January 2012
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Running Chicken: On Joe Paterno's Passing →
kohenari:
When I read about Joe Paterno’s passing this weekend — on two separate occasions, strangely — I found it impossible to separate the coaching legend of so many decades from the sexual abuse scandal of recent memory. For good or ill, one event or choice can fundamentally alter public perception of a…
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“Sometimes I’m deeply in love with David and head-over-heels, and sometimes...”
– Neil Patrick Harris, on his marriage, in Out magazine. That about sums it up.
Dear Customer who stuck up for his little brother... →
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger brother, who was maybe about 10-12 years old. The…
July 2011
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March 2011
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November 2010
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“For women and men who have already been sexually assaulted, the new screening...”
– For Sexual Assault Survivors, New TSA Screenings Pose A Threat
October 2010
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“It feels safer to believe that one person will always come out of the...”
– Sady Doyle makes the argument I’ve been trying to articulate for about a year and a half.
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“We wanted Betty to read The Feminine Mystique and get her mind blown and rise...”
– Sady Doyle on the heartbreak that is Betty Draper.
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“Mad Men has become one of our most popular tools for talking about white,...”
– Sady Doyle on why Don Draper is just the worst.
SARAH BALL: Out: Playboy. In, in, IN: Edith... →
washingtonpoststyle:
Literary grand-dame Edith Wharton, who most famously penned The Age of Innocence, apparently also penned chesty accounts of Victorians doing the nasty. Lapham’s Quarterly has one of her stories.
Here’s a PG excerpt:
“Again her burning lips were parted by his…
Please. Haven’t you heard that Playboy devoted an issue to the newest translation of Madame Bovary?...
“Spaghetti tacos has made it possible to eat spaghetti in your car. It’s a very...”
– Robert Thompson, a professor of popular culture at Syracuse University, on the new culinary phenomenon.
September 2010
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Stream: Brandon Flowers and Jenny Lewis - "Hard...
twentyfourbit:
We’ve heard the first single, “Crossfire,” as well as live previews from the new Brandon Flowers solo album, Flamingo, but now the anticipated studio version of “Hard Enough,” featuring guest vocals by Rilo Kiley’s Jenny Lewis, has surfaced. Though I was hoping for a full solo verse from Lewis (making the tune a more proper duet), she mostly provides harmony vocals for the...
August 2010
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“Following those social observations…came her diatribes about work,...”
– Newsweek in the 80s, from Raphael Yglesias’s very sad but also infuriating and disappointing novel, “A Happy Marriage”. I should have known from the very first sentence, which compares the love of his life to recently trashed Chinese leftovers.
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July 2010
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“What I am happy to pay for are stories that a freelancer has landed cold before...”
– Village Voice editor Tony Ortega, singing the praises of an excellent journalist and all-around good dude. Read Tuck’s piece here.
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This Andrew Cohen Sounds Like a Real Jerk
inadvisable:
julieklausner:
“A kinder colleague than I suggested that his column was the equivalent of Dustin Hoffman, in “The Graduate,” running into the church to yell, “Elaine!” I humbly submit that his wedding day appreciation is in fact the equivalent of Andrew Cohen running into the church and yelling, “Andrew!””
—How Not to Congratulate Your Ex on Her Wedding Day
Guys, you’ve got to...
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CSI: Gulf of Mexico
newsweek:
Ian Yarett looks at the scientists who are trying to figure out how many animal deaths can be attributed to the BP oil spill:
To tease out causes of death for the animals collected since the spill began, necropsies—animal autopsies—are being done on as many of the carcasses as possible, says Erin Fougeres, a marine- mammal biologist at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
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“One of autism’s defining features is the inability to process even the most...”
– Claudia Kalb on the conflict between people with autism and the cops.
All the comforts of home...
catalogliving:
We’re so happy you could visit! The room’s all made up for you, and I ripped out some pages of my favorite book and taped them to your wall in case you’re like me and enjoy reading before bed.
June 2010
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“Weirdly, this pernicious lie that the Washington Post thought they were hiring a...”
– Alex Pareene, brutal and true.
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“I’m a bit of an overproducer,” says Lynne Feldman, a mother in western...”
– Maria Dolan writes about the secret world of underground breast-milk exchanges. (Newsweek.com, June 16)
February 2010
4 posts
No One Is Seeking A Smackdown
Listen, lady - I’m not interested in beating anyone down for siding with Team SI, as long as they get there from an intellectually honest place. I’m always happy when people look at images critically, work through the possible intentional and unintentional messages, and — understanding all of that, and how the image can, intentionally or unintentionally, impact different groups...
The 1992 SI Cover
Watchnewsweek:
Lost, as interpreted by Newsweek staffers who have never seen the show.
My current dilemma: sports or sex? →