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Salon’s Hipsters On Food Stamps article seems to have caused something of an internet furor; I’m not totally sure why. As a Hipster On Food Stamps, I think I can pretty safely say for sure that a) EBT purchases are still something of a rarity at Whole Foods, at least the one I go to; b) since the state actively encourages people to eat healthy food, I’m not sure why people eating healthy food is a bad thing for some people; and c) I definitely would not publicly announce how much money I had remaining the way the two people at the beginning of the article do; it’s bad enough that I live in a small city and half the time recognize the person in line behind me. Also, on my visit to the (very busy) food stamp office, the only other people in my age bracket had kids with them, so I don’t think this phenomenon is quite as widespread as people are suggesting.
And, oh yeah, more about hipsters.
In non-hipster news…
“As the use of porn increases, the rate of sex crimes goes down.“
Universal health care might actually cut the abortion rate.
For some reason this list of uncircumcised celebrities is hilarious to me.
Nominees for this year’s Lambda Literary Awards have been announced. I haven’t read any of them, but I will say that I checked out the gayest library books ever this week: some Alan Hollinghurst, a history of disco, and a book about mod fashion. Oh, and a cultural studies approach to Dusty Springfield.
The first round is over in the Dallas Morning News Tournament of Books. Judges for upcoming rounds include book blogger Carolyn Kellogg and, uh, Andrew WK.
Farmers calling for the survival of rural America.
Finally, I’m not nominated for Providence’s Best Blog because, you know, I’m chopped liver. But that other blog I write for is. We’ve won the past two years, maybe with your help we can make it a threepeat?
[image: The new issue of Geil, via Hard Print]
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