Editors and contributors for a faculty bioethics journal at Northwestern University’s medical school say the administration tried to take editorial control and bury an essay in the winter issue by a prominent disabled professor graphically describing how a nurse helped him rediscover his sexuality.
Kentucky Fried Chicken might as well be called Kentucky Fried Breading, because that is clearly the only reason to eat there. But the chicken, bland though it may be, is more important than it seems, because breading on a rat just tastes “nasty.” That’s according to a man who says he accidentally tried it.
You oafish hillbillies who spend your time reading Gawker.com may not realize this, but respectable people who went to respectable schools like Yale have their very own high class private clubs in Manhattan. Do not sully them with your tasteless “novelty” t-shirts!
According to TMZ, Rachel Dolezal—the former Spokane, Wash. NAACP leader who lied for years about being black—is a frequent customer at Spokane’s Palm Beach Tan, where she gets spray tans to darken her skin. Well, of course. TMZ’s source says Dolezal prefers the “medium” shade of the Mystic Tan brand.
Former LCD Soundsystem frontman and noted graybeard New York City resident James Murphy opened a wine bar in—you guessed it—Williamsburg this week. Today, Gothamist published an inside look at Murphy’s latest endeavor, which is curiously named The Four Horsemen. Looks like a nice place. Very chic. But it’s missing something (puns).
A New York City woman bragged about her whiskey-infused rooftop escapades on Instagram just a week before she drunkenly fell to her death, police say.
Trendsetting neighborhood Williamsburg, Brooklyn will soon have more than half a dozen new hotels, including one with a 30-seat lounge inside a rooftop water tower, “Which might sound like some inspired repurposing, but this is new construction — they’re building a new water tower for the watering hole.”
Bayna El-Amin, the man accused of hitting a gay Dallas BBQ patron over the head with a chair last month, has turned himself into police, reports the Daily News. He is being questioned by the Hate Crimes unit. Since the attack, evidence has emerged that El-Amin has had a romantic relationship with at least one man.
In 1996, C.J. Phillips met Charlie Rainwater and fell in love, as young self-identified “doggy dudes” do. Now, they’d like to have a polite, civil conversation—about their right to love each other, and anything else that’s vexing you. Which is why they parked a lovely website on the domain jebbushforpresident.com.
