Tag Archives: Palestinian Scarf

Finding Beauty in the Portable Restroom Experience.

By Carles | August 30, 2009

Photo by the StyleShark

Yesterday, I used my Palestinian scarf for something functional. I was attending a large outdoor concert, and I had to urinate. I had to walk to the edge of the property in order to use the portable restrooms that were provided by the festival promoters. As I approached [...]

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Are Palestinian Scarves Still Authentically Alt?

By Carles | February 27, 2009

Was doing some online shopping, and I had a musing ‘worth blogging about.’

I remember when Palestinian scarves were ‘all the rage’ back in the electro era of the alt world. Altbros and altbroads would wear them all the time. Went perfectly with a pair of sunglasses I read on a wikipedia page [...]

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The Search for the Most Authentic Scarf

By Carles | January 8, 2009

Yall. Isn’t it kinda weird how scarves blur the line between ‘functional’ and ‘completely unnecessary’ depending on the weather? h8 people who ‘wear scarves when it is 65 degrees outside.’
Men with scarves = kinda like entry level altbags, or maybe like ‘people who shopped at the GAP for too long.’ Girls with [...]

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ALT BRO or ALT BAG [Progressive Bowl Cut Edition]

By Carles | October 19, 2008

ALTBRO or ALTBAG is an HRO gimmick where I find pix of alternative males. Readers then must decide if the person pictured is an altBro or an altBag.

Please justify your answer in order to be mailed your $5 Chili’s gift card.
For example: “He is an altBro because he has a gymbag full of miscellaneous alternative g00dies and his palestinian [...]

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