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Alexis Swerdloff

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  1. Vintage AffairAshley Westrich & Dan Williams
  2. 100 Minutes With Gus WennerLife is one big complimentary cheese plate for the new RollingStone.com director.
  3. The Bear That’s Slept With Every ‘It’ GirlPhotographic evidence from Courtney Love, Poppy Delevingne, Pixie Geldof, Olivia Kim, and more.
  4. confessions
    When ‘Horse Girls’ Become ‘Horse Women’Can a girl return to her favorite childhood hobby as an adult, or is that just too embarrassing?
  5. Last CallSurveying the scene on a Sunday morning.
  6. Eleven Rules of Barroom CourtshipThere is no one more qualified than a bartender, with his front-row seat to primal New York mating rituals, to lay out the dos and don’ts.
  7. 400 Years of Kids in the NewsForty stories of children whose pluck, precocity, or gruesome demise captured the city’s attention.
  8. encounters
    Tali Lennox, the (Almost) Accidental ‘It’ GirlThe daughter of Annie on her quest to figure out which model-slash-something she’ll become.
  9. nyfw
    Chloe Sevigny on Her Pussy Riot–Inspired Fashion Show“I hate bringing politics into fashion.”
  10. encounter
    Cynthia Rowley Cleans Up Her ActOn her latest tie-in: “I truly have been obsessed with Lysol forever.”
  13. Dating ScienceA look at the brave new world of dating, circa February 14, 2013.
  14. Synthetic Flame: A HistoryHow America’s favorite fake fuel came to be.
  15. 61. Because the Wildest Nouveau Rave in Town Is Thrown By a Jubilant, Militant Feminist.“It’s all about the ecstasy and pussy,” Xtapussy impresario Marie Karlberg explains—beyond that, things get a bit blurry. And sweaty. Over the p […]
  16. 47. Because There’s a Museum in This Elevator.Called, simply, Museum, this abandoned eight-by-eight-foot freight elevator, open to Cortlandt Alley in Tribeca, is the brainchild of filmmakers […]
  17. FringevilleAn alt-culture district hits critical mass.
  18. The Absolute Best Tex-Mex in New YorkWhere to find the fusion comfort food, known for its heavy reliance on Ro-Tel tomatoes, refried beans, and heaps of Velveeta cheese.