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Courtney Ferguson
Mercury copy chief and appreciator of the most sophisticated form of comedy: PUNS!
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Love Kills
Spring Throws Creepy-Crawlies at Romance
Spring throws creepy-crawlies at romance.
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The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o’ the Day!
Someone over on the I, Anonymous Blog (where polls show that the people love polls) has their questionably-placed finger on the pulse of Blogtown with the post “Time for a Poll.” Steven Humphrey is:a. On Vacationb. On “Vacation”c. Stuck in a Mexican… Actually, screw that… let’s play this game for real:
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The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o’ the Day!
Some digs on a newspaper we’ve never heard of popped up over on the I, Anonymous blog: “Willamette Weakly.” Hmm, doesn’t ring a bell. How about advice on how to move up in the world? I want to dine at the restaurants that 1%ers go to every night at least once in a blue moon. […]
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The I, Anonymous Blog Quote o’ the Day!
There is a very valid question over on the I, Anonymous blog: “What Is This? Footloose?,” in which the writer was told to stop dancing at the Decemberists show. Poor Anonymous felt just like the stifled high-stepper Kevin Bacon in 1984’s Footloose. i haven’t ever seen that fucking movie with kevin bacon (shut it, who […]
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Here Be Problems: Daniel Handler’s Unmoored Pirates
Bloomsbury OOF. The latest from Daniel Handler is a doozy. Daniel Handler got into hot water last fall as host of the National Book Awards, when his “jokes” turned racist while giving Jacqueline Woodson an award for Brown Girl Dreaming. The author better known as Lemony Snicket apologized, and the We Need Diverse Books campaign […]
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Here Be Problems
Daniel Handler’s Unmoored We Are Pirates
Daniel Handler’s new novel We Are Pirates is unmoored.
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The Lazarus Effect‘s Monsters and Misogyny
THE LAZARUS EFFECT WHAT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG Let’s revisit our women’s studies teachings from college! Behold the test subject: The Lazarus Effect, which stars Olivia Wilde as Zoe, a medical researcher who’s trying to revive the recently deceased with a serum made from gobbledygook jargon. Initially, all seems great on the Feminism Front: Zoe’s […]
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Rotten Dynasty
David Cronenberg’s Guide to Tinselturd
Julianne Moore, Tinselturd, and Cronenberg’s Maps to the Stars.
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Lady Lazarus
The Lazarus Effect‘s Monsters and Misogyny
The Lazarus Effect‘s monsters and misogyny.
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Sleater-Kinney Meets Bob’s Burgers in Their New Video
Well, just when you thought you couldn’t ask Sleater-Kinney for anything more—between their reunion, the new album No Cities to Love on Sub Pop, an epic tour, and a Portland show at the Crystal on May 5—they give you this bit of gloriousness: So many things are right about Sleater-Kinney jamming out to “A New […]
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A Girl in Trouble
The Many Wonderful Pocket Universes of Kelly Link
Explore the many wonderful pocket universes of Kelly Link.