they grind to a nice soft powder. The skulls and skeletons on Etsy must have drunk …
Keep it Weird: Breast Wishes (Mature!)
Before caffeine or fossil fuels, there is a universal addiction from which we all must wean ourselves at a young age. The alluring appendages have served not just as a source of nourishment and stimulation, but also as artistic inspiration for generations. October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and …
Keep it Weird: Domo Arigato
I'd say there are few things I fear irrationally, and robots are one of them. Particularly robots with emotions. So when the zombie apocalypse comes, I think I'd rather surrender than join forces with squads of artificial intelligence. Despite my squeamishness over emoting electro-mechanical machines …
Keep it Weird: Zombie Jamboree
Does the Halloween spirit possess your soul? No other holiday values the tradition of eccentricity with quite as much enthusiasm. So splatter some blood on that evening gown, bake up a feast of sinewy desserts, and embrace the undead monster you face each morning in your bathroom mirror. This edition of …
Keep it Weird: Excretions and Secretions
Creativity just oozes from Etsians' pores, and I suppose it was inevitable that in this Keep it Weird series, I would need to address our many other discharges as well. Our bodies are compulsive makers of all sorts of products; we merely need to look inward for crafting inspiration. The artistic innovators …
Keep it Weird: Outer Limits
NASA may have plans to retire its space shuttle operations, but the artisans on Etsy who escape the gravitational pull of conformity are continuing their interstellar voyages with vigor. This week's Keep it Weird takes me into a parallel universe of art and craft, where aliens and astronauts alike …
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