The Revolution Goes Kablooie
A review of Adam Thirwell's Kapow! in the context of the Egyptian Revolution
Your Friends and Neighbors
Is Anyone Up works like this: You have naked photos of somebody you know.
No Dignity, No Doubt
Albert Cossery’s 1955 novel shows how beggars can be choosers — and revolutionaries
Shoot Hip or Die
Hipstamatic, Instagram, and the class revolt of photographic boredom.
The Revolution that Wasn't
I am not a hero. I was only using the keyboard, Mona, on the internet, I never put my life in danger, the real heroes are the ones on the ground. … This revolution belonged to the internet youth, then the revolution belonged to the Egyptian youth, then the revolution belonged to all of Egypt.
Consider the Humblebrag
Roy Lichtenstein Girl in Mirror (1964) What false modesty gains from a new medium By Matt Pearce On Twitter, he calls himself Totes McGotes. He’s…
Death by Twitter
On Teju Cole’s small fates Gary Robinson once tried to cut seven people in line at a Church’s Chicken in Miami. It was near closing…
Standard Gawker English
Writing to please or writing to persuade?