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A Brief Scene From Saturday’s GoogaMooga Festival in Brooklyn
Emma Carmichael · 05/21/12 01:05PMPassive-Aggressive Break-Up Text Messages From a Fedora-Wearing Lawyer
Maureen O'Connor · 05/14/12 05:17PMBrooklyn's 'Naked Space' Now Offers Dudes-Only Naked Yoga
Leah Beckmann · 03/14/12 09:59AM'7:31 pm: First mention of fascist food': Highlights of the Park Slope Co-op Meeting
Max Read · 02/29/12 11:25AMLike The Awl's Carrie Frye we found ourselves riveted by Reuters writer Chadwick Matlin's live-tweeting of last night's meeting of the Park Slope co-op (sadly not the upcoming meeting on the subject of Israeli food, which promises to be even more enthralling). So riveted we felt a duty — a calling — to share it with our readers. Please enjoy:
Park Slope Food Co-Op Falls into Chaos: Should They Have a Position on Israel?
Maureen O'Connor · 02/21/12 11:06AM"After three years of heated debate," The Wall Street Journal reports, "the Park Slope Food Co-op is at last ready for a vote." The vote is about whether they should vote about whether they should boycott products made in Israel, to protest what boycotters consider "an apartheid system against Palestinians."
Brooklyn Rapper Who Tweeted About 'Beating a Body' Now Faces Multiple Murder Charges
Emma Carmichael · 02/15/12 05:30PMLatest Bullshit Brooklyn Trend Story Is Bullshit As Usual
Hamilton Nolan · 01/26/12 10:36AMA Jewelry Store in Brooklyn Is Selling Swastika Earrings
Brian Moylan · 01/10/12 03:10PMThe Hipster Christmas Tree Stand of Brooklyn
Maureen O'Connor · 12/22/11 11:34AMBored to Death's Creator Would Like to Buy You a Drink
Seth Abramovitch · 12/21/11 02:28AMSaddened over the recent loss of HBO's hipster mystery (mipstery?) Bored To Death? So is Jonathan Ames, the guy who created it. But what's the point in wallowing in self-pity, if you can wallow in self-pity while drunk and surrounded by dozens of sympathetic fans? Wait, did I say dozens? How about hundreds! Thousands! No wait, dozens is probably for the best. Ames hopped on to Twitter tonight to announce that all fans of the series in the area should meet him at the Brooklyn Inn on Wednesday night for a drink on him. And he promised John Hodgman will be there! There is literally no down side here, people. Except the loss of Bored to Death, and the possibility of a fire hazard. But free drink! So... [@JonathanAmes]
Occupy Williamsburg Occurred at a Bar with a Taco Truck
Maureen O'Connor · 12/14/11 12:05PMGorilla Pimping Is Alive and Well in Brooklyn
Hamilton Nolan · 11/30/11 09:43AMI don't mean to come off as a "sheltered Susan" who's not "street smart" about "how these things work," but I found this story a wee bit more disturbing than would be indicated by the paltry level of media attention it received. How do you become a prostitute in Brooklyn these days? Just by being snatched off the street, at random!
Meghan McCain Declares War on Brooklyn, Zooey Deschanel, Hipsters
Seth Abramovitch · 11/17/11 03:18AM"Brooklyn in general is not a fun experience for me, because I look and act nothing like Zooey Deschanel." This according to the Twitter account of parallel universe First Daughter and MSNBC Chief Mental Fingerpainterist, Meghan McCain. Are you going to take this lying down, America's Dorkalicious Fantasy Girlfriend and/or the planet's Coolest City?
Katie Roiphe Saw a Fight
Hamilton Nolan · 11/03/11 04:13PMIn Huge Shock, NYPD Cop Convicted of Planting Drugs on Innocent People
Max Read · 11/01/11 07:43PMYou might want to sit down for this. Are you sitting down? Okay: an officer in the employ of the New York Police Department was convicted today of planting crack cocaine on two innocent people. Not only that—it's apparently only one episode in a "widespread culture of corruption endemic in [NYPD] drug units." I know. I know! My jaw dropped too!
'New' 'Hipster' 'Trend' 'Discovered'
Hamilton Nolan · 10/31/11 09:01AMThe New York Post—the fascist barrel-scraping newspaper with its finger placed closest to the vibrant pulse of young, "hip" Brooklynites—has unearthed a new, hip trend, which is occurring among hipsters—in Brooklyn, of course. The hip, fashionmongering young people are diving into dumpsters to extract food, completely without care for the inherent wackiness of such a stunt, their eyes focused on only on nutrition—and hipness. Who ever heard of such a thing?