Email Author Gendy Alimurung

Awards

• 2012 - Education Reporting Awards/National Education Writers Association, published June 16, 2011

  "Bad Lunch"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Parents, Be Very Nervous"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Coming (Back) to America"

• 2012 - National Society of Newspaper Columnists

  "Interview with a Corpse"

• 2012 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published April 12, 2012

  "The Death of Film"

• 2012 - National Entertainment Journalism Awards/LA Press Club

  "Never Grow Up"

• 2011 - Maggies: The Magazine Awards of Western Publishing, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "The Man Who Wants Another 'Life'"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 22, 2010

  "Maggots and Aliens and Clowns, Oh My"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2010

  "Giddyup"

• 2011 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published March 11, 2010

  "The Fight of His Life"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

• 2010 - Southern California Journalism Awards/LA Press Club, published December 17, 2009

  "Man on Man"

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2011 Stories by Gendy Alimurung

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  Uterus Pinata: Great For Hysterectomy and First Period Parties

  published Feb 01, 2011

  It's a pinata...shaped like a uterus. So wrong it's rightr I can't decide. Says Etsy seller AmieKin, "It's great for baby showers, or Red Tent parties (daughter's first period) or even hysterectomy ... More >>

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  Moz Crafts: The Morrissey Football Scarf

  published Jan 31, 2011

  Morrissey craft item of the week: the Moz football scarf, courtesy of Viva Moz. Because nothing goes together like angry soccer fans and Morrissey. For a while, Viva Moz was offering a "Vulgar Swea... More >>

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  Strapping Lasses: Jenette Bras, Marlies Dekkers, Big Bosoms and Modern Dance

  published Jan 28, 2011

  Jenette Goldstein, proprietress of Jenette Bras--bras for "the overdeveloped and underserved"--hosted an artsy modern dance bra event at her store recently. If you'd driven by the store on Melrose Ave... More >>

• Video Exclusive: Hollywood Club Goers Reveal Their Sex Desires at the Dragonfly's Miss Kitty's Parlour

  published Jan 27, 2011

  Ladies, as you head out Friday night hoping to meet someone, know this: Nine out of 10 guys you see will have had one-night stands with someone they met at a bar or club -- and more than a quarter of ... More >>

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  The Steampunk Hand: Victorian Sensibility, Home Depot Parts

  published Jan 27, 2011

  Check out this Steampunk hand made by Hotshot333. Apart from it being a recipe for carpal tunnel syndrome, this thing is fantastic. It is a functional hand. It took him "probably about 30 hours of wo... More >>

• Biggest Regrets

  published January 27, 2011

  We asked: What did you used to do that you don't anymore? Answers: "Be a tease." —F, 23,... More >>

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  COVER STORY

  Sex and This City

  published January 27, 2011

  Read more in: "UCLA Sex Survey Results," More >>

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  Cook For Your Hamster: Mathijs Van Der Paauw's Happy Hamster Rodent Cookbook

  published Jan 25, 2011

  Do you love your rodentr I bet you don't love it more than Mathijs Van Der Paauw loves his hamster. Van Der Paauw (yes, that's really his name) cooks for his hamster Lucy. He makes teeny tacos for her... More >>

• Not Saving the Oaks

  published January 20, 2011

  At the final stand of the Battle of the Arcadia Woodlands, the casualties bleed green. The sun is literally setting in the sky.... More >>

• Arcadia Woodlands Oak Tree-Sitters To Talk Carnage at Board of Supervisors Meeting

  published Jan 17, 2011

  Tree sitters John Quigley, Andrea Bowers and Julia Posin will be at the LA Board of Supervisors meeting tomorrow, Tuesday January 18 at 8:45 am. They'll be talking about what it was like to witness t... More >>

• Oaks vs. Bulldozers: Killing Trees in Arcadia, By The Numbers

  published Jan 14, 2011

  Here's a by-the-numbers breakdown of the final scene at the skirmish zone at the intersection of Elkins and Highland Oaks Avenues in Arcadia. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Works chopped... More >>

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  Helvetica Tramp Stamps, Cookies & Baby Onesies: 9 Unexpected Uses For A Typeface

  published Jan 12, 2011

  Helvetica is the font--excuse me, typeface--that won't quit. We see it everywhere (remember Gary Hustwit's documentary film Helveticar). Here, in order of ascending awesomeness, are nine excellent and... More >>

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  Sweet Jesus: Christ On A Cake, or 18 Ways of Baking With Jesus

  published Jan 07, 2011

  We eat his body, drink his blood, and lick his sweet, creamy vanilla frosting. Here are 18 depictions of Christ on a cake. Not as damnable as the Star Wars nativity scenes, but pretty close. Sacrilici... More >>

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  Moz Crafts: Morrissey's Lyrics In Needlepoint

  published Jan 07, 2011

  Nothing says cozy quite like Morrissey's lyrics in needlepoint. The perfect blend of pain, craft and depression! Kimberly Scola, the crafty girl who goes by the name Chez Sucre Chez, says, "I spent ... More >>

• Swimming to Catalina

  published January 6, 2011

  The man swims hard. Waves bigger than the man is tall crash around him. He is cold, exhausted. He doesn't know if he can go... More >>