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Stalk the Broccoli
There are many people who love spring, and if they like to cook or eat, they might suggest famous springtime delicacies as evidence that spring isn’t just a forty-five-degree puddle of dirty…
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A Guide to the Spooky Scary Secret Monsters of Every State
Here you will find a field-guide to the werewolves, lake monsters, vampires, swamp people, and space brains that populate these 50 states. Because here there be monsters — and over there, too. In…
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Memes and Misogynoir
On April 7, 2012, a fire broke out at the Chateau Deville Apartments, a complex located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Though no serious injuries were reported, one woman — in whose home the fire…
Laur M. Jackson 33 186
A Portrait of the Alt-Bro as a Young Dumbass
It’s 11AM on the 4th day of Spring Break. He’s reading Steppenwolf at a minimal loft cafe that sells tote bags and leather notebooks and beard lube. He’s drinking a $4 Americano and debating whether…
The Awl 33 126
The Rise And Fall Of Grunge Typography
Hop on the nostalgia train for a second. Think back to the 90s. To Nirvana, Linklater’s Slacker, and the flannel-clad rebels on the run from the 80s. To skateboards and graffiti and toe rings and VHS…
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No Offense to Laura Ingalls Wilder
I don’t remember the time before I could read. Reading has always been an integral part of who I am, how I define myself, and how I structure my days. When work or life interferes to the point that I…
Laura June 36 219
No Offense to Laura Ingalls Wilder
I don’t remember the time before I could read. Reading has always been an integral part of who I am, how I define myself, and how I structure my days. When work or life interferes to the point that I…
Laura June 36 219
Worst Man: I’m the Friend You Didn’t Invite to Your Wedding
My friend Stephen planned his wedding very carefully. He picked Howe Caverns, in upstate New York, for the ceremony because it was a favorite weird-but-cool destination of himself and his…
The Awl 34 193
Memes and Misogynoir
On April 7, 2012, a fire broke out at the Chateau Deville Apartments, a complex located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Though no serious injuries were reported, one woman — in whose home the fire…
Laur M. Jackson 33 186
Stalk the Broccoli
There are many people who love spring, and if they like to cook or eat, they might suggest famous springtime delicacies as evidence that spring isn’t just a forty-five-degree puddle of dirty…
ᴅᴀɴ ɴᴏsᴏᴡɪᴛᴢ 34 155
(Sugar) Baby’s First Date
On a recent Wednesday, my friend Annie1 went on her first date with a man she met through SeekingArrangement.com, the self-proclaimed “leading Sugar Daddy dating site.” Annie, a “Sugar Baby,” has…
The Awl 33 149
Eat the Mango (No, Not That One)
The end of March is still a dead zone for produce here in the Northeast, but in Mexico and further south to Peru, one of the world’s most diverse and most popular fruits, the mango, is beginning to…
ᴅᴀɴ ɴᴏsᴏᴡɪᴛᴢ 33 144
No Offense to Laura Ingalls Wilder
I don’t remember the time before I could read. Reading has always been an integral part of who I am, how I define myself, and how I structure my days. When work or life interferes to the point that I…
Laura June 36 219
Stalk the Broccoli
There are many people who love spring, and if they like to cook or eat, they might suggest famous springtime delicacies as evidence that spring isn’t just a forty-five-degree puddle of dirty…
ᴅᴀɴ ɴᴏsᴏᴡɪᴛᴢ 34 155
Eat the Mango (No, Not That One)
The end of March is still a dead zone for produce here in the Northeast, but in Mexico and further south to Peru, one of the world’s most diverse and most popular fruits, the mango, is beginning to…
ᴅᴀɴ ɴᴏsᴏᴡɪᴛᴢ 33 144
(Sugar) Baby’s First Date
On a recent Wednesday, my friend Annie1 went on her first date with a man she met through SeekingArrangement.com, the self-proclaimed “leading Sugar Daddy dating site.” Annie, a “Sugar Baby,” has…
The Awl 33 149
A Portrait of the Alt-Bro as a Young Dumbass
It’s 11AM on the 4th day of Spring Break. He’s reading Steppenwolf at a minimal loft cafe that sells tote bags and leather notebooks and beard lube. He’s drinking a $4 Americano and debating whether…
The Awl 33 126
Memes and Misogynoir
On April 7, 2012, a fire broke out at the Chateau Deville Apartments, a complex located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Though no serious injuries were reported, one woman — in whose home the fire…
Laur M. Jackson 33 186