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Blog Drama: Anonymous Zero Hedge Writers Exposed As Traffic-Hungry Capitalists
J.K. Trotter · 04/29/16 02:50PMThe popular Wall Street blog Zero Hedge, whose motto is a quote from Fight Club and whose editorial output is entertainingly prone to populist conspiracy theorizing, is unique among financial news outlets in that its contributors publish under a single alias, “Tyler Durden,” the name of one of Fight Club’s main characters. The real world identities behind the blog have inspired speculation for years, but today Bloomberg News seems to have finally nailed them down:
Andrew Sullivan, Famous Blogger, Joins Magazine Named For City That Ruined Him
J.K. Trotter · 04/01/16 03:25PMAndrew Sullivan, the political blogger who quit blogging over a year ago, has finally reappeared: According to this press release, he’ll be joining New York magazine as a “contributing editor covering politics and the larger culture.” Die-hard Sullivan fans may remember his epic relocation to, serial complaints about, and eventual departure from New York City—the glittering metropolis whose various industries and cultures serve as New York’s main editorial focus. We’re assuming the trauma of having the wrong couch delivered to his Chelsea apartment has subsided at least a little if Sullivan is knowingly associating with the city again.
500 Days of Kristin, Day 403: Kristin Blogs
Allie Jones · 03/02/16 04:20PMThe Princess and the Blog
Ashley Feinberg · 02/17/16 12:16PMThe New York Times Is So Over Blogs, Killing Them Off One By One
Melissa Cronin · 10/26/15 07:02PMThe Dish Drafts: Unpublished Missives From the Andrew Sullivan Hack
Alex Pareene · 06/15/15 04:15PMEver since ur-blogger Andrew Sullivan retired from blogging in February, his fans and admirers (“SullyHeads,” as they’re not known) have wondered, “what’s Andrew Sullivan up to, right now?” and “what does Andrew Sullivan think about what is happening in the news lately?” Proving his doubters wrong, Sullivan has remained quiet since his last post in February. But earlier today there was a sign of life at his longtime blog, The Dish: A single post — a gif of a tumbleweed rolling along a dirt path — went live.
Hamilton Nolan · 05/05/15 11:48AM
Tavi Gevinson Is Dating the "Pitchfork Reviews Reviews" Guy?!?!
Max Read · 09/29/14 01:05PMEveryone Can Go Ahead and Call a Blog Post "A Blog" Now
Tom Scocca · 02/11/14 05:30PMThis week's New Yorker contains an essay, currently available in the print edition only, by Roger Angell, about what his life is like at the age of 93. It is full of well-wrought observations about loss and mortality and sex and the abundance of existence but it also keeps an eye on the contemporary, as in this passage:
Ken Layne · 01/03/14 02:19PM
An entire decade ago, Gawker Media launched a D.C. spinoff called Wonkette. There were no iPhones or tablets or black presidents then, just crude weapons such as "blogs" and "the Blingee." Now-old editors including Alex Pareene, Jason Linkins, Josh Fruhlinger, Kirsten Boyd Johnson and "Ken Layne" are today sharing their mostly heartbreaking tales of madness, booze, blood and Santorum on this blessed anniversary. (Original editor Ana Marie Cox skipped the reunion.) Wonkette itself was spun off (to me!) in 2008, and continues as a filthy website about the vile comedy of politics, led by Wonkette-in-Chief Rebecca Schoenkopf.
Shady Marketing Firms Are Still Quietly Bribing Bloggers (Updated)
Hamilton Nolan · 12/03/13 04:23PMThe Secret Conservative Google Group that Plots Right-Wing Domination
Max Read · 07/25/13 03:57PMFor years now, the right-wing media have claimed left-wing journalists are colluding with each other on a secret email listserv. And they were half-right! As it turns out, a secretive, strategy-plotting online cabal of political journalists and party activists does exist. It's just that it's made up of conservatives.
Local New York City White Lady Wears Afro Wig, Takes Photos with Black People, Becomes Enlightened (UPDATE)
Cord Jefferson · 10/17/12 12:54PMBuying an afro wig for a Studio 54 theme party thrown by your work is a totally reasonable thing to do. Less reasonable is buying an afro wig, wearing it to your theme party, and then continuing to wear it around New York City on a journey of self-discovery, during which you frequently take pictures with black people. Alas, that's exactly what Michelle Lapidos has done. Welcome to "Before and Afro."
Ridiculous Costumes for Irritating People: The 'Pretty Zombie'
Caity Weaver · 10/11/12 11:10AMNew York Times Launches Blog for Under-Represented 'Boomer' Demographic
Max Read · 09/13/12 10:11AMWhy has The New York Times launched a new blog aimed at Baby Boomers, when the paper itself is already a testament to the sick, sad reign of the Jerks that Ruined Everything? "Our generation, the biggest in the country's history, has always given ourselves and everyone else lots to talk about," writes Michael Winerip in the opening post. "Booming [This is the name of the blog, LOL — Ed.] offers a wide-open space for these conversations."
Ten Things on Thought Catalog in the Past Week
Hamilton Nolan · 05/21/12 04:15PMKourtney Kardashian Feels Super Claustrophobic, You Guys
Louis Peitzman · 04/29/12 10:43AMNow You Can Watch Beyoncé Play Connect 4 on Her New Tumblr
Max Read · 04/05/12 08:12AMLet's come together and welcome the legendary Beyoncé Knowles to Tumblr, where she joins her sister Solange in the land of 500 Days of Summer GIFs soft-focus black-and-white porn with a series of what look like vacation shots. Watch Beyoncé play Connect 4! See her boring home videos with Jay-Z! Marvel at Jigga's terrible fashion choices! [I AM]
Your Guide to the Idiotic Racist Backlash Against Trayvon Martin
Max Read · 03/27/12 01:00PMFor a minute there, it looked like Trayvon Martin might avoid the kind of horseshit thunderstorm that tends to accompany the shooting deaths of unarmed African-Americans. It seemed like everyone agreed that the police had fucked up. Fox News had only one segment on the killing in the weeks following. Not even white racists wanted to defend Martin's killer, George Zimmerman: when I wrote about the case last week, the worst response I got was from one particularly dedicated nutcase, who set up a Twitter account to harass me for not properly specifying that Zimmerman is Hispanic.