December 2011
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New York I love you, but get off my TV →
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Chicago is portrayed more frequently than I thought, but if this year’s lineup is any indication, it’s portrayed extremely badly.
Indeed. But this is the case every year. “Chicago” is coastal shorthand for “large American city that isn’t LA or NYC.” You can learn everything these shows know about Chicago without ever leaving O’Hare’s...
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Why women need fat →
Yes!
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I just made these cookies and they are fabulous
Extremely fast & easy & festive & delicious! I’m about to make a second batch so I can give them to more people. (Recipe from Epicurious; tweaked by me.)
Orange chocolate chip shortbread cookies
Makes about 24
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour 1/2 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature 1/2 cup sugar Grated peel from...
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“In many ways, Amazon is the perfect snow globe of late stage capitalism. You...”
– Vanessa Veselka, In the wake of protest: One woman’s attempt to unionize Amazon
Not just a “more reasons to be scared of Amazon” piece. Veselka’s thesis—that today’s workers can be conned into giving up basic rights and anything approaching fair pay in exchange...
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A newfound black and white photo of Tupac laying down tracks in a studio while wearing a Neutral Milk Hotel t-shirt
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“When you have three times more housing than homeless people, it’s not a housing...”
– Astra Taylor, Occupy Wall Street on your street
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“Taking the almond theme to excess is what makes this cake extraordinary: The...”
– You’re Doing It Wrong: Fruitcake
If your fruitcake doesn’t taste like Bon Iver, you’re doing it wrong.
But I’m making this recipe! How could you lose with the quadruple threat of marzipan, almonds, almond extract and amaretto.
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“Moore’s study and mastery in Judaism, Christianity, Buddhism, Hinduism, Kung Fu,...”
– Duff McKagan (yes! of GnR!) recommends Christopher Moore’s novel Lamb: The gospel according to Biff, Christ’s childhood pal for The Millions—and it sounds strangely awesome.
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“Make a list of miracles. That ice floats. That giraffes exist. That we are born...”
– Nick Jaina, How to write a song
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“There’s certainly an aesthetic dimension to the struggle – part of the reason...”
– Capitalist realism: Is art the alternative?
Mark Fisher talking with Mike Watson. Mixed emotions on this one. Love it in theory, but can’t help remembering all those historical misses of leftist art and design. Especially in the realm of architecture and urban planning, oy!
(I’ll...
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Sentences that make me want to kick things
Most of the time I stand in awe of New Yorker copy. And then I come across a couple “not uncomplicated” sentences like the following from Hilton Als’ blurb on Diane Keaton’s new memoir (“Critic’s Notebook,” 12/5/11 issue):
Writing in a collaboration of sorts with her late mother, Dorothy Hall, a great beauty—she was named Mrs. Los Angeles in...
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