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The rise of the celebrity bitch.
Some female celebrities flaunt their inner bitch. Some try to hide it. We don't know which camp the next breakout starlet will belong to, but one thing is certain: she will be a bitch. Fortunately, those who make their...
Dating in the recession, has left a hole in my stomach.
My mother calls me a dinner whore. I call myself a serial first dater. Either way, it feeds me. Or at least, it used too. I once fed myself by going on first dates for 2 months straight in...
Underground world of lawless fighting.
You probably don't know about this, but deep in the city there is an underground bastion that has been gaining ground and with ferocious tenacity. It's called 'lawless fighting.' What is it? Part savagery, part bravery, part malice, part...
The Man I wish I was. An interview with Kharis Kennedy.
Invited to come along last Thursday to Kharis Kennedy's curated show - 'The man I wish I was,' at the A.I.R gallery in Brooklyn I went curious as to what the evening would possibly hold. All I knew was...
Craisglist Job Respondent points out things we never knew.
If one is to begin to understand the happenstance of a society one is obliged to peruse the deluge offered and acted upon in one of the greatest mediator of all times- Craigslist. That said we too at Scallywag...
The etiquette of ‘text’ dating.
Dating has always been a perfected ‘game pitch.’ Before the cluster arrival of cell phones, facebook, the internet, twitter one would actually go out meet people and hopefully get a number. From there one would be required to ring and speak like...
Learning to love the ‘hipster.’
Hipsters exist in abundant sources. They can be found milling derelict streets that only they can enjoy, Pabst strewn dance floors, Euro- centric cafe/brasseries and from time to time on the periphery of the real world that most of...
A history of the world’s worst room mates.
It's a rite of passage- room mates. Some of us have been fortunate to have room mates whom they have become the best of friends, I on the other hand haven't always had that experience. If anything I have...
The New Decade: The haves vs the have nots?
For some reason or another most people in Western society are brought up with the idea that even if they don't come from a distinguished or privileged class that eventually with hard work, a good education, patience and...
How I learned to love the needle.
A violent account of heroin addiction: How I came to love the needle. Stories of infection, dope sickness, overdose and mental illness.
##Editor Update: since the author penned this over 13 years ago, they have sought help for their heroin...
The etiquette of walking- a primer for the uninitiated.
What a lovely day it is. No humidity. Not a cloud
in the sky. A nice cool fifteen-degree breeze. Let’s not fret over this.
No problem ma’am, I’ll just walk around you. It’s so courteous of...
Conversations with a dope user.
Conversations with a dope user: The author's account and conversations with heroin users, hooked and desperate as they struggled with addiction. Somewhere in Bushwick, Brooklyn, NYC.
I've been sitting in the hollow annals of a nondescript living room waiting for...
Observations on the G train.
The G train is akin to a slinky rattlesnake making its way through a Western shoot out with a myriad of characters languishing on the saloon floor while licking at the collective backsides of Prada make believe outfits and...
Payola- How Women play Men.
Pay for play or payola is a common term in the music industry. Paying people to play your music on radio stations is an illegal and frowned upon practice. However, payola is a common practice in the relationship realm.
For...
Celebrity, the new preferred religion.
Christianity, Catholicism, Buddhism, Judaism, Kabbalah, and now Celebrity-ism? In the day and age where the 9 o'clock news reports on celebrity scandals rather than issues that occur around the world, newspaper headlines read 'Britney's Meltdown' instead of 'War in...
