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Plain Jane In Pain Feels Strain to Be Urbane: ‘The Observer’s Inked up Eliza Learns to Walk That Walk

“My god, you have the weirdest walk ever,” a co-worker remarked the other day as a group of us headed outside for a cigarette break. He and another colleague tried to imitate it: sort of like a shuffling Frankenstein’s monster, but with the feet always crossing over themselves, on the verge of tripping.

“I have a joint disorder,” I mumbled. Since my speaking style is limited to two settings—yelling and slurring, or mumbling and trailing off at the end of my sentences—I had to repeat myself. Read More

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The New York Observer Hires Drew Grant

The New York Observer has hired a new reporter, Drew Grant, editor in chief Elizabeth Spiers announced today.

Drew was most recently a staff writer at Salon, covering television, film and pop culture. Previously, she was the deputy editor of the B5 Media blog Crushable. She has Read More