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Wild kings Zine Issue No. 1

Simone Wyrick
Simone Wyrick

The document is a magazine called Wild Kings Zine issue no. 1. It contains articles on fashion, music, culture and street style. Some of the article topics include going places which lists favorite spots in LA and NYC to eat treats, what music the editors are currently listening to, upcoming events the editors are excited for like St. Patrick's Day in NYC and Coachella, and a call for journalists to contribute content to the zine.

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ART MUSIC FASHION TECH CULTURE STREET STYLE zine POLITICS FASHION LAX - TO - MONTH STREET STYLE JFK ISSUE FRENZY HOW TO T IE CT H C AT C H S I MISSING COOTIES MINORITIES? No.1 March 2013 WhereTheWildKingsAre.com FREE.99
Wild kings Zine Issue No. 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS ISSUE NO. 1 z ine GOING PLACES 6 WHAT WERE LISTENING TO 9 CANT WAIT 9 ON NETFLIX NOW 10 TECHnically 2.0 13 THATS DEEP 15 SHORT shorts 21 DIY 24 IN THA STREETS: FASHION WEEK4 27 TYPOGRAPHY GEEK 38 OOH THATS PRETTY 39 CALENDAR 40
WILD KINGS ZINE z ine IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WHERE THE WILD KINGS ARE SIMONE WYRICK Editor In Chief Creative Director SIMONE WYRICK Design Director SIMONE WYRICK Feature Editor SIMONE WYRICK CONTRIBUTORS GRACE BEALS JOSH LEVIEN SIMONE WYRICK
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GOING PLACES After accidentally moving from Los Angeles to New York accidentally in December, its been the coldest winter ever for me, and Ill be the 鍖rst to admit that Ive been coping with treats. Heres a list of fourteen favorite spots to pig out at. URTH CAFFE FINANCIER 267 S. Beverly Drive FAVE PATISSERIE Beverly Hills, CA 983 1ST Avenue Killer foam designs at this COFFEE New York, NY Westside co鍖ee shop with SHOP Love their Chicken Au Pistou great salads and teas. Soup + the fresh mini pastries they serve with every co鍖ee. MILK DYLANS CANDY 7290 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA BAR 983 1ST Avenue Homemade ice cream, tons New York, NY of toppings, cookies, and TREATS! Love their Chicken Au Pistou more, you cant go wrong. Soup + the fresh mini pastries Make sure you try the Blue they serve with every co鍖ee. Velvet Cake! TALE SAI THAI LUSCIOUS THAI 9043 W. Sunset Boulevard 1099 1st Avenue West Hollywood, CA BESST New York, NY Great pre-show dinner TOM KHA The lunch special is super spot on th Sunset strip SOUP reasonable and so are the drinks. 6
JOURNALISTS WILD KINGS ZINE IS ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR TALENTED WRITERS TO CONTRIBUTE SMART, INFORMATIVE, ENTERTAINING CONTENT FOR OUR PRINT AND ONLINE EDITIONS. WE COVER A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY, POLITICS, POP CULTURE, TRAVEL, YOUNG ADULTHOOD, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, FASHION, LOCAL FLAVOR, AND SO MANY MORE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, SEND INQUIRIES TO: SUBMISSIONS@WhereTheWildKingsAre.com
BOTTEGA LOUIE MORSO 700 S. Grand Avenue BEST 420 E. 59th Street Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Fresh pizza and pasta + a great ITALIAN This trendy restaurant o鍖ers selection of sweets including a RESTAURANT strong drinks and an authentic wide variety of macaroon Italian dining experience. 鍖avors. LA CAF MIDTOWN DINER 639 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 155 E. 55TH Street New York, NY 24/7 Delivery! The Chili Cheese MOST EPIC The fries are AMAZING! Fries and Lobster Brie Grilled LATE NIGHT Cheese Sandwich are always amazing! DELIVERY BARCADE BROOKLYN BOWL 369 N. Western Avenue 61 Wrythe Avenue Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn, NY For some reason the Koreatown BEST Bowling alley with reasonable location o鍖ers something extra SPOTS TO drinks and really great food. special , Same concept as the Also tons of great live Brooklyn location, its a bar with DRINK + performances with a vintage arcade games and a PLAY truly eclectic crowd. brightly lit bar. Tons of fun and close to tons of after hours karaoke bars. LALAS ARGENTINE ANGELOS GRILL PIZZERIA 7229 Melrose Avenue 1043 2nd Avenue Los Angeles, CA WILD New York, NY Pig out on their bread and CARD The Margherita Pizza is amazing signature sauce and variety of and the salad portions are more mashed potatoes. The sangria is than generous. Plus they have also worth a try. alcohol-infused sorbet! 8
WHAT WERE LISTENING TO Angel The XX Going Back To Cali Notorious BIG Manhattan Kings of Leon The Funktion Overdoz Go With You Toro Y Moi Indigos July Kilo Kish Started From The Bottom Drake Super Rich Kids Frank Ocean Bangin On Wax A$AP Mob Waves Joey Badass New York Dogg Pound Bird On A Wire Action Bronson Feat. Riff Raff Cartoons + Cereal Kendrick Lamar feat. Gunplay Rose Clicquot Nipsey Hussle Why Even Try Theophalus London ST. PATRICKS DAY PARADE CANT WAIT! Its my 鍖rst St. Pattys Day in NYC, the second most Irish-American city, right behind Boston, MA, and Im super psyched to drink green pints and dress from head to toe in all green everything. COACHELLA Its bittersweet, Im not going this year but Im really excited to see all of the amazing street style and uninhibited celebrity photos that are sure to come. The line up isnt life changing but I have to stop myself from buying that cross-country ticket + a pair of wristbands everyday. Coachella is a special place meant to be experienced in a carefree fun loving way and I cant wait to go back! 9
ON NETFLIX NOW ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW UNITED STATES OF TARA Miranda July, wrote, directed, and starred A twisted hybrid of tragedy and comedy, in this 2005 movie which depicts United States of Tara depicts the daily contemporary life in a very surreal, casual, struggles of a mother and wife (Toni and entertaining manner. The movies Collette) coping with Dissoative Identity main character, Christine Jesperson Disorder (multiple personalities) while (Miranda July), an eccentric, performance dealing with her relationships with her artist and senior citizen chauffeur, meets a family and the world at large. Her other recently divorced shoe salesman, Richard personalities take the form of a 50s-style Swersey (John Hawkes). As their Stepford wife, Alice; T, a teenager relationship develops, July introduces us straight out of an Out of Control Teens to several other characters that are episode of Maury; womanizing, beer affected by their relationship and involved guzzling, motorcycle-riding, Vietnam vet, in either of their lives, creating a web of Buck; Shoshanna, Taras therapist; and connectivity. The adolescent Swersey Chicken, a 5 year-old version of Tara. boys are played by the most adorable actors, Miles Thompson and Brandon Ratcliff, are both hilarious.
visualTO WILD KINGS ZINE CONTRIBUTE artists IT CAN BE ANNNNNYTHING DRAWINGS SKETCHES ARTS & CRAFTS CARTONS COMICS CONCEPTUAL ART DECOLLAGE DECORATIVE GRAPHIC DESIGN FOUND ART GRAFFITTI ILLUSTRATIONS ETCHINGS LITHOGRAPHS SCREENPRINTS WATER COLOR CHARCOAL OIL PASTELS ACRYLICS OILS MARKERS SKETCHING PENS PENCIL GRAPHITE STILL LIFES LANDSCAPES PORTRAITS TYPOGRAPHY DOODLES ORAGAMI MACRAME DECOPAGE COLLAGES MIXED MEDIA SCULPTURES DIGITAL PHYSICAL SERIES OR 1 OF 1 PLEASE SEND ALL CONTRIBUTIONS DIGITALLY TO: SUBMISSIONS@WhereTheWildKingsAre.com in .JPEG or .PDF please
PORTLANDIA TINY FURNITURE The Peabody Award winning, IFC Before Girls, there was Tiny Furniture, Lena original series stars Saturday Night Dunhams South by Southwest winner for Live alum, Fred Armisen and Carrie Best Narrative Feature. The 鍖lm is Brownstein, lead singer/guitarist of somewhat a mirror of the noted writer/ Wild Flag, making fun of the uber actress real life. In the 鍖lm, Aura (Dunham) hipster lifestyle that exists in is a recent graduate from a Midwestern Portland, OR, where the 90s are Liberal Arts college; she moves back alive through surreal sketch home to her artist mothers Tribeca loft and comedy situations using a variety of tries to get a real job with her Film Studies different characters with a ton of degree. Auras mother is played by Laurie random guest stars. Its totally worth Simmons, Lenas mother and her real life a good, old-fashion binge viewing sister, Grace, plays her on screen sibling. on a boring Friday night. 12
TECHnically 2.0 Insert Clever Race-Related Title Here A few weeks ago, an article, And Read All Over, written by Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) and originally published in The Magazine, Issue 7 went viral. In the article, Bouie points out the small number of minorities in technology journalism save Southeast Asian and South Asian individuals. He goes on to say that this problem is in part due to a handful of factors; economic, African Americans and Latinos are often unable to afford an unpaid internship for an entire summer; a lack of diversity within tech networks, companies hire from within their networks which are rarely comprised of African Americans and Latinos; and 鍖nally cultural, for a lot of African Americans and Latinos, who are the 鍖rst in their families to pursue a college education, it is ingrained in them to pursue traditional and reliable career paths. Bouie doesnt throw a huge amount of blame on the tech industry, he even points out that technology is for the most part a color blind industry and he recognizes that in tech, employees are chosen based on merit. Bouie presents two major solutions for the tech journalism community, 1) have the conversation about race, have several conversations, dont ignore the problem and 2) make a conscious effort to diversify the environment. The article started a conversation on Twitter and then several journalists took on the subject, many criticizing the response of Jason Calacanis (@jason), a noted entrepreneur and blogger. For the sake of full disclosure, Im basically a fan girl when it comes to Calacanis podcast, This Week In Start Ups, I respect his opinions on the tech industry and entrepreneurship, and I appreciate the classic rap quotes preceding each of his blog posts. I know that Calacanis is not racist and that his intentions were good when he wrote a response, Doing The Right Things. Calacanis approaches the subject sincerely, expressing the sadness he feels for his daughter who is half Korean and describing the overt racism his wife experiences. He 鍖nds some solitude in the fact that his daughter will be living in the post-race world. Calacanis says that Bouies position counters everything hes experienced in his career, using two early writers he hired for his tech zine starting in 1995 as examples, Xeni Jardin and Rafat Ali. Calacanis describes them like this, the 鍖rst a woman, the second with much darker skin than mine (brown, but not black for those obsessed with the exact tone really?). He then proceeds to describe his experience as an Irish guy from Brooklyn who broke into tech, knocked doors down, and created opportunity for himself. He then says that those internships no longer exist; they havent been around since, 94 max. This old school method of magazine internships has been replaced with this model for Gawker, Engadget, and TechCrunch, according to Calacanis, a) Post highly intelligent comments not about yourself on those blogs 2-5x a day for three years. b) Start your own blog and write one blog post a day about one subject for three years, not about yourself, about the topic. Dont ever talk about yourself. c) Go to any party, meetup or SIG you can 鍖nd. You do these things you will break in. Two hours a day for three years. Calacanis continues, touting tech as the most open meritocracyin industry that hes ever seen. He teasingly advises not to let anyone tell you that some secret cabal of rich, old white guys on some secret golf course is trying to stop you.
Calacanis response was ignorant of the daily reality Americans face. Honestly tech is very open, it is a meritocracy, but I cant help but notice that whether its New York or Los Angeles, if its a tech event, Im usually one of a handful of African Americans and pretty much always the only African American female, if I could code, Id be a unicorn. Why? Id say 99% of my African American and Latino friends and acquaintances from high school went on to college, but I cant think of one who pursued a degree in anything tech related, a lot of Political Science, Pre-Med, and Business Management with a sprinkling of Liberal Arts and Public Administration majors. Most pursuing very safe, traditional career paths, in 鍖tting with the expectations of their families. These arent impoverished kids; these are the children of college graduates, who went to private high schools and outstanding public schools, and who have participated in unpaid internships at Fortune 500 companies and prominent law 鍖rms. I have no idea why none of them have pursued tech. My argument isnt about right now, or even three years from now, my argument is about the kids. Kids are our future and while the smallest Calacanis and my little mixed babies will live in a post racial world (hopefully), we have to make changes now to see it through. Like Trick Daddy, I luh da kids and after working with a ton of kids and volunteering at many elementary schools in the Los Angeles Uni鍖ed School District, the second largest in the country, Id say school is where this all starts. Compared to the citys many parochial and private schools, Los Angeles public schools are starving for technology and programs that promote technological innovation and spark interest in the minds of kids early on. Ive often assisted in classes that only had one old school Mac DV complete with hockey puck mouse, the schools often supplement this with weekly, and hour-long computer lab visits which consist of free play on the Internet and nothing of substance and more often than not, nothing of true educational value. Alternatively, while working as an after school program counselor at a much more af鍖uent school where teachers are called by their 鍖rst names and the students have trendy names, all of the latest tech gadgets and they know how to use them ef鍖ciently. In the classroom, these students use the computer often to complete assignments, they know how to do research and 鍖nd resources using the Internet. At home, their access is not hindered, for the most part, they have access to a modern, working computer, equipped with Internet. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the impoverished youth who are usually both brown and black and white, attending LAUSD Title I schools. The problem is not one of race, this is a cultural, social, economic issue that wont be solved by offering college students paid internships, a lack of access compounded by a cultural attitude of indifference towards math, science, and technology. So what can the tech community do? For starters, we dont have to write a bunch of articles and blogs about there being a problem. Instead focus on creating effective, long-lasting solutions that will create real change and develop talent early on. Creating programs within schools, K-12, that are in the most impoverished areas of major tech communities, replace their Mac DVs with modern technology, donate time, develop educational programs, give them a 鍖ghting chance to compete with their peers. A three step plan isnt going to help the kids at George Washington High in Los Angeles, CA or Teresa Hughes Elementary in South Gate, CA nor the students at Audubon Middle School in Los Angeles, CA, to name a few. These kids are under serviced, underfunded, and often overlooked. Theyre not less intelligent then the students that later decide to become involved with tech, theyre just less informed and have fewer resources available to them. 14
THATS DEEP SPOILED Untitled By Grace Some days I feel for my heart and It's not even beating as if its vanished, slowly but surely Other days I find that I am Queen under jurisdiction of some government owned zombie community The dirty Rain is my cleanser, and the sun rays make me wanna rush to the moon, and when I look that fragile girl in the mirror she'll say back to me you are a beautiful star not a style nor a fool. I GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU
SHAP BY SIMONE WYIRCK 16
DIMENSIONS BY SIMONE WYRICK
BUNS HUN BY SIMONE WYRICK 18
TONS OF PURP BY SIMONE WYRICK
LIFE IN PANTONE I Simone Wyrick PANTONE! PANTONE! PANTONE! ROSE GOLD! COTTON CANDY! SUBWAY TILES! PANTONE! PANTONE! PANTONE! PALM FRAWNS! OIL SPILL! POOL WATER! PANTONE! PANTONE! PANTONE! DRUZZY CRYSTAL! HOLOGRAPH! GLITTER! 20
SHORT SHORTS JUSTINE IS A THIEF BY SIMONE WYRICK Every morning, Justine walks her dog, Jimi Costa who never seems to go until they get home and he reaches the kitchen. Justine drops Jimi and picks up her laptop and workbag at home and then heads out for the day. She bikes to the Starbucks on Pearl Street. She orders a grande cup of ice water por gratis and 鍖nds a table near the barista and a three prong electrical outlet, setting up her laptop and logging onto the free wi鍖. As Justine listened to Naima by John Coltrane, she typed quickly, periodically taking sips from her water cup and surveying the ever-changing landscape of the busy coffee shop, when she hears the barista call out, VENTI DOUBLE AMERICANO and two minutes later, VENTI AMERICANO.FOR PERRY, eventually giving up and leaving the drink on the bar top. Justine watched the drink, waiting, for Perry. Who would just abandon a $5 cup of coffee? Who does this Perry guy think he is? She waited what seemed to be the longest 5 minutes of her life and then she stood up, snapped the drink up from the bar and retreated back to her comfy, safe seat. High off of her latest victory, Justine sipped the drink feeling unusually accomplished. Around noon, Justine pops up from her table and skips to the counter, grabbing a Panini press sandwich and a bottle of clementine-鍖avored Izze. She goes back to her table and unwraps the neatly packaged sandwich and untwists the cap on her drink and begins to eat her lunch. After quickly 鍖nishing, she resumes her work tapping quickly on the keys listening to Sonnenbank Flavour by Bushido. She works for an hour uninterrupted until she got up to refresh her water. As she walked to the counter, she heard a nasally, high pitched voice, OMG, and did I tell you I got a paper cut today? It was really traumatic, I called my therapist and we worked through it, the short, strawberry blond said into her rhinestone-covered cellphone complete with plastic bunny ears and a 鍖uffy bunny tail. She put her phone conversation on hold to order her drink, Can I have a Venti Caramel Frappacino with extra whipped cream and extra caramel sauce?. Wow, even her drink order is annoying, thought Justine. The girl continued on her phone, Yeah, I came to the conclusion that the
JUSTINE IS A THIEF (CONTD) paper cut was really a reminder to pay attention, you know, like from the universe and stuff? Justine watched as the girl walked outside and her loud conversation became muf鍖ed through the glass of the storefront. Then the barista called out, VENTI CARAMEL FRAPPACINO with extra whip and caramel Justine watched the annoying girl through the glass, twirling her hair around her 鍖nger, feverishly texting, and not paying any attention to anything at all around her, she looked back at the annoying drink and back at the girl, and then she jumped up to the bar and grabbed the drink. She stopped at the condiment bar and acted as if she were adding cream and sugar, discreetly tossing the drink into the trash can, looking up and around to make sure no one had seen her. Justine watched the girl talk for what seemed like forever with her headphones on and her music loud. The girl walked back in and searched for her drink, pacing around the store for a few minutes looking truly confused, until 鍖nally she approached the cashier inquiring the status of her overdue drink. The cashier is equally confused and tells the barista to make another annoying drink for the annoying girl. Justine just watched mockingly thinking, 鍖rst the paper cut now my frappacino?!, laughing to herself quietly. She continued to peek up at a variety of scenes at the coffee house, still typing, tapping on the keyboard with so much determination and focus. Justine is a thief. All of her typing, all of the keyboard tapping, all of the focus, Justine is stealing. Justine isnt only stealing overpriced caffeinated beverages; shes stealing money, and a lot of it. As she sat at the Starbucks from 9am to 4pm, she coded a sniffer and began to scout databases nearby to purge, this neighborhood was the perfect place. But she always made sure that she left before all of the lame 鍖nancial sector workers emerged from their fortress-like high rises, she hated rush hour, she hated all of those unfamiliar people in her personal space. As she walked back to her apartment, starring up at the sky, she thought of the day, of all of the people she observed, and the work she 鍖nished. She couldnt wait to be back in her own personal space where she could work on something more creative and bene鍖cial to the world at large. As she approached the door to her tiny one bedroom walk up, she could hear Jimi barking excitedly. The loving terrier mix greeted her with warm, wet kisses and a cold nose on her cheeks. She took her coat off, put her keys on a hook next to the door, peeling off the rest of her clothes, balancing herself on the wooden frame of the door. She walked to the fridge, with Jimi only steps behind her trotting along, leaning down to grab a Stella for herself and a mini frank for Jimi. She walked back to the couch, plopping down, taking up its entire length, Jimi jumped onto her lap, she acted as if she were going to eat the mini frank, and then gave it to Jimi. Justine is a thief. 22
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  • 1. ART MUSIC FASHION TECH CULTURE STREET STYLE zine POLITICS FASHION LAX - TO - MONTH STREET STYLE JFK ISSUE FRENZY HOW TO T IE CT H C AT C H S I MISSING COOTIES MINORITIES? No.1 March 2013 WhereTheWildKingsAre.com FREE.99
  • 3. TABLE OF CONTENTS ISSUE NO. 1 z ine GOING PLACES 6 WHAT WERE LISTENING TO 9 CANT WAIT 9 ON NETFLIX NOW 10 TECHnically 2.0 13 THATS DEEP 15 SHORT shorts 21 DIY 24 IN THA STREETS: FASHION WEEK4 27 TYPOGRAPHY GEEK 38 OOH THATS PRETTY 39 CALENDAR 40
  • 4. WILD KINGS ZINE z ine IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY WHERE THE WILD KINGS ARE SIMONE WYRICK Editor In Chief Creative Director SIMONE WYRICK Design Director SIMONE WYRICK Feature Editor SIMONE WYRICK CONTRIBUTORS GRACE BEALS JOSH LEVIEN SIMONE WYRICK
  • 6. GOING PLACES After accidentally moving from Los Angeles to New York accidentally in December, its been the coldest winter ever for me, and Ill be the 鍖rst to admit that Ive been coping with treats. Heres a list of fourteen favorite spots to pig out at. URTH CAFFE FINANCIER 267 S. Beverly Drive FAVE PATISSERIE Beverly Hills, CA 983 1ST Avenue Killer foam designs at this COFFEE New York, NY Westside co鍖ee shop with SHOP Love their Chicken Au Pistou great salads and teas. Soup + the fresh mini pastries they serve with every co鍖ee. MILK DYLANS CANDY 7290 Beverly Boulevard Los Angeles, CA BAR 983 1ST Avenue Homemade ice cream, tons New York, NY of toppings, cookies, and TREATS! Love their Chicken Au Pistou more, you cant go wrong. Soup + the fresh mini pastries Make sure you try the Blue they serve with every co鍖ee. Velvet Cake! TALE SAI THAI LUSCIOUS THAI 9043 W. Sunset Boulevard 1099 1st Avenue West Hollywood, CA BESST New York, NY Great pre-show dinner TOM KHA The lunch special is super spot on th Sunset strip SOUP reasonable and so are the drinks. 6
  • 7. JOURNALISTS WILD KINGS ZINE IS ALWAYS SEARCHING FOR TALENTED WRITERS TO CONTRIBUTE SMART, INFORMATIVE, ENTERTAINING CONTENT FOR OUR PRINT AND ONLINE EDITIONS. WE COVER A VARIETY OF TOPICS INCLUDING MUSIC, TECHNOLOGY, POLITICS, POP CULTURE, TRAVEL, YOUNG ADULTHOOD, PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT, FASHION, LOCAL FLAVOR, AND SO MANY MORE. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO CONTRIBUTE, SEND INQUIRIES TO: SUBMISSIONS@WhereTheWildKingsAre.com
  • 8. BOTTEGA LOUIE MORSO 700 S. Grand Avenue BEST 420 E. 59th Street Los Angeles, CA New York, NY Fresh pizza and pasta + a great ITALIAN This trendy restaurant o鍖ers selection of sweets including a RESTAURANT strong drinks and an authentic wide variety of macaroon Italian dining experience. 鍖avors. LA CAF MIDTOWN DINER 639 S. Spring Street Los Angeles, CA 155 E. 55TH Street New York, NY 24/7 Delivery! The Chili Cheese MOST EPIC The fries are AMAZING! Fries and Lobster Brie Grilled LATE NIGHT Cheese Sandwich are always amazing! DELIVERY BARCADE BROOKLYN BOWL 369 N. Western Avenue 61 Wrythe Avenue Los Angeles, CA Brooklyn, NY For some reason the Koreatown BEST Bowling alley with reasonable location o鍖ers something extra SPOTS TO drinks and really great food. special , Same concept as the Also tons of great live Brooklyn location, its a bar with DRINK + performances with a vintage arcade games and a PLAY truly eclectic crowd. brightly lit bar. Tons of fun and close to tons of after hours karaoke bars. LALAS ARGENTINE ANGELOS GRILL PIZZERIA 7229 Melrose Avenue 1043 2nd Avenue Los Angeles, CA WILD New York, NY Pig out on their bread and CARD The Margherita Pizza is amazing signature sauce and variety of and the salad portions are more mashed potatoes. The sangria is than generous. Plus they have also worth a try. alcohol-infused sorbet! 8
  • 9. WHAT WERE LISTENING TO Angel The XX Going Back To Cali Notorious BIG Manhattan Kings of Leon The Funktion Overdoz Go With You Toro Y Moi Indigos July Kilo Kish Started From The Bottom Drake Super Rich Kids Frank Ocean Bangin On Wax A$AP Mob Waves Joey Badass New York Dogg Pound Bird On A Wire Action Bronson Feat. Riff Raff Cartoons + Cereal Kendrick Lamar feat. Gunplay Rose Clicquot Nipsey Hussle Why Even Try Theophalus London ST. PATRICKS DAY PARADE CANT WAIT! Its my 鍖rst St. Pattys Day in NYC, the second most Irish-American city, right behind Boston, MA, and Im super psyched to drink green pints and dress from head to toe in all green everything. COACHELLA Its bittersweet, Im not going this year but Im really excited to see all of the amazing street style and uninhibited celebrity photos that are sure to come. The line up isnt life changing but I have to stop myself from buying that cross-country ticket + a pair of wristbands everyday. Coachella is a special place meant to be experienced in a carefree fun loving way and I cant wait to go back! 9
  • 10. ON NETFLIX NOW ME AND YOU AND EVERYONE WE KNOW UNITED STATES OF TARA Miranda July, wrote, directed, and starred A twisted hybrid of tragedy and comedy, in this 2005 movie which depicts United States of Tara depicts the daily contemporary life in a very surreal, casual, struggles of a mother and wife (Toni and entertaining manner. The movies Collette) coping with Dissoative Identity main character, Christine Jesperson Disorder (multiple personalities) while (Miranda July), an eccentric, performance dealing with her relationships with her artist and senior citizen chauffeur, meets a family and the world at large. Her other recently divorced shoe salesman, Richard personalities take the form of a 50s-style Swersey (John Hawkes). As their Stepford wife, Alice; T, a teenager relationship develops, July introduces us straight out of an Out of Control Teens to several other characters that are episode of Maury; womanizing, beer affected by their relationship and involved guzzling, motorcycle-riding, Vietnam vet, in either of their lives, creating a web of Buck; Shoshanna, Taras therapist; and connectivity. The adolescent Swersey Chicken, a 5 year-old version of Tara. boys are played by the most adorable actors, Miles Thompson and Brandon Ratcliff, are both hilarious.
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  • 12. PORTLANDIA TINY FURNITURE The Peabody Award winning, IFC Before Girls, there was Tiny Furniture, Lena original series stars Saturday Night Dunhams South by Southwest winner for Live alum, Fred Armisen and Carrie Best Narrative Feature. The 鍖lm is Brownstein, lead singer/guitarist of somewhat a mirror of the noted writer/ Wild Flag, making fun of the uber actress real life. In the 鍖lm, Aura (Dunham) hipster lifestyle that exists in is a recent graduate from a Midwestern Portland, OR, where the 90s are Liberal Arts college; she moves back alive through surreal sketch home to her artist mothers Tribeca loft and comedy situations using a variety of tries to get a real job with her Film Studies different characters with a ton of degree. Auras mother is played by Laurie random guest stars. Its totally worth Simmons, Lenas mother and her real life a good, old-fashion binge viewing sister, Grace, plays her on screen sibling. on a boring Friday night. 12
  • 13. TECHnically 2.0 Insert Clever Race-Related Title Here A few weeks ago, an article, And Read All Over, written by Jamelle Bouie (@jbouie) and originally published in The Magazine, Issue 7 went viral. In the article, Bouie points out the small number of minorities in technology journalism save Southeast Asian and South Asian individuals. He goes on to say that this problem is in part due to a handful of factors; economic, African Americans and Latinos are often unable to afford an unpaid internship for an entire summer; a lack of diversity within tech networks, companies hire from within their networks which are rarely comprised of African Americans and Latinos; and 鍖nally cultural, for a lot of African Americans and Latinos, who are the 鍖rst in their families to pursue a college education, it is ingrained in them to pursue traditional and reliable career paths. Bouie doesnt throw a huge amount of blame on the tech industry, he even points out that technology is for the most part a color blind industry and he recognizes that in tech, employees are chosen based on merit. Bouie presents two major solutions for the tech journalism community, 1) have the conversation about race, have several conversations, dont ignore the problem and 2) make a conscious effort to diversify the environment. The article started a conversation on Twitter and then several journalists took on the subject, many criticizing the response of Jason Calacanis (@jason), a noted entrepreneur and blogger. For the sake of full disclosure, Im basically a fan girl when it comes to Calacanis podcast, This Week In Start Ups, I respect his opinions on the tech industry and entrepreneurship, and I appreciate the classic rap quotes preceding each of his blog posts. I know that Calacanis is not racist and that his intentions were good when he wrote a response, Doing The Right Things. Calacanis approaches the subject sincerely, expressing the sadness he feels for his daughter who is half Korean and describing the overt racism his wife experiences. He 鍖nds some solitude in the fact that his daughter will be living in the post-race world. Calacanis says that Bouies position counters everything hes experienced in his career, using two early writers he hired for his tech zine starting in 1995 as examples, Xeni Jardin and Rafat Ali. Calacanis describes them like this, the 鍖rst a woman, the second with much darker skin than mine (brown, but not black for those obsessed with the exact tone really?). He then proceeds to describe his experience as an Irish guy from Brooklyn who broke into tech, knocked doors down, and created opportunity for himself. He then says that those internships no longer exist; they havent been around since, 94 max. This old school method of magazine internships has been replaced with this model for Gawker, Engadget, and TechCrunch, according to Calacanis, a) Post highly intelligent comments not about yourself on those blogs 2-5x a day for three years. b) Start your own blog and write one blog post a day about one subject for three years, not about yourself, about the topic. Dont ever talk about yourself. c) Go to any party, meetup or SIG you can 鍖nd. You do these things you will break in. Two hours a day for three years. Calacanis continues, touting tech as the most open meritocracyin industry that hes ever seen. He teasingly advises not to let anyone tell you that some secret cabal of rich, old white guys on some secret golf course is trying to stop you.
  • 14. Calacanis response was ignorant of the daily reality Americans face. Honestly tech is very open, it is a meritocracy, but I cant help but notice that whether its New York or Los Angeles, if its a tech event, Im usually one of a handful of African Americans and pretty much always the only African American female, if I could code, Id be a unicorn. Why? Id say 99% of my African American and Latino friends and acquaintances from high school went on to college, but I cant think of one who pursued a degree in anything tech related, a lot of Political Science, Pre-Med, and Business Management with a sprinkling of Liberal Arts and Public Administration majors. Most pursuing very safe, traditional career paths, in 鍖tting with the expectations of their families. These arent impoverished kids; these are the children of college graduates, who went to private high schools and outstanding public schools, and who have participated in unpaid internships at Fortune 500 companies and prominent law 鍖rms. I have no idea why none of them have pursued tech. My argument isnt about right now, or even three years from now, my argument is about the kids. Kids are our future and while the smallest Calacanis and my little mixed babies will live in a post racial world (hopefully), we have to make changes now to see it through. Like Trick Daddy, I luh da kids and after working with a ton of kids and volunteering at many elementary schools in the Los Angeles Uni鍖ed School District, the second largest in the country, Id say school is where this all starts. Compared to the citys many parochial and private schools, Los Angeles public schools are starving for technology and programs that promote technological innovation and spark interest in the minds of kids early on. Ive often assisted in classes that only had one old school Mac DV complete with hockey puck mouse, the schools often supplement this with weekly, and hour-long computer lab visits which consist of free play on the Internet and nothing of substance and more often than not, nothing of true educational value. Alternatively, while working as an after school program counselor at a much more af鍖uent school where teachers are called by their 鍖rst names and the students have trendy names, all of the latest tech gadgets and they know how to use them ef鍖ciently. In the classroom, these students use the computer often to complete assignments, they know how to do research and 鍖nd resources using the Internet. At home, their access is not hindered, for the most part, they have access to a modern, working computer, equipped with Internet. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said for the impoverished youth who are usually both brown and black and white, attending LAUSD Title I schools. The problem is not one of race, this is a cultural, social, economic issue that wont be solved by offering college students paid internships, a lack of access compounded by a cultural attitude of indifference towards math, science, and technology. So what can the tech community do? For starters, we dont have to write a bunch of articles and blogs about there being a problem. Instead focus on creating effective, long-lasting solutions that will create real change and develop talent early on. Creating programs within schools, K-12, that are in the most impoverished areas of major tech communities, replace their Mac DVs with modern technology, donate time, develop educational programs, give them a 鍖ghting chance to compete with their peers. A three step plan isnt going to help the kids at George Washington High in Los Angeles, CA or Teresa Hughes Elementary in South Gate, CA nor the students at Audubon Middle School in Los Angeles, CA, to name a few. These kids are under serviced, underfunded, and often overlooked. Theyre not less intelligent then the students that later decide to become involved with tech, theyre just less informed and have fewer resources available to them. 14
  • 15. THATS DEEP SPOILED Untitled By Grace Some days I feel for my heart and It's not even beating as if its vanished, slowly but surely Other days I find that I am Queen under jurisdiction of some government owned zombie community The dirty Rain is my cleanser, and the sun rays make me wanna rush to the moon, and when I look that fragile girl in the mirror she'll say back to me you are a beautiful star not a style nor a fool. I GIVE MY LIFE TO YOU
  • 16. SHAP BY SIMONE WYIRCK 16
  • 18. BUNS HUN BY SIMONE WYRICK 18
  • 19. TONS OF PURP BY SIMONE WYRICK
  • 20. LIFE IN PANTONE I Simone Wyrick PANTONE! PANTONE! PANTONE! ROSE GOLD! COTTON CANDY! SUBWAY TILES! PANTONE! PANTONE! PANTONE! PALM FRAWNS! OIL SPILL! POOL WATER! PANTONE! PANTONE! PANTONE! DRUZZY CRYSTAL! HOLOGRAPH! GLITTER! 20
  • 21. SHORT SHORTS JUSTINE IS A THIEF BY SIMONE WYRICK Every morning, Justine walks her dog, Jimi Costa who never seems to go until they get home and he reaches the kitchen. Justine drops Jimi and picks up her laptop and workbag at home and then heads out for the day. She bikes to the Starbucks on Pearl Street. She orders a grande cup of ice water por gratis and 鍖nds a table near the barista and a three prong electrical outlet, setting up her laptop and logging onto the free wi鍖. As Justine listened to Naima by John Coltrane, she typed quickly, periodically taking sips from her water cup and surveying the ever-changing landscape of the busy coffee shop, when she hears the barista call out, VENTI DOUBLE AMERICANO and two minutes later, VENTI AMERICANO.FOR PERRY, eventually giving up and leaving the drink on the bar top. Justine watched the drink, waiting, for Perry. Who would just abandon a $5 cup of coffee? Who does this Perry guy think he is? She waited what seemed to be the longest 5 minutes of her life and then she stood up, snapped the drink up from the bar and retreated back to her comfy, safe seat. High off of her latest victory, Justine sipped the drink feeling unusually accomplished. Around noon, Justine pops up from her table and skips to the counter, grabbing a Panini press sandwich and a bottle of clementine-鍖avored Izze. She goes back to her table and unwraps the neatly packaged sandwich and untwists the cap on her drink and begins to eat her lunch. After quickly 鍖nishing, she resumes her work tapping quickly on the keys listening to Sonnenbank Flavour by Bushido. She works for an hour uninterrupted until she got up to refresh her water. As she walked to the counter, she heard a nasally, high pitched voice, OMG, and did I tell you I got a paper cut today? It was really traumatic, I called my therapist and we worked through it, the short, strawberry blond said into her rhinestone-covered cellphone complete with plastic bunny ears and a 鍖uffy bunny tail. She put her phone conversation on hold to order her drink, Can I have a Venti Caramel Frappacino with extra whipped cream and extra caramel sauce?. Wow, even her drink order is annoying, thought Justine. The girl continued on her phone, Yeah, I came to the conclusion that the
  • 22. JUSTINE IS A THIEF (CONTD) paper cut was really a reminder to pay attention, you know, like from the universe and stuff? Justine watched as the girl walked outside and her loud conversation became muf鍖ed through the glass of the storefront. Then the barista called out, VENTI CARAMEL FRAPPACINO with extra whip and caramel Justine watched the annoying girl through the glass, twirling her hair around her 鍖nger, feverishly texting, and not paying any attention to anything at all around her, she looked back at the annoying drink and back at the girl, and then she jumped up to the bar and grabbed the drink. She stopped at the condiment bar and acted as if she were adding cream and sugar, discreetly tossing the drink into the trash can, looking up and around to make sure no one had seen her. Justine watched the girl talk for what seemed like forever with her headphones on and her music loud. The girl walked back in and searched for her drink, pacing around the store for a few minutes looking truly confused, until 鍖nally she approached the cashier inquiring the status of her overdue drink. The cashier is equally confused and tells the barista to make another annoying drink for the annoying girl. Justine just watched mockingly thinking, 鍖rst the paper cut now my frappacino?!, laughing to herself quietly. She continued to peek up at a variety of scenes at the coffee house, still typing, tapping on the keyboard with so much determination and focus. Justine is a thief. All of her typing, all of the keyboard tapping, all of the focus, Justine is stealing. Justine isnt only stealing overpriced caffeinated beverages; shes stealing money, and a lot of it. As she sat at the Starbucks from 9am to 4pm, she coded a sniffer and began to scout databases nearby to purge, this neighborhood was the perfect place. But she always made sure that she left before all of the lame 鍖nancial sector workers emerged from their fortress-like high rises, she hated rush hour, she hated all of those unfamiliar people in her personal space. As she walked back to her apartment, starring up at the sky, she thought of the day, of all of the people she observed, and the work she 鍖nished. She couldnt wait to be back in her own personal space where she could work on something more creative and bene鍖cial to the world at large. As she approached the door to her tiny one bedroom walk up, she could hear Jimi barking excitedly. The loving terrier mix greeted her with warm, wet kisses and a cold nose on her cheeks. She took her coat off, put her keys on a hook next to the door, peeling off the rest of her clothes, balancing herself on the wooden frame of the door. She walked to the fridge, with Jimi only steps behind her trotting along, leaning down to grab a Stella for herself and a mini frank for Jimi. She walked back to the couch, plopping down, taking up its entire length, Jimi jumped onto her lap, she acted as if she were going to eat the mini frank, and then gave it to Jimi. Justine is a thief. 22
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