Author: Jen Doll

What's the Perfect Food of Summer?

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With the help of my Atlantic Wire colleagues, I have compiled 12 contenders for the best summer food, along with the reasons we would consume these items all year round if we had our druthers. Who is the top of the summer food pile? Help us choose.

By Jen Doll

Apr 20, 2012

Recapping the Long First Week of 'Girls'

It's been a pretty dramatic week for HBO's Girls. How do you keep up? Here's a recap of what went down to help you prepare for episode 2.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 20, 2012

Woman Rated Highly on Dating Spreadsheet Defends Spreadsheet Dating

Thursday we defended our hapless romantic spreadsheet user—a man who used an Excel document to "keep track of" dates he met on Match.com. Now, we hear from an actual human woman who interacted with him online.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 19, 2012

Y.A. for Grownups

What Does 'Young Adult' Mean?

What exactly is "Y.A."? What does it mean? Why did it begin in the first place, and when was that? What has it become since? We conferred with librarians, agents, publishing world executives, and the experts of the Internet to put together a primer of sorts.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 19, 2012

Seriously, What's So Great About Corgis?

What we are about to say is a matter of much controversy, but it must be asked nonetheless: Are corgis even that cute

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By Jen Doll

Apr 19, 2012

In Defense of the Dating Spreadsheet

"Dating spreadsheet guy" is the romantic anti-hero, someone who hopes to manipulate love (in Excel!), someone who needs to "keep track" of dates as if they were possessions, someone who judges on paper.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 18, 2012

The Non-Story About Livery Drivers and Guns

In the lead-up to Thursday's meeting about New York City's proposed five-borough taxi plan, Pete Donohue has written a rather stress-inducing piece in the New York Daily News. Its headline: "Let livery drivers carry guns: trade group."

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By Jen Doll

Apr 18, 2012

Is Citibank Judging You for Being Single?

Just because more people are living alone by choice doesn't mean they don't have their share of problems. Add to that possible trouble: Bank accounts. In particular, those privacy questions you're supposed to answer in order to access your account.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 18, 2012

Feast Your Eyes on the Only Non-Anonymous Mega Millions Winners

Finally, finally, our time of great suspense is over. All three of the lucky Mega Millions winners (groups or individuals) have come forward to claim their prizes. And we have names for at least two of them. 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 18, 2012

New Yorkers Are Having Trouble with the Communal Restaurant Table

Important cultural trend news in the New York Post Wednesday, from writer Hailey Eber. People do not like sitting with strangers at those long communal tables that have been springing up at trendy and expensive restaurants. 

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By Jen Doll and Richard Lawson

Apr 17, 2012

Some Advice to Prepare for Summertime

There are some important things you can do right now to start getting ready for America's best season. Here is our list of ten ways to get an early jump on making Summahtime 2012 the best one ever.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 17, 2012

Harvard Sex Week and the Next Wave of the Sexual Revolution

Just because we can have casual sex, should we? Questions for a sexually-revolutionized world. 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 17, 2012

No Respect for the 'Colonizers of Williamsburg'

There's a final gentrification push in the land of Williamsburg, according to The New York Post, that may make the starving artist extinct, or possibly just make the starving artist move to Bushwick.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 16, 2012

The Fetishization of Female Fantasies Goes Mainstream

I read Newsweek's much-discussed Katie Roiphe article, "Spanking Goes Mainstream," so you don't have to.

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By Jen Doll and Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 16, 2012

Debating HBO's 'Girls': It Gets Worse, It Gets Better

Lena Dunham's Girls debuted last night to much hype and a not inconsequential aftermath: We're still talking about it, aren't we? Two "girls" of The Atlantic Wire of varying ages watched, and we had feelings.  

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By Jen Doll

Apr 16, 2012

Fifty Shades of Fifty Shades of Grey; the Most Awful Sentence Is Not That Bad

Today in books: There are more than fifty shades of grey in the Fifty Shades of Grey headlines; we're still awaiting the news of the inevitable Fox Mole book deal; and the most awful short sentence is not that terrible. Really.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 16, 2012

Mad Women: Horrors of Domesticity and the Return of Pete Campbell

Sunday's Mad Men brought us a return of the Pete Campbell we all know and used to despise. And it was somewhat beauteous, in a horrors-of-domesticity sort of way. 

 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 13, 2012

The Terrifying Wedding Diets That Are All the Rage

There are stats to back up the fact that a majority of engaged women want to drop as much as 20 pounds before they walk down the aisle. But there's a newer, more disturbing ante-up at work. Pre-wedding diets have become extreme.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 13, 2012

How to Day Drink, from The New York Times

'Tis the season, apparently. The season for sitting outside in the sun, for long brunches or lunches, and especially, for long, boozy brunches or lunches. The season for day-drinking!

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By Jen Doll

Apr 13, 2012

Booker vs. Bloomberg: A Heroism Face-Off

As the tri-state area and beyond congratulate Cory Booker for saving a woman from a fire and basically out-superhero-ing the nonchalant snack man and hero Ryan Gosling, we wonder how New York City mayor Mike Bloomberg feels.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 13, 2012

Some Superstitions We Can Believe In (and Some We Can't)

Why does Friday the 13th, and not, say, Thursday the 12th, fill us with terror and a sense of impending doom? Is it possible that at least a few of our superstitions are in fact meaningful, even practical or helpful?

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By Jen Doll

Apr 12, 2012

Living Alone Really Is the New Shacking Up for Some Couples

Living alone just keeps getting more popular, with even committed couples deciding to live by themselves—albeit maybe in houses right next door to each other. We explore the phenomenon.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 12, 2012

Y.A. for Grownups

The Banned Books We Have Loved

The ironic and rather wonderful thing about banning books is that the act doesn't, actually, do much to keep the books from being read. If anything, it inspires further interest in them, and sometimes sales, too.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 12, 2012

Mani-Pedis Have Broken the Gender Barrier

Not only are nail polishes and lacquers reaching new heights in fashion, there are gender breakthroughs happening as we write: Men are going to nail salons.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 11, 2012

Is There Money to Be Made by Being a Fox News Mole?

When Gawker unveiled their "Fox Mole," an anonymous employee at Fox News who has been posting about the inner workings of Fox News and their bathrooms, our first thought was that this guy is going to get outed, fired, and then pitch a book. So how much can he hope to get?

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By Jen Doll

Apr 11, 2012

The Rise of the Accidental Dude Hero

In a matter of just a few days, we have two different yet oddly similar men competing for our attention in the world of memes, and also in real life.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 11, 2012

Overachieving High School Students Can't Stop Overachieving

High school. What we remember of it is generally fond, if slightly uncomfortable, sort of like the time we were shoved into a locker and left there until, happily, we were rescued by our best friend.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 11, 2012

'Tis the Season of the Titanic Trend Story

There is a question tugging at the hearts and minds of all stylish humans: How to re-live an epic tragedy in the fashion to which you have grown accustomed?

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By Jen Doll

Apr 10, 2012

A Thank You to Rick Santorum, from Women

It's been something of a rocky round between women and Rick Santorum in the past, as he seemed to have had a special way of offending some female or another at nearly every turn. And now that he's gracefully bowed out, we'd like to gracefully thank him.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 10, 2012

How Not to Afford Your Dream Wedding

"Dream wedding": Two special words, for two very special people.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 10, 2012

The Strange Former Lives of New York City Real Estate Brokers

New York City residents and their real estate brokers have a special kind of relationship. Is it any wonder that we're entranced by these fascinating creatures who wield such power?

 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 10, 2012

What We Know About Alec Baldwin's Alleged Stalker

Say what you will of Alec Baldwin; he makes great tabloid fodder. And so, the Post slaps him on their cover with the headline "Dirty Rock"—even though the story within is more about his alleged stalker than about Baldwin, himself. What do we know about this alleged stalker? 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 9, 2012

Putting the Question of the Male-Female Platonic Friendship to Rest

For as long as men and women have been being friends, people have been asking, can men and women be friends?

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By Jen Doll

Apr 9, 2012

Reviewing the 'Mad Men' World by Someone Who Was There

We've enlisted the help of a former '60s-era ad exec to run down the factual inaccuracies and anachronisms of Mad Men. 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 9, 2012

The Hamptons Is Ruining Lives Earlier Than Usual This Year

Terrible, terrible news: East Hampton's 2,900 non-resident beach parking permits have sold out completely in record time this year. What are beach-going New Yorkers to do? 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 9, 2012

Mad Women: 'I Want You to Go and Never Come Back'

Sunday's Mad Men took a darker than usual turn, set against the backdrop of the actual story of Richard Speck's rape and murder of 8 student nurses in 1966.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 6, 2012

Anonymous Kansas Mega Millions Winner Is More Laid Back Than You

 One of the three mystery Mega Millions lottery winners has finally come forward, and it's not Mirlande Wilson.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 6, 2012

Adding Up the Costs of Being a Woman

Inspired by the ongoing debates and misunderstandings about birth control and women's health care, Jezebel's Tracie Egan Morrissey has run down the general cost of being a woman.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 6, 2012

How Not to Pretend to Win the Lottery

The truly weird story that has captivated our attention for some unknown reason this week is that of McDonald's employee Mirlande Wilson, who on Monday claimed she won Maryland's Mega Millions Lottery ticket.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 6, 2012

The War on Women and Augusta National

The seemingly placid world of golf continues to invite criticism and commentary over the Masters Tournament—in particular, the fact that no woman has been offered membership into Georgia's Augusta National, where the Masters is held.

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By Jen Doll and Richard Lawson

Apr 6, 2012

Remembering the Titanic, All Over Again

We were so much older then. We're younger than that now. 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 5, 2012

Y.A. for Grownups

The Greatest Girl Characters of Young Adult Literature

This kicks off our new series, Y.A. for Grownups, in which we talk about Y.A. literature—from the now nostalgia-infused stories we devoured as kids to more contemporary tomes being read by young people today. Despite what Joel Stein wants, grownups are reading Y.A. Let's embrace it.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 5, 2012

What It Takes to Get Kicked Out of the Park Slope Coop

Is it really that easy to get booted from the Park Slope Food Coop?

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By Jen Doll

Apr 5, 2012

Golf Is Having Woman Troubles Again

The world of golf is placid. Calm. Manicured. Largely white and male, and apparently happy to be so. But every once in a while someone stops and says, Wait a minute, is this really how it should be? 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 5, 2012

The Urban Myth of the City Girl and the Country Cowboy

A quarter of the cover of The New York Post is devoted to the kind of story that pops up regularly as a warning screed, or perhaps a reminder, to the women of New York.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 4, 2012

What Would the Internet Look Like If Trolling Were Illegal?

Imagine an Internet on which haters didn't hate. 

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By Jen Doll and Matt Haber

Apr 4, 2012

Cocktail Crossfire: Is Ryan Gosling a Hero or Fraud?

As another tale of Ryan Gosling super-hero-dom makes its way across the Internet, we ask ourselves: Is Gosling too good to be true? 

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By Jen Doll

Apr 4, 2012

New York City's Russian Real Estate Boom

While the U.S. housing market continues to struggle, there is one bright spot for those who sell apartments: Russians are investing plenty of money in high-end real estate, especially in New York City.

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By Jen Doll

Apr 4, 2012

Is the Winning Mega Millions Ticket Hidden in a McDonald's?

While we wait breathlessly for the announcement of who actually won the Mega Millions lottery, there's plenty to keep us entertained

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By Jen Doll

Apr 3, 2012

What Does It Mean That the Majority of ASME Finalists Are Men?

The National Magazine Award finalists have been announced, and women are not represented at all in reporting, feature writing, profile writing, essays and criticism, columns and commentary, or feature photography. 

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