All Stories published by The Awl on May 19, 2009

‘Time’ Explains The Horrible Future Of The Working World

Hey look! It’s the Time magazine special issue on the Future of Work, and boy is it shiny! You’d think, in the throes of a recession where unemployment seems to be on track to crack double digits, the sober strokers of the great…


Russell Simmons’ Girlfriend Flips Out On The Blacks

Mogul Russell Simmons’ new girlfriend would like to clarify something: “I am nobody’s white b*tch, gold digger or fame chaser”! Also, best use of “namaste” to mean “go fuck yourself.” What a world.


Meghan McCain: Pro-Gay Marriage, Anti-Twitter

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Meghan McCain was on “The Colbert Report” last night, and, you know what? She was kinda…


Jezebel Slaps Back

Anna Holmes, proprietress of ladysite Jezebel, goes balls out (can we say that?) against the recent spate of self-promoting, fact-averse detractors. Here’s a small sample.

If I’m starting to sound pissed, it’s because I’m starting to GET pissed. These adventures in…

Supplicant Obama Humiliates Nation

I mean, seriously, it's not even FAIR at this point.

White House Flickr Feed, via Ben Smith: “President Barack Obama bends over so the son of a White…


Jersey TV Critic Saves “Chuck”

Alan Sepinwall has saved “Chuck”! That’s right-the Star Ledger TV critic’s campaign even got him name-checked by NBC’s Ben Silverman at the upfront today, where “Chuck”’s return was announced. I guess they don’t really mind that Alan trashed NBC in December on the Times


Why Is Mark Sanchez Wearing Such Disgusting Clothing?

I was kind of excited for this GQ photo spread of Mark Sanchez, the new quarterback for the New York Jets! Until I saw how unbelievably ghetto the clothing was. Um, “Swim trunks, $28, by American Apparel”? Really? “Sunglasses by…


Michael Steele: Always Be Entertaining

RNC Chair Michael Steele is giving a speech right now! “This change, my friends, is being delivered in a teabag. And that’s a wonderful thing.”


Centennial Cambridge

The Heather On The Hill: “There is a significant subset of Harvard alums who labor under the misapprehension that Cambridge is some sort of Brigadoon that comes to life only when they return for reunions, so to stand in the middle of a street to make plans to meet friends later is no…


British Speaker Quits

The British Parliament’s expenses scandal has claimed its first high-profile scalp: House of Commons Speaker Michael Martin will today announce his resignation, marking the first time in over 300 years that the holder of that office has been forced out. Martin, a Labour member, is widely…

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