April 2013
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Why I’m Sad And A Little Disgusted That Danny...
You might have heard (or might not - it’s not really that big of a deal) that onstage in Minnesota Friday night, a fan rushed on stage and gave Danny Brown a blowjob while he rapped with his usual aplomb. This makes me sad and a little disgusted, but probably not for an obvious reason.
First off, this is not a moral argument. I’m not against blow jobs or sex. I’m not out to critique any...
March 2013
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On Taste: A Not-That-Quick Primer On Really,...
I don’t know why it was that, of all the obsessions in my notably obsessive life, my most expensive habit came to be perfume. What I do know is that, for a very long time, I would not talk about this to a single living soul.
Things are different than they were when I started out. Fragrance-smelling and fragrance criticism are not weird, outre hobbies any more. They do it on The Awl. Writers...
January 2013
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Lil B Panel Discussion at 285 Kent Street...
After a DJ set that saw Chief Keef mix with Moby, and a live re-soundtracking of a popular internet video, Sophie Weiner kicked off phase three of last Thursday night’s “I’m Lil B” event by saying, “I think this may be the first panel discussion ever held at 285 Kent.”
That’s not exactly surprising, considering the punky, DIY space is typically host to zeitgeist-grabbing bands and DJs -...
October 2012
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Arbitrary Pairings: Kendrick Lamar and Taylor...
I woke up this morning and saw that in the last twenty-four hours both Kendrick Lamar’s Good Kid M.A.A.D City and Taylor Swift’s Red were available for download, and I listened to them this morning. It is an entirely arbitrary pairing, but the mind can draw connections between just about any damn thing. How wonderful.
What I’m about to say is almost boring in its...
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Horror Is Other People: Shirley Jackson and...
The first and most important thing to know about Shirley Jackson is that, at a certain point in her life, she became too afraid of people to leave her own house. She had reasons; she was married to the only Jewish guy in Bennington, Vermont, and the townsfolk plagued them. She didn’t fit in; she was odd in and of herself. (Her sense of humor was so morbid that, when she died in her sleep at...
September 2012
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Strip Clubs, "Bands a Make Her Dance", and Music...
There are a few things you should know about me, and then I’ll get to talking about the song “Bands a Make Her Dance” by Juicy J, featuring Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz, and produced by Mike Will Made It. I’ll try to get through that first part quickly because it’s decidedly the less interesting than talking about ratchets and strip clubs.
I’ve only been to three...
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How Should A Person Be (Dressed)?
The whole #menswear phenomenon is sort of stupid. That’s never stopped me from reading the blogs, trying to snipe deals on Styleforum, or lusting after a camo-Canadian tuxedo. I’ve indulged, spent a few hundred dollars on pants made of something called Cone Mills selvedge denim. I know my way around a Ludlow and a Fitzgerald. After all, there is a truth-y seduction to #menswear because you do...
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The Battle For The Soul of Kitty Pryde
“I’m Kitty Pryde, and I’m here to prove that I’m a real life bitch, and not just the Internet!”
And with that, I finally realized that I was no longer one of the Young People of Today. All of us have moments, I suppose, where we realize our age. Mine is thirty. And, since that age is not “seventy-two,” it is probably painfully Thought Catalog to even talk about it. But there is a moment, where...
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Don't Let Thoughts Into Your Head: On Podcasts
They list. And in the porches of their ears I pour.
—The soul has been before stricken mortally, a poison poured in the porch of a sleeping ear. But those who are done to death in sleep cannot know the manner of their quell unless their Creator endow their souls with that knowledge in the life to come. The poisoning and the beast with two backs that urged it king Hamlet’s ghost...
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On Keeping A Liary: Anais Nin, Autobiography, and...
I have only lately determined to remember some of my early adventures. Till now I have always avoided them, even with a certain uneasiness. Now, when I am not only recalling them, but have actually decided to write an account of them, I want to try the experiment whether one can, even with oneself, be perfectly open and not take fright at the whole truth. — Dostoevsky, Notes from Underground
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