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Gawker Bathroom Anxieties: An Internal Monologue

Maureen O'Connor · 06/01/12 12:50PM

The following thoughts have flickered through my mind in rapid succession at least once a week for as long as I have worked on the fourth floor of Gawker Media's offices.

I Partied at Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Townhouse

Maureen O'Connor · 05/26/11 01:33PM

Under house arrest and awaiting trial for the alleged sexual assault of a chambermaid, Dominique Strauss-Kahn is living in a three-story TriBeCa townhouse. Before Strauss-Kahn moved in, the townhouse was used as a venue for corporate parties. I went to one! (You didn't think I partied there with him, did you? Way too dangerous.)