Boston about to get even istier
By adamg - Wed, 06/04/2008 - 1:41pm.
Bostonist, meet Thrillist, which is starting up a sort of drinking Boston man's version of Daily Candy, only targeted at guys.
Oh, did I mention it's aimed at guys? Specifically, the sort of guys who leave their underwear hanging on their chairs before going out for a night of debauchery - after first making the tough decision of which razor to use.
The press release says it'll be written by Kevin Alexander, who has tackled "hard hitting stories" such as Bronson Arroyo's preference for college women and, more recently, the subculture of young men prowling for cougars.
Quick! Which is from Daily Candy and which is from Thrillist?
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Kevin Alexander
Shiiiiiit, I went to grad school with Kevin Alexander, assuming it's the same one. And I do assume, because THAT Kevin Alexander is perfect for something like this.
both of those graphics
and i will extend to the websites behind them, just by power of deduction, kind of make me throw up in my mouth a little bit.
re: graphics
The Daily Candy illo looks powerfully like those little Edward Gorey wastrels who are always freezing to death in the street after a lifetime of being worked to death by their unfeeling Victorian relations.
The Thrillist one, on the other hand, is just gross.
Par for the course
For some reason, every single Web site/magazine aimed at hip young things always has these graphics of 7-foot tall mutant women who weigh about 40 pounds.
Check out the Skirt chick as another example.
harpies
Eeuugh! It's a fembot!
Lola, mysteriously, has no mascot. Perhaps she's off in a back room somewhere, arranging a cravat over her Adam's apple.
Ick
I think it was in Fashion Boston (why does the Globe need two fashion rags?) that I read an advice columnist complaining that clothing companies don't do enough for the "wider" women she knows.