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  • Blogs

    February 7, 2012

    5 Biggest Lies in Scientology's 2-Minute TV Ad

    We keep seeing Twitter reactions as people are stunned to see a 2-minute ad for Scientology show up on network television. We've written earlier about the negative reactions the ad is getting as it appeared during NFL playoff games, the Miss America pageant, the Golden Globes, and during such weekly ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 23, 2012

    And The New Miss'd America Is...

    Sabel Scities, the Portland-born dazzler who regularly plays at Stonewall and other NYC clubs! Miss'd America is the annual Atlantic City beauty pageant that has become way more enjoyable than tired, old Miss America. (The latter has gals dressed weirdly like hos as they perform classical music an ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2012

    Did You See a Scientology Ad This Weekend?

    Update: After the jump, we'll show you the church e-mail that confirms just about everything we were told by Jefferson Hawkins about this sudden ad campaign. The Church of Scientology bought network TV ad time in a big way this weekend. On Saturday, we started noticing Twitter users complaining tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 15, 2012

    Seventeen Still Missing From Cruise Ship; Miss America Crowned; Three-Alarm Fire In Bushwick

    After three more people were found alive Sunday, at least 17 people are still missing from the Costa Concordia, the cruise ship that ran aground off the Italian coast Friday night. Francesco Schettino, the captain of the ship, has been arrested for, according to CNN, "investigation of manslaughter, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    NYC's 10 Weirdest Restaurants

    ​Hmmmm, will flying to Mars for dinner make me seasick? There has always been an element of zaniness in the New York dining scene, ever since pretty girls started selling hot ears of buttered corn down on Delancey Street in the 19th Century - or maybe even before that, because a restaurant b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 23, 2011

    Barcade's Joe Stickney Talks Craft Beer and the Best Video Games to Play While Drinking

    ​ Could there be a better dude bar than Barcade in Williamsburg? Not only is it filled with vintage video games, it also boasts 25 beers on tap and the official Good Beer Seal for carrying quality American craft beers. If you're not a beer geek, don't worry, the staff here is very nonjudgmenta ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 8, 2011

    Where Have All the Hipsters Gone?

    ​Clip Job: an excerpt every day from the Voice archives. August 10, 1972, Vol. XVII, No. 32 Where have all the hipsters gone? By Bill Amidon What's going on around here? Where the hell is everybody? I've been living in the West and East Villages for the past 13 years and I'v known a gang of ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    February 9, 2011

    ME VS. YOU

    Why can’t we all get along?

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Here She Comes, Miss'd America

    ​ Well, that's actually the second runner up in the photo. (And though her cones look vaguely Madonna-esque, she' s actually doing Gaga--and very well, thank you.) Below I'll show you which drag queen won the splashy pageant in Atlantic City on Sunday after judges like myself, Mark Segal, Coc ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 16, 2011

    Fox Shoots Man; Murdered Journalist's Ashes Poured into Times Square Subway Grate (Weekend Links)

    ​Happy Sunday! Enjoy your brunches and precious, precious sleep while you still can. Today will be partly cloudy with a high of 33. There's a joke about "man bites dog" here that I'm not quite coming up with, but yesterday a fox managed to shoot its would-be hunter in Belarus. It escaped ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 24, 2010

    Amanda Cohen Enlightens Us on the Topic of Canadian Thanksgiving

    ​What can one say about Thanksgiving that hasn't been said already? Absolutely nothing. Which is why we find ourselves thinking about our friends to the north, who already celebrated Thanksgiving a month ago. Canadian Thanksgiving, like Canadian Nanaimo bars and Canadian curling, is a subject ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 8, 2010

    Broadway Casting Buzz

    ​Guess who I hear just got offered the role of the female Mad Hatter in Wonderland: A New Alice. A New Musical Adventure, the weirdly titled Frank Wildhorn musical coming to Broadway in April?

  • Blogs

    August 2, 2010

    Best Atlantic City & Vicinity Eats: White House Sub Shop

    ​Cheesecake at the sub shop: As we rose to leave, a bevy of Miss America candidates burst in the door, beaming. In its emphasis on gambling and the general encouragement of vice, our own Atlantic City is the spitting image of Vegas; in fact, many of the casinos have the same names. But in one ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 16, 2010

    Kelly Cutrone Promotes New Book, Assures Everyone She Is Not a Lesbian

    ​Kelly Cutrone, the abrasive reality-TV star and founder of fashion public relations agency People's Revolution, talked to a group of well-dressed, mostly insecure young women today in Bryant Park. A few guys, assumed gay, were also in the audience of about 150 people.

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2010

    Rush Limbaugh Says He's an Assman; Outrage Ensues

    Radio host and Miss America Pageant judge Rush Limbaugh said on the air today, "I love the women's movement -- especially when walking behind it." Jezebel is not amused ("Need a shot of rage to get you going?"); Think Progress' Amanda Terkel notes polling that shows "not that many women really lik ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Big Day for Gay Marriage from Jersey to D.C. to San Francisco

    ​It's a big day for gay marriage across the nation. In San Francisco, Chief U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker has ruled that a potential legal revolution to overturn Prop 8 will not be televised live, though it will be YouTubed. The judge will preside over the federal trial, Perry v. Schwarze ... More >>

  • Voice Choices

    April 8, 2008

    ALL GROWED UP

    Happy birthday, Dixon Place

  • Columns

    December 11, 2007

    I Am Legend Star: I Am Straight!

    Wynonna's backwoods backstory (and other therapy issues)

  • Art

    July 25, 2006

    The Mind-Body Problem

    Don't hate me because I'm beautiful—and smart: College students who model

  • NYC Life

    November 22, 2005

    Goddess Factory

    It's so gentrified. Hip-hop kids have nicknames for us—New Harlem.

  • NYC Life

    November 1, 2005

    Justified?

    Wondering if Timberlake's clothing line is worth it

  • Columns

    April 19, 2005

    NY Mirror

    Wondering if Timberlake's clothing line is worth it

  • People

    April 5, 2005

    Teens' Sexual Rights

    Educators argue that adolescent sexuality is healthy and vital

  • NYC Life

    February 22, 2005

    Miss America Would Be Quaking in Her Dyed-To-Match Heels

    Educators argue that adolescent sexuality is healthy and vital

  • NYC Life

    August 24, 2004

    Bush Begone

    Anti-RNC parties bring back lewdness, courtesy of the First Amendment

  • NYC Life

    November 11, 2003

    Beer Babe

    Anti-RNC parties bring back lewdness, courtesy of the First Amendment

  • NYC Life

    October 14, 2003

    Wink, Wink

    Anti-RNC parties bring back lewdness, courtesy of the First Amendment

  • Columns

    September 30, 2003

    NY Mirror

    Anti-RNC parties bring back lewdness, courtesy of the First Amendment

  • Dance

    September 16, 2003

    Dance

    Anti-RNC parties bring back lewdness, courtesy of the First Amendment

  • Music

    July 8, 2003

    Fuck 'Em on the Dancefloor

    Post-Disco Pervs Get Dicks in the Mix and Treat Cootchies Like a Maze

  • Columns

    October 1, 2002

    NY Mirror

    Post-Disco Pervs Get Dicks in the Mix and Treat Cootchies Like a Maze

  • NYC Life

    January 22, 2002

    Listings

    Post-Disco Pervs Get Dicks in the Mix and Treat Cootchies Like a Maze

  • News

    December 4, 2001
  • Columns

    October 2, 2001

    NY Mirror

    The Lit Parade

  • News

    August 28, 2001

    Survival of the Fiercest

    Five New York Girls Strive for Drag Divinity at the Miss Continental Pageant

  • Columns

    August 14, 2001

    Me, My Panties, and the Mayor

    Five New York Girls Strive for Drag Divinity at the Miss Continental Pageant

  • News

    January 16, 2001

    A Woman’s Place

    Jane Chastain, Sports Broadcasting Trailblazer

  • Books

    October 10, 2000

    Who Stole Feminism?

    Jane Chastain, Sports Broadcasting Trailblazer

  • Film

    January 11, 2000

    Times of Tumult

    Jane Chastain, Sports Broadcasting Trailblazer

  • Columns

    September 28, 1999

    NY Mirror

    Jane Chastain, Sports Broadcasting Trailblazer

  • News

    August 17, 1999

    Babes In Boyland

    Pumping it up in the Pines

  • News

    August 3, 1999

    Thorns and Roses

    Here she comes, International Ms. Leather

  • Specials

    March 2, 1999

    Letters

    Here she comes, International Ms. Leather

  • News

    January 19, 1999

    Clinton's Message to Women

    'Clinton ripped [Jane Doe No. 5's] clothes and bit her lip'

  • Music

    November 3, 1998

    The Iceman Cometh Back

    'Clinton ripped [Jane Doe No. 5's] clothes and bit her lip'

  • Columns

    October 6, 1998

    NY Mirror

    ''I can't believe that all the underground insanity I skanked around for years now comprises cute touristy entertainment.''

  • Music

    May 5, 1998

    MTV Contest Hacked

    ''I can't believe that all the underground insanity I skanked around for years now comprises cute touristy entertainment.''

  • Theater

    February 17, 1998

    Home of the Moan

    'The Vagina Monologues' Seizes the Means of Production

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