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Kate Millett Versus Elizabeth Wurtzel at the 10th St. Lounge
by Reid Smith 05/24/2003Neighborhood: East Village
On a Monday night at the Tenth Street Lounge, the Third Wave met the Second Wave. The woman I was dating told me some older feminists were having their works read and asked if I was willing to be a token boy. I’d been a lone wolf studying feminist theory in college in the mid-80s, […]
The Silent Beauties of West 19th Street
by Carolyn Murnick 01/02/2002Neighborhood: Chelsea
Entering the Rootstein Mannequin Showroom on W.19th Street is just like entering a typical gallery opening, only there’s no art on the walls. Very slender people wearing fabulous clothes stand in groups of twos, threes, and fours engaging in hushed, exclusive discussions. You’re offered a drink and the stereo system plays some kind of sophisticated […]
Hat Tip
by Lynn Harris 01/02/2001Neighborhood: Greenwich Village
I am–and I do not necessarily advise this–walking through the meatpacking district in a miniskirt. Pastis and co. not- withstanding, this area is one of my favorites in the city—- one of the only remaining places where, when the clubsters hail their last cab, the trucks still rumble up and haul in their real, tangible, […]