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GIRLS & INDIE ROCKERS GONE WILD: Chuck Klosterman And Some Bitches


Pink is the new Bitch


Chuck Klosterman:
We want to punch you in the Sasquatch

Oh you! Go do what the Harvard Book Store says:

I. You can throw:

   1. Shiny beads
   2. Dusty post-feminist texts
   3. Prescription-only coke bottle glasses

II. You can go:

1. The Ultimate Indie-Yuppie is in town, and what a nasty piece of work he is:

   a. Chuck Klosterman's latest, Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas, collects his previously printed profiles and trend stories from the past decade as well as more recent opinions on the new shit he deems relevant. But the real surprise to us is that, in the third section, the Chuckster tries his hand at fiction writing. Remember, that deals with actual emotions and character psychology, not just the finer points of the history of The Real World. Ask Klosterman why he really quit Spin when he reads tonight.

   b. It's a Harvard Book Store–sponsored event at the Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge | 6 pm | $3 | 617.661.1515.


2. Remember when you read The Women's Room and either threw up and burned it or got really inspired?

   a. We were tried-and-true Sassy fans back in the day, and now we’re utterly devoted Jane subscribers (whether you care or not, now you know), but we can give it up to Bitch for cornering the post-femmy backlash niche. The publication’s founding editors (it’s gone from stapled ’zine to a full-scale mag), Lisa Jervis and Andi Zeisler, celebrate the anti-Cosmo’s tenth anniversary with Bitchfest: Ten Years of Cultural Criticism from the Pages of Bitch Magazine, a collection of essays, rants, and raves — some pre-published, others specially commissioned — that probe into pop-culture from a feminist, modern-girl perspective, with pieces ranging from a rundown of sex scenes in lesbian YA novels to a stand-up discussion of female urination.

   b. It’s girl — er, women — power, with a panel discussion titled “Pop Goes the Feminist,” tomorrow night at Harvard Hillel, Beren Hall, 52 Mount Auburn St, Cambridge | free | 800.542.READ.

III. Report back to us via email or comments. We're too busy watching Degrassi: TNG to participate in anything bookish. OMG thanks.

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2 Comments

  • Amy said:

    Did you just create a detailed outline in blogging form? How inspired! And no, I don't remember reading "The Women's Room" - does this make me not-a-girl? Is it similar to "The Yellow Wallpaper"? AND - Have you read klosterman's cocoa puffs book? it's next on my list...
    September 25, 2006 9:58 PM
  • Sharon said:

    Oh, yeah, outlines are the new free form. Try it on your blog. The Women's Room -- no, not at all like The Yellow Wallpaper -- MUCH scarier actually. Early riot grrrl. I read a bit of Cocoa Puffs but couldn't get through the first chapter. How could Seth Coen steer me so very wrong? How could someone who loves The Real World as much as I do be so effing annoying?
    September 25, 2006 11:25 PM

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