Yours truly,Girl With a Satchel
Thursday, 12 November 2009
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A QUICK SNAPSHOT OF JESUS CHRIST
MacGyver, Indiana Jones, Chuck Norris, Westley from The Princess Bride... all VERY cool guys in my eyes. But in terms of male supremacy, no one can compare with Jesus Christ. So, who is he and why am I a follower (aka 'Christian')? And exactly what does this have to do with glossy magazines?
To cut a long story short (for the full story, please pick up a Bible), Jesus was a carpenter by trade who went into full-time "ministry" in his 30s. He was sent by God to earth in the form of a man, so we could be shown a model of humanly perfection to aspire to (as apposed to the glossy perfection Vogue would have us aspire to).
He healed the sick, gave hope to the marginalised and oppressed (including women), shared meals with the scum of society, condemned the rigid, ungodly practises of the "religious" and showed mercy to sinners. Sensing our scepticism, he also performed a bunch of miracles and fulfilled some prophecies to give us the sort of evidence we need to believe something in the absence of faith.
Then he made the ultimate sacrifice by subjecting himself to a painful death on the cross so our sins would be forgiven. That part, I've found hard to accept. But the Bible, again, is testimony to that truth. Essentially, Jesus took it upon himself to atone for our sins so we could return to living in a way that pleases God, unencumbered by our faults and failures. When we accept Jesus, we accept that God's way is THE way. And God's way is about LOVE. Sacrificial LOVE.
To help guide us in the absence of Christ on earth, God has given us 'The Holy Spirit' (that inner compass that helps us navigate our way through the day making decisions), the Bible (the ultimate guide to life) and the church (for support, comfort and a place to safely praise him).
However, we still have free will. When you become a Christian, it becomes glaringly obvious how 'free will' can lead you down the wrong path, while following God's will generally (actually, always) leads you to more fertile ground. Because that's how we were created. By God. Durr. He wants us to enjoy a rich, peaceful, abundant life on earth, fulfilling the individual purposes he created us for (to serve in some way, use our gifts and love our fellow man). The aim of the game is to do our best and pass the test, so in Heaven we can rest.
Christianity is often viewed as a crutch for people who have nowhere else to turn, like those who're suffering from terminal illness, or for the weak and easily led. As a former hardened cynic who came into the faith at a great time in my life, I'd say that's not entirely true. Also, being a Christian isn't easy. The world conspires to trip you up. YOU conspire to trip you up. But when you're in sinc with God, life is infinitely sweeter. You don't have to go it alone.
"For by the blood of Christ we are set free, that is, our sins are forgiven. How great is the grace of God, which He gave to us in such large measure!" Ephesians 1:7
GWAS In The Media (good golly, Miss Molly!)
"Lady Melbourne, Mr Gadget and Girl with a Satchel. Quirky names little known to most Australians now. But overseas, they are kicking up a mini storm." Nicole Low, 'Aussies win at Asia-Pacific blog awards', News.com.au via AAP
"There aren’t enough decent blogs about the Australian magazine industry. Although a journo, Bartle tends to speak mainly as a reader. She offers a close-to-exhaustive rundown of what the Aussie glossies are covering, along with an international perspective too." mUmBRELLA, October 5 2009
"Erica Bartle, a journalist and founder of magazine analysis site Girlwithasatchel.com, says when Australian magazines venture into more risque territory their readers just aren't impressed." Jo Knowsley, 'Cover stars under wraps', The Sunday Telegraph, 27 September 2009
"Critiquing women's magazines is all in a day's work for Mount Tamborine's Erica Bartle - creator of Girl With A Satchel blog. But as a Christian, the Bible is her most important daily read. Bartle, a former deputy editor of Girlfriend magazine, is behind the popular Girl With A Satchel blog." – Renae Dyer, 'Bartle blogs up success', Gold Coast Bulletin, August 11, 2009
"On the week that Vogue Australia begins celebrations of its 50th anniversary, Girl With A Satchel reviews the August issue, rating it a very high four out of five. Talk about value for money – 2,100 words in Erica Bartle’s review and it's available free on her blog!" Mediaweek, 29 July 2009
"While Kevin Rudd has never been media-shy (quite the opposite, what with his Twittering, website and blog), it seems his wife, Therese Rein, is finally ready for her close-up." – 'Therese's glossy reign', The Punch, 21 July 2009
"Nine months after taking the Twitterverse by storm, the Prime Minister has turned his hand to blogging... The blog won qualified support from one of Australia's most prominent bloggers, the "Girl With a Satchel", Erica Bartle, who argued it was a way for Mr Rudd to bypass traditional media and talk directly to his constituents. "A Prime Minister interacting with his public can only be a good thing," she said. "If the blog is to resonate, and not be written off as a gimmick, it will have to be authentic and genuine, by no means an obvious ploy to pimp party politics." – Ari Sharp, 'Blog standard approach brings PM to the people', The Sydney Morning Herald 17 July 2009
"Blogger Erica Bartle has a long detailed look at the Sunday inserted magazines Sunday Life and Sunday. Bartle makes a massive admission in her second par: "Truth be told, I could live on these magazine-style supplements alone (throw in Good Weekend, Body & Soul and The Age's A2 and my print media consumption needs are very nearly met). Essentially, they're covering the same editorial territory as the monthly glossies, and in some areas they're doing it better. And for FREE (cost of your Sunday newspaper – around $2 – withstanding)!" Mediaweek Morning Report, 7 July 2009
"We were really stoked to be noticed by one of our fave Aussie blogs, Girl With a Satchel. We love Erica Bartle’s propensity for entwining interesting insights & credible critiques of magazines, with glimpses of glossies, covetable fashion, beauty, and all things pretty (and guiltily girly) in life… GWAS definitely makes for a compelling daily read!" Felicity Lee, editor Swaptilyoudrop.blogspot.com
"A key difference between journalists and bloggers is the willingness of the former to sign up to a code of ethics requiring them to acknowledge mistakes and fact-check their work...Erica Bartle, who is behind the popular Girl With A Satchel blog, said bloggers got away with more subjective opinion. 'In writing for a magazine like Marie Claire, you must have three experts for a piece, those are the rules,' she said." – Caroline Overington, 'Bloggers to fore in fog of war', The Australian, 25 May 2009
"Top blogger Erica Bartle is part of a free Sydney Writers' Festival event, Bloggers vs Journalists. Her popular blog site GirlWithaSatchel.com has a 'girlie slant' and is all about women's magazines and pop culture. Some of her posts can get up to 10,000 hits in a single day. Here she explains "the ultimate futility of living life by glossy standards", and why she blogs...". ABC.net.au, 'The Blog Generation: 5 Questions with Erica Bartle by Tara Moss, 22 May 2009
"Dolly, the Aussie teen mag, has an "airbrush-free" issue as part of a "Heart Your Body" campaign. Many of the models have no wrinkles… because they are 16. Excellent analysis [at Girl With a Satchel]." Jezebel, 'Combatting Photoshop of Horrors', May 13, 2009
"Erica Bartle, the Gold Coast-based creator of the Girl With A Satchel blog, cleans her white MacBook, "like a fussy mother with a child". To Bartle, her laptop "is essential for keeping in touch with my social network and blog readers. My laptop is my livelihood. Having it with me at all times gives me a sense of security in a chaotic world (as Cher from Clueless would say)." – Felicity Loughrey, 'Objects of Desire', Vogue Australia June 2009
The Daily Imprint profiles GWAS: "It's a great way to get a precis of what's on the newsstands - a try-before-you-buy type situation. But, also, the blog author, Erica Bartle, keeps readers up to date with all sorts of juicy media info."
"Girl With A Satchel today features an interview with MasterChef Australia host Sarah Wilson that begins by asking about her decision to leave Cosmopolitan in October 2007." Mediaweek.com.au, 22 April 2009
Listen to Mediaweek's magazine podcast in which Ros Reines, Nick Smith, James Manning, Brenden Wood and Erica Bartle talk tabloid glossies, supermodel covers, ForbesWoman and Twitter.
"As noted by Australia's leading fashion media-specialist blog, Girl With A Satchel, advertising/promotional pages accounted for a mere 10percent of Grazia's recent issue #27, compared with 38 percent of the launch issue and 19 percent and 23 percent of the September 1 and December 1 issues respectively." - Patty Huntington, 'Grazia stops the press', Feb 9, 2009, Frockwriter
"Erica’s blog is a good example of taking a niche - women’s magazines and their associated spin offs - products in magazines, industry information, women in media profiles etc and creating a daily addiction. Regular reading for the Flossie team." – Tee Twyford, 'Get Online in 09', Flossie.com
"If you love reading glossy women’s mags and celeb goss, you will luv Erica Bartle’s website…Girl With A Satchel. In this interview Erica explains how sponsors approach her to advertise on her site!" - IsItPossibleToMakeMoneyOnline.com
"Author of Australian media blog, Girl With A Satchel, and former Girlfriend deputy editor Erica Bartle offers her insights on magazines, beauty journalism and the evolution of the web." - BeautyDirectory.com.au, January 2009
"If you’re into magazines, Erica Bartle’s Girl With A Satchel website should be one of your daily reads. Bartle today pits the latest editions of Vogue Australia and InStyle against each other. The winner: InStyle…" – Media Week, January 22, 2009
“Erica Bartle from ‘Girl With a Satchel’ (an Australian blog that critiques magazines), says it’s important to be true to who you are when creating an online identity...she loves glossy mags and fashion, and she values her Christian beliefs.” – ‘How to market yourself online’ by Lauren Smelcher, Cosmopolitan Australia, February 2009
“Queensland-based former magazine journalist Bartle, 27, launched her site, GirlWithaSatchel.com, in January 2007 and tracks the inner workings of the Australian magazine publishing business…” – ‘Gossip Girls’ by Sarah Wilson, Good Weekend, November 22, 2008
“Bartle, who is a former Girlfriend staffer, attracts 1000 to 1500 readers a day to her stylishly written magazine reviews, as well as a modest amount of advertising from online retailers targeting her style-conscious readers." 'It's tough making a living in the local blogosphere' by Lara Sinclair, The Australian, September 29, 2008
“Hearing the word ‘blogger’ often has people shaking in their little boots but Girl With a Satchel is no Perez Hilton. If he’s most hated then she’s most loved… GWAS seems to genuinely care about those who read her blog. She provides readers with the information they need and she does it superbly.” – Jaye, 2threads.com.au, 16 October 2008
“Erica Bartle sees no death for glossy magazines as long as we’re prepared to buy into the promises offered on their covers.” The Walkley Magazine, October/November 2008
"There aren’t enough decent blogs about the Australian magazine industry. Although a journo, Bartle tends to speak mainly as a reader. She offers a close-to-exhaustive rundown of what the Aussie glossies are covering, along with an international perspective too." mUmBRELLA, October 5 2009
"Erica Bartle, a journalist and founder of magazine analysis site Girlwithasatchel.com, says when Australian magazines venture into more risque territory their readers just aren't impressed." Jo Knowsley, 'Cover stars under wraps', The Sunday Telegraph, 27 September 2009
"Critiquing women's magazines is all in a day's work for Mount Tamborine's Erica Bartle - creator of Girl With A Satchel blog. But as a Christian, the Bible is her most important daily read. Bartle, a former deputy editor of Girlfriend magazine, is behind the popular Girl With A Satchel blog." – Renae Dyer, 'Bartle blogs up success', Gold Coast Bulletin, August 11, 2009
"On the week that Vogue Australia begins celebrations of its 50th anniversary, Girl With A Satchel reviews the August issue, rating it a very high four out of five. Talk about value for money – 2,100 words in Erica Bartle’s review and it's available free on her blog!" Mediaweek, 29 July 2009
"While Kevin Rudd has never been media-shy (quite the opposite, what with his Twittering, website and blog), it seems his wife, Therese Rein, is finally ready for her close-up." – 'Therese's glossy reign', The Punch, 21 July 2009"Nine months after taking the Twitterverse by storm, the Prime Minister has turned his hand to blogging... The blog won qualified support from one of Australia's most prominent bloggers, the "Girl With a Satchel", Erica Bartle, who argued it was a way for Mr Rudd to bypass traditional media and talk directly to his constituents. "A Prime Minister interacting with his public can only be a good thing," she said. "If the blog is to resonate, and not be written off as a gimmick, it will have to be authentic and genuine, by no means an obvious ploy to pimp party politics." – Ari Sharp, 'Blog standard approach brings PM to the people', The Sydney Morning Herald 17 July 2009
"Blogger Erica Bartle has a long detailed look at the Sunday inserted magazines Sunday Life and Sunday. Bartle makes a massive admission in her second par: "Truth be told, I could live on these magazine-style supplements alone (throw in Good Weekend, Body & Soul and The Age's A2 and my print media consumption needs are very nearly met). Essentially, they're covering the same editorial territory as the monthly glossies, and in some areas they're doing it better. And for FREE (cost of your Sunday newspaper – around $2 – withstanding)!" Mediaweek Morning Report, 7 July 2009
"We were really stoked to be noticed by one of our fave Aussie blogs, Girl With a Satchel. We love Erica Bartle’s propensity for entwining interesting insights & credible critiques of magazines, with glimpses of glossies, covetable fashion, beauty, and all things pretty (and guiltily girly) in life… GWAS definitely makes for a compelling daily read!" Felicity Lee, editor Swaptilyoudrop.blogspot.com
"A key difference between journalists and bloggers is the willingness of the former to sign up to a code of ethics requiring them to acknowledge mistakes and fact-check their work...Erica Bartle, who is behind the popular Girl With A Satchel blog, said bloggers got away with more subjective opinion. 'In writing for a magazine like Marie Claire, you must have three experts for a piece, those are the rules,' she said." – Caroline Overington, 'Bloggers to fore in fog of war', The Australian, 25 May 2009
"Top blogger Erica Bartle is part of a free Sydney Writers' Festival event, Bloggers vs Journalists. Her popular blog site GirlWithaSatchel.com has a 'girlie slant' and is all about women's magazines and pop culture. Some of her posts can get up to 10,000 hits in a single day. Here she explains "the ultimate futility of living life by glossy standards", and why she blogs...". ABC.net.au, 'The Blog Generation: 5 Questions with Erica Bartle by Tara Moss, 22 May 2009
"Dolly, the Aussie teen mag, has an "airbrush-free" issue as part of a "Heart Your Body" campaign. Many of the models have no wrinkles… because they are 16. Excellent analysis [at Girl With a Satchel]." Jezebel, 'Combatting Photoshop of Horrors', May 13, 2009
"Erica Bartle, the Gold Coast-based creator of the Girl With A Satchel blog, cleans her white MacBook, "like a fussy mother with a child". To Bartle, her laptop "is essential for keeping in touch with my social network and blog readers. My laptop is my livelihood. Having it with me at all times gives me a sense of security in a chaotic world (as Cher from Clueless would say)." – Felicity Loughrey, 'Objects of Desire', Vogue Australia June 2009
The Daily Imprint profiles GWAS: "It's a great way to get a precis of what's on the newsstands - a try-before-you-buy type situation. But, also, the blog author, Erica Bartle, keeps readers up to date with all sorts of juicy media info."
"Girl With A Satchel today features an interview with MasterChef Australia host Sarah Wilson that begins by asking about her decision to leave Cosmopolitan in October 2007." Mediaweek.com.au, 22 April 2009
Listen to Mediaweek's magazine podcast in which Ros Reines, Nick Smith, James Manning, Brenden Wood and Erica Bartle talk tabloid glossies, supermodel covers, ForbesWoman and Twitter.
"As noted by Australia's leading fashion media-specialist blog, Girl With A Satchel, advertising/promotional pages accounted for a mere 10percent of Grazia's recent issue #27, compared with 38 percent of the launch issue and 19 percent and 23 percent of the September 1 and December 1 issues respectively." - Patty Huntington, 'Grazia stops the press', Feb 9, 2009, Frockwriter
"Erica’s blog is a good example of taking a niche - women’s magazines and their associated spin offs - products in magazines, industry information, women in media profiles etc and creating a daily addiction. Regular reading for the Flossie team." – Tee Twyford, 'Get Online in 09', Flossie.com
"If you love reading glossy women’s mags and celeb goss, you will luv Erica Bartle’s website…Girl With A Satchel. In this interview Erica explains how sponsors approach her to advertise on her site!" - IsItPossibleToMakeMoneyOnline.com
"Author of Australian media blog, Girl With A Satchel, and former Girlfriend deputy editor Erica Bartle offers her insights on magazines, beauty journalism and the evolution of the web." - BeautyDirectory.com.au, January 2009
"If you’re into magazines, Erica Bartle’s Girl With A Satchel website should be one of your daily reads. Bartle today pits the latest editions of Vogue Australia and InStyle against each other. The winner: InStyle…" – Media Week, January 22, 2009
“Erica Bartle from ‘Girl With a Satchel’ (an Australian blog that critiques magazines), says it’s important to be true to who you are when creating an online identity...she loves glossy mags and fashion, and she values her Christian beliefs.” – ‘How to market yourself online’ by Lauren Smelcher, Cosmopolitan Australia, February 2009
“Queensland-based former magazine journalist Bartle, 27, launched her site, GirlWithaSatchel.com, in January 2007 and tracks the inner workings of the Australian magazine publishing business…” – ‘Gossip Girls’ by Sarah Wilson, Good Weekend, November 22, 2008
“Bartle, who is a former Girlfriend staffer, attracts 1000 to 1500 readers a day to her stylishly written magazine reviews, as well as a modest amount of advertising from online retailers targeting her style-conscious readers." 'It's tough making a living in the local blogosphere' by Lara Sinclair, The Australian, September 29, 2008
“Hearing the word ‘blogger’ often has people shaking in their little boots but Girl With a Satchel is no Perez Hilton. If he’s most hated then she’s most loved… GWAS seems to genuinely care about those who read her blog. She provides readers with the information they need and she does it superbly.” – Jaye, 2threads.com.au, 16 October 2008
“Erica Bartle sees no death for glossy magazines as long as we’re prepared to buy into the promises offered on their covers.” The Walkley Magazine, October/November 2008
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2 comments:
I LOVE this issue too for all the Gossip Girl goodness, bit over the whole TWILIGHT thing after a year of them being on all the weeklies like who cares? I think Vampires are def going to be so 2009 and hopefully we can all go beyond them in 2010!
Now that would a great start for weeklies next year :)
I too love the Gossip Girl style section and Camilla Belle and Diane Kruger. Some hot fashion looks this week :)
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