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Emily Brill A Well-Disguised Intellectual

Sheila · 07/22/08 04:14PM

Emily Brill, the socialite heiressblogger, went to private Manhattan prep school Dalton. What does she have to say about the forthcoming Schooled, a novel set in a private school written by ex-Dalton teacher Anisha Lakhani? Brill wants us to know that private-school preps are intellectual, and not as vapid and vicious as the Gossip Girl girls:

'Gossip Girl' Creator Cecily von Ziegesar Is Pissed At Her Publisher

Emily Gould · 10/11/07 02:15PM

"You know you love me," Cecily von Ziegesar signs her Amazon review of her own latest book, the Gossip Girls series prequel It Had To Be You. And you know what? We kinda do, because Cecily has had the balls to risk biting the hand that feeds her by calling her publisher out on doing what sounds like a really incompetent job of publishing her book.

"I Was Raised On The Upper West Side And Always Thought I Was Poor"

Emily Gould · 09/24/07 01:30PM

Kari Brandt, the student body president of the Upper East Side's prestigious all-girls Hewitt School, wants the world to know that "Hewitt students do not characterize popularity by looks, money or experience." But a Hewitt alumna and former student council VP wishes to clarify this point. "I would like to take this time to openly address the issue of the Hewitt School having gone there for 7 years and being the joyful recipient of it's prestigious 1995-2000 cancer cluster. I'll begin with Kari," she writes.