December 2011
31 posts
Love little profiles like this.
NY Times Character Study:
52, and Still Working the Streets
She has shown younger workers the ropes: how to jump in a Dumpster to hide from the police, and how to stay alive. First, never enter a car with more than one person in it, and never let someone drive you out of the area. Get your money up front — Ms. Terry charges $50 or $100 — and try to work with a buddy.
“You look for...
The last question reminded me of this too:
Writing about myself is new for me. I went to school for journalism. I was told never to use “I” or “me.” I took exactly one personal essay class in college and hated it, deeming it “Livejournal 101.” (And I was an avid user of Livejournal in middle and high school and still think that place is awesome, but it’s a good breeding ground for professional...
thestepswetook asked: Happy Holidays, firstly. I am curious, how did you start writing professionally? Did you go to school for journalism or did you just start pitching your stories to publications? I ask because I'm trying to compile a book of sorts but have no real formal training other than a few college courses in English. But I've been writing since I was 12.
2028-word response to [someone's 152-word post on... →
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It would be absurd to feel disappointed in (and even more absurd to feel disapproval and condescension toward) Woody Allen for having not created a Shrek-2 like movie. It would, I feel, be reasonable to just go see “Shrek 2” (and you also wouldn’t be “shit-talking” the efforts of people you don’t know and have never met and have no direct information about and...
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I've lost the ability - or will - to criticize...
It’s because of Internet comments.
When Gawker first posted links to individual stories, mocking writers for Thought Catalog, I felt confused. How does it benefit them to make fun of TC? Do the two sites’ audiences even converge that much? What do they have to do with each other? The post was followed by a bunch of comment-ers taking intense pleasure in destroying, line-by-line, the...
Can I Live?: Interview with Jay-Z Expert and...
100interviews:
by: Gaby Dunn
Duane Lawson is a Jay-Z super fan, but it wasn’t the rapper’s catchy hooks that hooked him; it was Jay’s deeper, cutting lyrical game.
Plenty of people draw inspiration from Shawn Carter’s life story — he came up a poor kid in the Marcy projects whose father abandoned him, got caught up in drug-dealing, and finally, redeemed himself through music. Duane was a...
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flybymorning asked: Can I just delete all the people I follow and only follow you? You can be like... my Moses? I read your James Deen interview; you're quite "quick and self-deprecating" yourself. Your banter is good. Woody would be proud. I mean I guess what I'm trying to say is that I like your writing a latke. Wait shit. #jewcrush
dashmelted asked: Thanks for the follow. You probably don't remember me, but you were my Shoafim counselor at Ramah. I really enjoy your writing!
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REGARDING THE MACCABEATS
GUYS. This is super important. If you like the Maccabeats or my posts or Jews or living or whatever, go here.
Their video is working for this cause, Make Some Miracles. The video is cute and all, but this is where it gets real. They’re looking to register people to find donors for people with cancer. They also need funding to work on the wait list and make matches. It’s really...
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Meet my new favorite Maccabeat: Baby Beat
“I believe in miracles, since you came along, you sexy thiiiiing,” Hot Chocolate once sang, but sadly, that’s not the ‘Miracle’ song the Maccabeats chose to cover this holiday season.
YOU GUYS: My email inbox has been blowing up. It seems the people want me to comment on the new Maccabeats video pretty badly. On Twitter, I called ‘Miracle’ (the Matisyahu...
eileenoconnell asked: Love 100interviews, and especially excited that there's another lady comedian in tumblrland. Sis-fistbump! (Like a bro-fistbump, but with fragrance of Bath and Body Works).
NO FUN GABY DUNN: Free press on college campuses... →
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gabydunn:
The student body at my alma mater, Emerson College, disappointingly voted to pull automatic funding from the student newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon. For the first time in years, the Beacon will have to appeal annually to the Student Government Association it covers for funding to keep…
THIS IS NOT TRUE. this argument is so frustrating — financial...
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Free press on college campuses is certainly taking...
The student body at my alma mater, Emerson College, disappointingly voted to pull automatic funding from the student newspaper, The Berkeley Beacon. For the first time in years, the Beacon will have to appeal annually to the Student Government Association it covers for funding to keep operational.
It’s the equivalent of the Washington Post being required to ask the White House for money...
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I Love My Nose
100interviews:
by: Gaby Dunn
I have my mom’s nose. My dad’s family is blonde and European, but the maternal side has strong features that manifest in fiery red manes, sharp schnozes and body hair so dark it grows back instantly after it’s shaved, like in a Chia Pet commercial. My nose isn’t large so much as it’s a little bit crooked with a small, distinctive bump. From the front, no problem....
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michisgone asked: I was poking my nose around your tumblr and I found out that you do improv along with writing all while living in New York City. That's what I hope to be doing with my life after I graduate from college.
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NYT Mag One Page Magazine: Boobs Radley →
Another funny lady graces my NYT Mag column, “Famous on the Internet.”
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Things My 19-Year-Old Sister Actually Said While I...
Cheyanne (on seeing an old friend): “And he was like, do you remember me? And I was like, of course I do! You used to be fat!”
Me: “Cheyanne!”
Cheyanne: “What, Gaby? He knows he was fat!”
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Dad’s friend: “Your hair is so blonde now, Chey, but when you were younger your hair was darker.”
Cheyanne: (slowly inching away from the table)...
Beer Personalities: Tom Bull Has Moves Like Jagger
100interviews:
by: Dylan Joffe
Tom Bull has been perfecting the Portland Lager recipe for 15 years.
“I started brewing when I was 19 with my Dad. I saw a demo at the Common Ground Fair and thought it looked fun.”
I met Tom Bull of Bull Jagger Brewery at the Great Lost Bear in Portland a month ago. I was feeling tired, just coming off a 5 day Halloween binge in Vegas. I needed to rest.
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