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Maura Johnston

Maura Johnston

Most Recently: The Year In Internet Outrage

I have no idea what I am doing.

By SarahHeartburn on The Most Expensive T-Shirt in New York City Costs $91,500.00

Come on, you know it'll be at Century 21 in a few months for only 47,800.00.

Posted on March 25, 2013 at 12:03 pm 8

By sharilyn on Is Rick Moody Too Wealthy to Criticize Taylor Swift?

My mistake, I thought everyone stopped caring what Rick Moody thought about music a long time ago. His favorites mentioned in this same post are hopelessly narrow. His specific New England-based class angst is also SO two centuries ago.

I'm sure noone really cares what I think, either, but here's my two cents anyway: I largely agree with Mr Moody about Taylor Swift, but I caught myself singing along to Miley Cyrus recently and THERE'S NOTHING GODDAMNED WRONG WITH THAT.

Posted on January 22, 2013 at 12:49 pm 1

By jolie on The Tale of Laurel Touby, Bold Millionairess, So Far

@boysplz It's actually really easy to clean both fur and chain mail, which sounds wrong but is right. Basically you just have to remember that fur is hair and can be washed accordingly, and chain mail is just metal, which can be spritzed and wiped down, as long as it's dried thoroughly, and WOW I need to go rethink some things about my life choices now.

Posted on November 15, 2012 at 11:44 am 5

By freetzy on Defending Manhattan From America: Pete Wells and Guy Fieri

"Yakkin' About Cold French Fries"

Posted on November 14, 2012 at 11:02 am 5

By BadUncle on Conservatives Bravely Blame Everything, Especially Romney, For Romney's Loss

For all the Nate Silver-gestated confidence many of us feel, I really don't want to feel the hammer of hubris on Wednesday. "Dewey defeats Truman," etc.

Posted on November 5, 2012 at 2:18 pm 5

By deepomega on A Handy Test for Reddit Users: Are You on the Internet Right Now?

This is all well and good, but I don't think you understand: White dudes have a Get Out of Internet Free card. If a white dude says that something is only accessible to his bros, you're supposed to respect that! Never link to evidence that a white dude is a creepy pervert!

Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:17 pm 6

By conklin on A Handy Test for Reddit Users: Are You on the Internet Right Now?

Cross-posting this to etiquette.internet.rec.funny.cautionary

Posted on October 11, 2012 at 12:06 pm 7

By JW Mason on The 40-Year-Old Reversion

Is this the worst Awl post ever? Sure, why the hell not.

Posted on July 11, 2012 at 2:31 pm 9

By saythatscool on The 40-Year-Old Reversion

@Maura Johnston Maybe you're secretly a man. That could be it too.

Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:12 pm 1

By pissy elliott on The 40-Year-Old Reversion

And their children go on to be bratty St. Ann's kids at middling LACs, who will go on to write autobiographical novels, and the circle completes itself.

Posted on July 10, 2012 at 2:09 pm 7