Author Archives: Julianne

VERBAL ALCHEMY

This is one reason why I want to work for Vanity Fair once I get old and bitchier and learn a lot about socialites: October 2009 issue, page 231, the dek and byline read: “The sudden death in February 2008 … Continue reading

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XOXO, GOSSIP GIRL

Last night I went to Taylor Momsen aka Jenny from Gossip Girl’s 16th birthday party. Aside from learning that Ed Westwick aka Chuck Bass is the finest man I have ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE, I flipcammed a couple … Continue reading

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NOT TO KEEP TOOTING THAT HORN

But this Times mag joint is as profound an objective yet intimate piece as I’ve read in mainstream media about being a woman in the workplace: “The Place of Women on the Court.” Q&A with Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Supreme Court … Continue reading

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DO WHALES DREAM OF OCEANIC SHEEP?

During the first spring of her stay at SeaWorld, J. J. was always found floating off to one side of her pool, and caretakers feared that she was perhaps suffering from boredom and depression. It soon dawned on them, however, … Continue reading

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NOMADIC VAMPIRE BITCH

The A/W ’09 haute couture lines keep crappening in Paris, and after perusing the disconnected Chanel show wherein design house doyenne [sic] Karl Lagerfeld indulged his apparent fascination with tinsel and doilies, this look from Givenchy reminded me 7th grade … Continue reading

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YOU FUCKED UP.

MORE SOON. THIS GUY IS A DOUCHE.

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ALERT ALERT

So much for this not being personal, but these things are about people I know. Peter, second from left. My friend and colleague, Peter van Agtmael, has a book forthcoming entitled 2nd Tour Hope I Don’t Die (on Portland’s Photolucida … Continue reading

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AU REVOIR, OPERATION CLUSTERFX.

On the eve of President Obama’s June 30 Iraq withdrawal deadline, I’d like to use this moment to send a bunch of hearty fuck-yous to Senator Boobsworth and the Dark Father for manipulating the American people and making an utter … Continue reading

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THE SARTORIALISTAS

Not only are Rita Ackermann and Lizzi Bougatsos two of the most compelling women in downtown New York and beacons for contemporary American feminist art, they have the best style like, maybe ever.

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WHERE BROOKLYN AT

The water may be shitty, the traffic may be deadly, the rent may be retardedly high, the yummy tacqueria around the block may have closed cause of the economy, the dudes who moved out next door may have left their … Continue reading

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