There will be no gay hand holding at the Gertrude Stein exhibit in San Francisco

Posted by Jason Diamond A lesbian couple were visiting an exhibit on Gertrude Stein at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco, and were asked by a security guard to stop holding hands, and it has caused a minor ruckus. In case you’re confused, let us replay this: Lesbian couple at a Gertrude Stein exhibit, at a Jewish museum, in San Francisco =s not allowed to hold hands.  If that math doesn’t add up to you, don’t worry, we’re with […]

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Quote of the day: NYT on Miranda July

“July has come to personify everything infuriating about the Etsy-shopping, Wes Anderson-quoting, McSweeney’s-reading, coastal-living category of upscale urban bohemia that flourished in the aughts.” – From the New York Times Magazine article, “Miranda July Is Totally Not Kidding.”

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Women of the world, take over (the Media)

Posted by Jason Diamond There is something really off about Joe Scarborough, the host of MSNBC’s early show, Morning Joe.  He’s smug and he clumsily tip toes around his Republican past as it doesn’t quite gel with his current gig as the host of a liberal-slanting talk show.  But what’s worst of all is the dismissive way he treats his co-host, Mika Brzezinski.  After watching Morning Joe nearly every morning for nearly a year, I wait for the moment when […]

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Morning Bites: Brian Wilson’s birthday, The Onion’s Pulitzer, David Mamet’s new hole, reopening libraries, and more

It’s Brian Wilson’s 69th birthday.  That makes today about as holy as Christmas. We’re fans of sex-positive feminist who uses a Norman Mailer quote for their book’s epigraph.  That’s probably why we like this Susie Bright interview so much at The Rumpus. Nothing like reading Christopher Hitchens trying to rip David Mamet a new ha-ha hole. The Onion just wants a Pulitzer. It’s nice to hear stories about libraries opening for a change. In the case of the Spinney Memorial […]

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Well-educated in America

Posted by Jason Diamond Look at this person flaunting her fancy degree on a Metro-North train. She almost sounds like Diane Keaton’s character in Manhattan: “I don’t need to lower my voice. I’m well-educated, and was just talking about Van Gah.”

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Obama hires guy with plugs. The G.O.P. will probably complain.

Posted by Jason Diamond Chicago technologist Harper Reed has joined the Obama 2012 presidential campaign as chief technology officer, and he will probably be added to the list of people that the right believes show the president as a radical sympathizer.  I mean just look at the guy.  He’s obviously the face of evil with his wacky hairdo, Conan O’Brien looking face, and stretched earlobes.

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Sell Stumptown. I just want my damn coffee

Posted by Jason Diamond I can’t tell you how many writers have told me that the Ace Hotel is their favorite destination to go to and write when they are feeling brave enough to venture past 14th Street.  Why?  Because Donald Glover hangs out there?  Because all of the baristas dress like they’re extras from “Gangs of New York”?  No — it’s because they have Stumptown coffee.

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