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“That Unquenchable Desire for Art”: An Interview with John Vanderslice
Caitlin Boersma talks to San Francisco-based musician John Vanderslice about domestication, the music biz, Twitter, and being one of the first mp3 bloggers.
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Straight Eye for the Queer Guy
Caitlin Boersma questions the hetero-normative depiction of gays in mainstream cinema.
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A Brush with Fame, Twice Removed
Caitlin Boersma crashes the Saturday Night Live after-after-party.
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A Mormon Bares All: An Interview with Chad Hardy
Chad Hardy is the mind behind Mormons Exposed, a calendar featuring hot, shirtless Mormon men—an endeavor that got him kicked out of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Caitlin Boersma chats him up about business, faith, and homosexuality.
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There’s No Room for Romance in Comedy
The romantic comedy is making a comeback, and after watching the last third of Ricky Gervais’s Ghost Town, BBC-phile Caitlin Boersma wants us to know that we should be very, very afraid.
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Ten Days Without Caffeine: A Love Story
Caitlin Boersma ends her affair with coffee, raising the question: what’s more romantic than tragedy?
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Deconstructing Reality Television
“Real-life” shows are condescending and sensationalized. Caitlin Boersma explains why we love them.
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Old Habits Die Hard: A Look at Public Transportation
With gas prices being what they are, Caitlin Boersma starts taking the bus to work but must overcome unreliability, socioeconomic classism, and a false sense of superiority.
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Job Search
Proletarian Caitlin Boersma scours the far reaches of the internet (a.k.a. Craigslist) for summer employment and comes across interesting (a.k.a. bizarre) job postings.
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Everybody Has a Fucking Xylophone: An Interview with the Handsome Furs
Caitlin Boersma sits down with husband/wife duo Dan Boeckner, best-known for Wolf Parade, and Alexei Perry of the Handsome Furs. Topics discussed include Californian city rivalries, fairy-tale imagery in indie rock, and the concept of face control.
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The Question of Child Rearing
In a surprising turn of maternal contemplation, Caitlin Boersma imagines life with kids, which you’re often forced to do, even as a twenty-year-old.
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Dating the Men of Indie Rock
Maneater Caitlin Boersma offers advice on dating some of indie rock’s
sexiestmost talented males.