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Isaac Fitzgerald

Isaac Fitzgerald has been a firefighter, worked on a boat, and was once given a sword by a king, thereby accomplishing three out of five of his childhood goals. Formerly of The Rumpus and McSweeney’s and most recently the founding editor of BuzzFeed Books, Isaac is now the co-host of BuzzFeed News’ Twitter Morning Show, #AMtoDM. He also appears frequently on The Today Show to talk books, and is co-author of Pen & Ink: Tattoos and the Stories Behind Them and Knives & Ink: Chefs and the Stories Behind Their Tattoos (with Recipes) (winner of an IACP award), and the author of a YA novel and picture book forthcoming from Bloomsbury. He uses Twitter.
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    Brain Control Monkey

    The genius starts at 4:35.

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    Target Women

    “Single men in commercials look good, drive fast, and drink beer. Then they meet women, get married, and become good-for-nothing doofy husbands. Sarah Haskins investigates.”

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    Writing From Experience

    Your experiences, and how you process them, are what make you unique as an individual. They are also the most valuable things we can offer readers. Last chance to sign up for Rumpus founder Stephen Elliott’s Writing From Experience class…

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    The Ex-Bank Robber

    “I always knew that I was going to get caught, I mean it was inevitable. You know obvious if I had stopped after three, four, five, or six they probably would’ve thought that I had moved on somewhere else. But…

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    Annals of Advertising, Puppy Surprise

    “A somewhat disturbing 1992 commercial for the Puppy Surprise doll, which is a plush dog that kids can pull offspring from inside of…just like in real life.” More from the annals of advertising.

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    I Want to Hold Your Hand

    A same-sex hand holding relay was held in London as part of a three-day celebration that kicked off the countdown to the 2012 Olympic Games. Same-sex hand holding, or “sshh,” is used to promote “visibility for same-sex couples and quietly…

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    Women’s Growing Love of Porn Is Changing the Market

    “When everyone tells you that what you might be curious about, or even secretly like, is wrong, bad, sleazy, and shameful, you don’t have to cast a line very far to land a set of inhibitions.” So writes author and…

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    An Ugly Policy from American Apparel

    A “pissed-off American Apparel store manager” has blown the whistle on Dov Charney’s latest business strategy. It seems the CEO “is demanding the firing of employees he deems unattractive and thus detrimental to the ‘AA aesthetic,’ as he feels they…

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    Jamba Juice Responds

    Get Your War On and My New Fighting Technique Is Unstoppable creator David Rees has been ripped off in a major way by Jamba Juice’s latest ad campaign. To read our earlier posts on the matter, click here and here.…

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    A Very Sorry Saint

    John Wesley Harding & The English UK perform “A Very Sorry Saint.” JWH will be performing at The Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco on October 15th along with Terra Naomi,  Jason Finazzo and comedian Nato Green.

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    Random Media Notes

    “The Washington Post convened a panel of ten people to weigh in on whether a news outlet should cover an alleged sexual assault or not. No shock, ten panelists = ten men.” Way to go, WaPo! Ann Arbor.com starts up…

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    The True Politics of Whole Foods

    I usually shop for supplies at the corner bodega, rarely making it to an actual grocery store. But, when imagining a more responsible me, I picture myself with a steady girlfriend shopping at the local Whole Foods. Whole Foods seems…

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