New York City's 311 hotline received over 260,000 complaints about noise in 2013 proving what Big Apple residents already know: the city is annoyingly loud. Health officials say there are plenty places in the city where decibels reach up to 85 and in some places noise levels exceed 100 decibels.
22-Year-Old Is Very Upset That She Didn't Get to Be Poor for a While
Meet Taylor Cotter. I mean, just pretend she's here or something. Taylor is a 22-year-old graduate of Northeastern Journalism School. She has a job, a car, and an apartment. So what is Taylor's big problem? Her big problem is that she's too successful to be living "that 10-cents-a-word life that I always wanted."…
The YouTube Complaints Department is Fake and Gay
YouTube personalities Vsauce, The Gregory Brothers, Jenna Marbles, Lauren Francesca, Andrea Feczko, and Franchesca Ramsey of Shit White Girls Say to Black Girls fame star in Barely Political's fake-but-probably-all-too-real look at the day-to-day of the receptionist at Youtube's Complaints Department.
Widely Despised Writer Wonders Why Commenters Are So Angry
Katie Roiphe. Katie Roiphe. Katie Roiphe. God, what has she written now?
Shut Up, Katie Roiphe
Katie Roiphe, one of the leading sex-opinion-havers of American letters, is the upper crust version of crazy cat woman Andrea Peyser. While Andrea only broadcasts her psychologically-fraught Victorian sexual shame to tabloid readers, Katie Roiphe gets to publish hers in all the favorite news outlets of East Coast Ivy…
Awards Season: When Good Actors Go Bad
The Golden Globes and SAG Awards have been given out and the Oscar nominations have been announced, so we are reaching the denouement of the 2011 Awards Season Thrill-Parade. And, unfortunately, one of the saddest narratives of the season is playing out with one of our favorite actresses, Melissa Leo. She's gotten way…
Conde Nasties Way Scared of Terror Attack
Conde Nast yesterday announced its plans to move its headquarters from Times Square to the new and improved World Trade Center. And today all you hear is Conde employees complaining about it. Are their complaints well-founded? Or are they yellow?
Life at American Apparel: The Employees Speak
We've told you about American Apparel's photo-based hiring standards, its anti-uglies internal policies, and its "natural" employee grooming standards. Yesterday, the company issued a statement defending itself. Well then. Time for AA employees to spill some dirt for you.
Are Reporters Obligated to Protect Competitors' Anonymous Sources?
The Washington Post's Ian Shapira is shocked, shocked, that a competing reporter would deign to speculate on who Ian Shapira's anonymous sources were. In how many ways is Ian Shapira wrong? Let us brainstorm.
Freelancers Say Out, The Advocate Not Paying Writers
Screwing freelance writers is just wrong. We're doing our part to expose those who don't pay up. Today: complaints that Regent/ Here Media, owner of Out and The Advocate, is ripping their freelancers off.
Washington Post: 'It's Like, Oh My God, Who Are These People?'
Gabriel Sherman has a long piece in TNR today about the Washington Post, the primary purpose of which is to allow Post staffers to vent—about 'Salongate,' inexperienced business executives, entrenched editorial leadership that stunted ambitions, and, most notably, the fact that two WaPo staffers left the paper to…
World's Least Respected Conservative Thinker: There Are Too Many Gays and Whores in Newsweek
Former National Review Online editor Kathryn Jean Lopez is outraged that Newsweek disseminates the opinions of wanton harlots and avowed sodomites. Specifically, Dan Savage and Sasha Grey.
Honeymoon Over: A Tardy Gibbs Enrages White House Press Corps
Robert Gibbs was a couple minutes late to the daily White House press briefing, and the whiny kids who make up the press corps were furious. And they were getting along so well!
Screwed Plenty Writers Cry Out For Justice
Do-gooder earth magazine Plenty had a nasty reputation for not paying its writers. The magazine folded in January, but its website was bought by a semi-celebrity. The writers still want their money, okay?
Talib Kweli is a Deadbeat, Says Guy
Did Brooklyn hip hop star Talib Kweli, former partner to Mos Def, stiff some dude out of $1,200 for services rendered—because of the internet? Yes, according to that dude's shocking claims:
