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Tongue shaming and slut shaming are not one in the same 27 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
The first thing I said when I heard about Miley Cyrus’s performance at last night’s MTV Video Music Awards was, “I wonder what form the resulting meme will take?” Well, just a few hours later, I got m...
Sunday’s big Ypsilanti infomercial 27 Aug 2013 | 08:28 am
As I mentioned a few days ago, Ypsilanti had the distinction yesterday of playing host to a three-hour-long, live infomercial. While I couldn’t attend in person, as I had a meeting in Ann Arbor at the...
Ypsi/Arbor Exit Interview: Johnny Lupinacci 26 Aug 2013 | 06:40 am
A few weeks ago, shortly after earning earning his PhD from EMU, local activist John Lupinacci packed up all his belongings and headed west to begin his new life as a academic. Fortunately, though, I ...
The Home Shopping Network descends on a defenseless Ypsilanti 24 Aug 2013 | 05:35 pm
Long gone are the days when A-list Hollywood celebrities like Robert DeNiro, Drew Barrymore and Milla Jovovich would flock to Ypsilnati and cause a stir. Today, things are different. Now that our over...
Big Death… How the funeral industry is killing us 22 Aug 2013 | 05:58 am
As it’s been a while since we’ve discussed America’s rapidly consolidating and progressively evil funeral industry, I thought that I’d share this comment, which was left a few days ago on Reddit, in a...
“Let them eat tits” 20 Aug 2013 | 09:18 am
[above: Nursing Moms Tent at Ypsi's 2013 Heritage Fest] I know my friends who worked their asses off in order to make last weekend’s Heritage Festival the incredible success that it was are likely to...
Julia Collins, the owner of Ypsi Studio, on growing up in Ypsi, starting a business here, and why she loves “this fucking town” 20 Aug 2013 | 07:29 am
Almost ten years ago now, local entrepreneur Julia Collins decided to disregard the advice of many and open a small fitness studio in Downtown Ypsilanti, right next door to our local strip club. Well,...
Ypsilanti’s Heritage Fest parade 19 Aug 2013 | 08:13 am
I like small town parades. They’re crazy and beautiful. Here, in evidence of that fact, are ten photos that I snapped Saturday morning during Ypsilanti’s annual Heritage Festival parade. I was going ...
Milwaukee part two… fish fries, public art and swooning tweens 18 Aug 2013 | 07:33 am
A week or so ago, when I told you about my recent trip to Milwaukee, I promised that there would be a follow-up post, in which I’d talk about fish fries, public art, and the like. Well, I’m afraid tha...
Ypsilanti Immigration Interview: Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie 16 Aug 2013 | 08:23 am
Still trying to unravel the mystery as to why people would choose of their own free will to move to Ypsilanti, I reached out to new homeowners Erika Jost and Ben Connor Barrie, and demanded that they ...
