Jesse Sposato

At the Tribeca Film Festival: Directors of 'In God We Trust' on Eleanor Squillari, Madoff-scandal heroine:

In the film, Squillari’s involvement with the FBI is so thorough that I assumed her generous efforts were rewarded with some kind of paycheck. But Kubicek and Anderson confirmed that, in fact, she wasn’t paid for her work. “That’s part of why we have major respect for her, because it was not easy and it was not beneficial for her to do this. She did this anyway.”

Bio: Jesse Sposato is co-founder and editor of Sadie Magazine, an online counterculture publication geared towards young women. She is also a freelance writer and has written for publications such as xoJane, Thought Catalog, Wilder Quarterly, Bust, Jewcy, Useless magazine, and the New York Press (R.I.P.), among others. As well, Jesse plays the drums, and is currently involved in a recording collective called Love Tribe.

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At the Tribeca Film Festival: Directors of 'In God We Trust' on Eleanor Squillari, Madoff-scandal heroine

In the film, Squillari’s involvement with the FBI is so thorough that I assumed her generous efforts were rewarded with some kind of paycheck. But Kubicek and Anderson confirmed that, in fact, she wasn’t paid for her work. “That’s part of why we have major respect for her, because it was not easy and it was not beneficial for her to do this. She did this anyway.” More

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on April 29th, 2013 1:10pm

 
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Matthew Weiner: 'Mad Men' has to end, because people try too hard to 'perceive the machinery'

Moderator Caryn James asked the question early on in the night, directing it at Weiner, “Tell us about Betty’s transformation, physical and internal. Why did you put on that weight for her?” Weiner responded matter-of-factly, “Well, it was a creative solution to a real-life problem, that January was pregnant—and everything worked out great, she has a baby [laughs]—and we had to start shooting, so I had the choice between doing the laundry basket thing or really trying to deal with it, not trying to hide it.” So, an accident of the filming process? Not quite. More

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on April 29th, 2013 8:34am

 
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Richard Hell, and an old girlfriend bearing photos, at Bookmarc

At 6:00 on the dot, while the audience at Bookmarc was still trying to figure out if Richard Hell would be signing books or reading first, Hell firmly asked an employee to shut the music off so he could launch into his reading. More

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on March 22nd, 2013 2:20pm

 
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An evening of Betsey Johnson doing what Betsey Johnson does, and who's to complain?

Betsey Johnson spoke with Fern Mallis at the 92Y about a life in fashion, her favorite ex-husband, a new reality show, and how to kick ass. More

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on January 17th, 2013 2:37pm

 
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An oral history of Zebulon, the music club that stepped 'over the doo-doo of hipster Williamsburg'

The change in Williamsburg’s demographic, replete with incessant noise complaints from neighbors, left Zebulon with little choice but to close its doors. Employee Patrick Krou explained recently over email,“A Jef [Soubiran] often expressed, ‘Sure, we could change this or that and please everyone, but then we are no longer Zebulon, so we better close.’” More

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on January 10th, 2013 12:59pm

 
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Ken Burns and Sarah Burns, filmmakers behind 'Central Park Five,' discuss the film and their fight with the city over it

"How long do they have to go before they get their lives back?" asked Ken Burns, exasperated. More

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on November 23rd, 2012 12:03pm

 
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Lightning-rod writer Katie Roiphe talks about starting trouble and rethinking feminism

“When I was getting divorced," Roiphe said, "I kind of went to Edith Wharton. I thought, ‘I should read Edith Wharton, I’m divorced.’ And when I had a child on my own, I thought [of] Hester Prynne for various reasons. Certain things suggested themselves, and my experience made me think of Hester Prynne, so I went back and actually read The Scarlet Letter, which then I realized was extremely relevant. I kind of always thought something like The Scarlet Letter was [a book] you read in sixth grade and didn’t think about anymore, but when I read it, I realized that it was kind of this relevant, modern, important text.” More

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on October 11th, 2012 3:20pm

 
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West Memphis Three's Damien Echols talks up his new memoir, and moving on

Echols now has a book. Titled Life After Death, it's a memoir comprised mostly of journal entries he wrote while in prison, as well as some writing he’s done since his release. Echols has loved writing since he was 12. "[It's] something that scratches an itch deep inside of you that you can’t reach any other way,” he said. When he was keeping journals in prison, he always had the sense that he wasn’t recording his thoughts entirely for himself. “Even while I was writing I would think that maybe one day, somehow, this was going to mean something to someone else, or have an impact on someone else’s life.” More

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on September 19th, 2012 11:41am

 
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Respite, and a little roughhousing, on the opening weekend of McCarren Park Pool

“Eventually our child will be a teenager,” she said. “Teenagers still need somewhere to hang out, so this is a good place for them to go because it’s free if you’re under 17, and they can use the recreation center. It’s a good place for them to go to stay out of trouble as long as they use it in the right way.” “But I don’t think it deterred anybody from coming because they’re just teenagers; that’s going to happen when you live in the city,” she said. More

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on July 2nd, 2012 5:50pm