Friday, August 31, 2012

Unveiling the Classics with the Ladies of Storybook Burlesque

Posted by on Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 10:34 AM

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I was on the subway the other day and saw a young woman reading The Fountainhead. I had to ask her, "Why? Why are you reading The Fountainhead?" And she said, "Because it's a classic and I'm trying to read all the classics." I sat down, silenced.

But it's not, I thought. It's garbage.

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Kristin Iversen is the Managing Editor at Brooklyn Magazine and the L Magazine. She has been described as "a hipster buzzword made flesh." This seems pretty accurate.

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