Monday, March 27th, 2006
At last we come to the third and final chapter of our web-based attempted partial reenactment of actual man-purse shopping exploits originally performed by a real-life journalist: Justin Schneider of the Jackson, Michigan, Citizen Patriot. Assigned to that rough-and-tumble proving ground for young reporters everywhere — the man-purse beat — Mr. Schneider purports to have [...]
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Thursday, March 23rd, 2006
Our retracing of Justin Schneider’s non-pursey man-bag shopping expedition continues (you can read part one here):
The Buckle at Westwood Mall carries one bag, made by Bed Stu ($45), in brown canvas with the “distressed” look that has become popular of late. With a weathered look and frayed edges, the bag belongs in the hands of [...]
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Wednesday, March 22nd, 2006
Earlier this week we faulted Jackson Citizen Patriot writer Justin Schneider for being a man-purse-denial enabler. Because one of the subjects of his story didn’t want to be told he was wearing a man purse, it seemed, the writer crafted the entire article around that self-deception. He wrote a feature article about man purses, we [...]
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Sunday, January 15th, 2006
Joe Ganley — blogger, Ph.D., software engineer, and coiner of the term “liquid routing” — has compiled a buyer’s guide to “man-bags.”
But before he gets to the gallery of options, Joe makes a few choice comments:
Someone please help me come up with a name for this thing so my wife will stop calling it a [...]
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