Posts tagged as The Hairpin
Asking for a Raise: A Series of Conversations
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My Dad's Beef and Yogurt Casserole
As we settle into the long, cold, dark days that come with the final slog through winter, we — your pals from The Hairpin and The Awl — will be bringing you some of our favorite casserole recipes (and crockery recommendations). READ MORE
Ask Someone Who Recently Went to Iceland
Did you see any of the things that are in this beautiful video? READ MORE
Joyful Noises
The problem with harbingers is that we recognize them only in retrospect. I did not know that Tourette Syndrome affected children until I saw a poster on the train I took to work every morning. It featured a small boy gazing out from the wall, abashed; the caption read: “Maybe he can’t ‘just stop it.’ Maybe it’s TS.” I mentally congratulated the advertising team on the snappy rebranding of a disability usually associated with dirty old men, and went back to my New Yorker. A few months later, when my eight-year-old daughter started humming, I didn’t think about Tourette Syndrome. I thought, “For the love of God, stop humming.” READ MORE
One of Those Things No One Talks About
It's funny, the plans we make for ourselves. We think about college, about our careers. About the new person we're seeing, our future families, what to cook for dinner. And we rarely stop to think about what happens when those plans don’t work out. READ MORE
Scandals of Classic Hollywood: The Destruction of Fatty Arbuckle
Roscoe “Fatty” Arbuckle wasn’t Hollywood-hot. He didn’t have any high-profile romances, and the gossip mags never complimented him on his dashing evening wear. But he’s one of the best physical comedians of all time, and from 1914 to 1920, he effectively ruled the movie business. He was Will Ferrell meets Chris Farley with a twist of Fire-Marshall-Bill-era Jim Carrey, and he was, and remains, a marvel to behold. Here was a man who, despite his mass, seemed to float across the screen, and whose comedy had deftness and grace — qualities Ferrell’s tighty-whitey romps, for all of their glory, distinctly lack. READ MORE
Curried Chicken and Broccoli Casserole
As we settle into the long, cold, dark days that come with the final slog through winter, we—your pals from The Hairpin and The Awl—will be bringing you some of our favorite casserole recipes (and crockery recommendations). READ MORE
