• the literary life

    Meet The New N+1 T-Shirt Models!

    The highbrow low-pay publishing community has long suffered from a startling male-female attractiveness imbalance exemplified by the case of that American Apparel modeling Paris Review intern. I mean, if Jessica Roy was ever right about anything, it is that.* But for its work righting the prettiness gap perhaps we owe a debt of "gratitude" to the most important literary journal of our time, N+1, whose founding editors Keith Gessen and Benjamin Kunkel are not only decidedly conventionally attractive but extra reviled on the basis of that fact. And as the Observer noticed today, N+1 is now employing male contributor Wesley Yang (and his wavy hair I will refrain from calling a "mane") in the new capacity of T-shirt pitchman. Yang, you might recall if you are one of N+1's numerous readers, originally ascended to literary microfame in a piece in the last issue about how he related to Virginia Tech school shooter Seung Hui-Cho for feeling fundamentally "unlovable." More »
    09/30/08
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    By Moe

    Comment by TheHonJudgeSmails: Keith Gessen is "decidedly conventionally attractive"? So it's not just your writing style that I sometimes can't follow... you really just... 6 Responses | Other threads

  • fameballs

    Rex Sorgatz Grows His Microcelebrity One B-Roll at a Time

    Rexie! The nerdy Midwestern micro-celebrity "expert" and blogger who allegedly makes Tumblr girls (and the HuffPo's Rachel Sklar) weak in the knees has inexplicably grabbed yet another bit of micro-fame—he's in some b-roll for the local news in St. Paul, outside the Daily Show. What does the voice-over say about him? Just wait. (Bonus footage: the redhead is former Wonkette editor Anna Marie Cox.)
    09/03/08
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    By Sheila

    Comment by BK_KT: I guess the lesson we can all learn from this is: a trademark pair of funky glasses can take you... 1 Responses | Other threads

  • microcelebrities

    Most Despised Internet Microcelebrities

    Recently, there was a roundup of microcelebrities on men.style.com. (Out of 13 people, only 5 were dudes.) Readers voted either pro or con for each micropersonality. We mashed up the resulting data into something much easier to understand—by taking each person's "negative" votes and ranking them, we've created a spreadsheet of some of the most roundly disliked microcelebs around. Sorry! (Click to expand) More »
    08/19/08
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    By Sheila

    Comment by Feh Am Legend: @Julia Allison: Well played, Julia. That's the spirit. I don't hate you, for what it's worth. I have no idea who... more » | Other threads

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