Haley Mlotek
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Recommended Reading
A few of our favorite things. → Read More
Bye!!!
Some news: this will be our last day at The Hairpin!!! Alex and I have had the best time editing this beautiful baby blob; we’ve laughed, we’ve cried, we’ve shared way too many feelings about Drake and The Weeknd. It’s truly been a pleasure. You can @ us on Twitter—I’m @haleymlotek and Alex is @alexmolotkow. Stay in touch!! → Read More
“When A Man Bleeds, It’s Just Tissue.”
Man is the warmest place to hide. → Read More
Britney Spears, “I’m A Slave 4 U”
Britney Spears, dance instructor. → Read More
Forbidden Television Shows
This morning at the gym (I know, I go to the gym, you must be so impressed with me), my running companion suggested we choose the treadmills in front of the television showing Married…With Children, explaining that he had been forbidden from watching it as a child. In my house, the forbidden television show was The Simpsons. My mother hated that cartoon family for reasons that were perpetually… → Read More
Every Family Has One (One Witch)
Which witch is your witch? → Read More
Grimes, “Flesh without Blood/Life in the Vivid Dream”
I very much prefer the Grimes-as-murderous-avenging-angel part of this video, and I have made my peace with what that says about me. → Read More
Happy Birthday, Zadie Smith
"Reading through these pieces, though, I'm forced to recognize that ideological inconsistency is, for me, practically an article of faith...I keep on waiting, but I don't think I'm going to grow out of it." → Read More
Risky Business
"The emergent theme—that life is a never-ending series of unintended consequences—is a bit of a bummer. Although probably a healthy bummer to consider." → Read More
Julie Doucet, “My New York Diary”
"Plop." → Read More
The Best Body Horror Movie That I’ll Never Watch Again
"I'm an insect who dreamt he was a man and loved it. But now the dream is over... and the insect is awake." → Read More
Six Workout Routines I Have Considered Patenting, Ranked
Keep fit and have fun. → Read More
Peaches, “Set It Off”
“Peaches made me feel so much better about my hairy self.” → Read More
“Get Up, Stand Up”
"Any large social movement is shaped by the technology available to it and tailors its goals, tactics, and rhetoric to the media of its time." → Read More
An Episode Of A Teen Television Show That Still Gives Me Nightmares
I still love a heavy-handed teen soap opera more than any other kind of television show. → Read More
Careers I Have Recently Considered, Ranked
Exploring some options. → Read More
Paula Abdul, “Rush Rush”
Should we just watch "The Devil's Advocate" real quick? → Read More
A Canadian Votes From New York
Anywhere but here, anyone but him. → Read More
“Not Another Nickel, Not Another Dime, No More Money For Aesthetic Crimes”
Who trolls the art trolls? → Read More
“Don’t Go Into The Basement And You’ll Be Safe” And Other Lies Men Tell
Save yourself. → Read More