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Pump and Dump: the Society of the Spectacle.
Famed philosopher Guy Debord wrote on the Society of the Spectacle, the point at which meaning falls victim to bullshit. It is, in simpler terms, all pomp without circumstance. In this world, the symbolism of an object, the theatre...
Why you like men in Uniform…
“Guess what, Mom?” I said on the phone. “It’s Fleet Week!”
“Oh, I know!” she enthused. “It’s Samantha’s favorite holiday!”
Yes, the fictional Samantha Jones’ favorite New York holiday has come and gone, leaving piles of empty beer bottles and crowds...
The Etiquette of Flying.
This Memorial Day weekend, it was estimated some 2.1 million Americans took to the skies for their holiday travel. Though that number is down, (and who can blame people, this economy does not make traveling easy,) it still means...
The Theory and Etiquette of Infidelity.
You know should not do it, but let’s not kid ourselves. People are tempted and whether out of boredom, spite, curiosity or burning loins of passion, cheating happening even if it is not the mainstream choice. Getting a taste...
How you know if he’s a Player or not…
Let us initially dispense with the obvious. How you know he’s a player? Who even talks like that anymore? This article might as well be a sequel to my imaginary best-selling novel: How to get a PHAT boyfriend that...
The Etiquette of Claiming Poverty and Getting Away With It.
Some of us were made for the strobe of celebrity appearances and platter-served cognac that stings our tongues hips upon first sip. There is a certain appeal to being amidst a ubiquity of immaculate representation, complete with intellectual indifference...
Dakota Jackson: Builder of wonders.
To hear Dakota Jackson tell it there is that moment between indecision and acceptance, the very imprecise notion that one can never entirely wrap their mind around, but which ultimately is the corner stone where disbelief finally becomes belief...
The etiquette of Concert Going…just in case you needed to know.
The Do’s and Don’ts of Concert Etiquette
Concerts make for a good evening even if you are not seeing your favorite band, probably because there are few other times when it’s socially acceptable to dance, jump up and down,...
The UN wows us all. ‘Welcome to HUMANITY.’
It was a benevolent affair this past Tuesday evening aimed to herald attention to human trafficking, war crimes and the corrupt mistreatment of young children. The ‘Cause for Gulu,’ underwritten by Egyptian billionaire (yes they still exist...) Shafik Gabr of ARTOC...
A Girl’s guide to the Etiquette of Hooking up.
Public fascination with the so-called modern “hookup culture” is endless. It seems every few months someone is publishing another book either extolling the greatness of its freedoms or damning it for being harmful to women or other such nonsense....
How to tell if she’s a Gold Digger.
There comes a point in every man’s life, well every well to do man’s life to be precise where he has to ask himself the crucial question- ‘is she here because she loves me or because she loves my...
Tough Love if you can Get it.
Tough Love proves that monogamous relationships are horrible, outdated, slave-minded institutions with no validity or value for our modern time and age. I think.
For those unawares, Tough Love is a television show depicting the age-old tale of boy meets...
Sit. Now, stay in your place. Good, celebrity, good.
I had the terrible misfortune of working the door of a nightclub last night that must have been auditioning itself to be part of some reality t.v. show. There were lots of overwrought accessories, including the offensive “glasses on...
The Art of Appearances and why the City is hooked.
They say one should never judge a book by it’s cover but we're afraid that’s just wishful thinking. The truth is one is judged, scrutinized, eyeballed and mentally finger printed by the way they present themselves to society. Of...
Hair and Rally. Whatever happened to the idealism?
The line for “Hair” was packed. Just a Sunday afternoon observation. Of course I wasn’t here for the theater show, I was here for something else…
Stretching down the block from the play and wrapping around two corners were suburban...
