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Alex Brook Lynn, aka ARBL Murray, is a multi-media journalist living on the isle of Manhatta. She has produced work for The Daily Beast, the New York Daily News, the New York Press, Vice, Gizmodo Media Group, and FAQ.NYC.

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Paris Fashion Week Was All Out on the Streets

CHIC!

Sure, the Paris Fashion Week runway shows were glamorous. But the more vibrant costumes were found out in the urban wild.

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray | Published Mar 10, 2023

A Hustler’s Guide to IVF

MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR

Or, a loser’s guide to playing the odds.

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray | Published Sep 10, 2022

How We Explain to Our Kids Why Putin Keeps Trying to Kill Us

‘MAMA, WHAT IS THAT?’

More than six dozen Ukrainian children have now been killed in Putin’s war—leaving thousands more to come to terms with their peers dying around them.

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray, Allison Quinn | Published Mar 12, 2022

C’est Chic! How Paris Fashion Week Hit the Streets

FANTASTIQUE!

Paris Fashion Week returned to its impeccably attired in-person best this year. Sure, there were great runway shows. But the really colorful action was out on the Parisian streets.

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray | Published Mar 09, 2022

‘Business Is Booming’ for Drug Dealers Who Deliver

NO GLOVES, NO MASKS

“When you have people at home all day, what else are they going to do?”

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray | Published Mar 17, 2020

Inside the Party The Mooch Threw for Himself and His Book

HERO WORSHIP

Anthony Scaramucci took over his own steakhouse Monday night to launch ‘Trump, the Blue-Collar President’—and offered thoughts on Steve Bannon and John Kelly between selfies.

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray | Published Oct 23, 2018

Real Witches Cackle at Sephora’s ‘Sanitized’ Witch Kit

WELNESS WOO WOO

Down at the oldest witchcraft store in New York, employees are laughing over Sephora’s “wellness” hocus-pocus kit.

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray | Published Sep 08, 2018

Inside an Afghan Refugee’s Once-Forbidden Dinner Party

Chefugee

Afghanistan is Naseema Bakshi’s home. But after losing her husband, she found a culinary family with chef Hannah Goldberg, who helps refugee women pursue their passion for cooking.

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray, Lizeth Beltran, Sarah Bellingham | Published Apr 08, 2018

March for Our Lives Isn’t Just About Mass Shootings

Gun Violence

‘People die by guns every single day. No matter how they got the gun, no matter how they got shot, they’re still dead at the end of the day.’ —Julia Spoor

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray | Published Mar 24, 2018

Hattie McDaniel: The First African American To Win An Oscar

BITTER SWEET

Hattie McDaniel inspired generations of black actors. But the role that served as her claim to fame--Mammy in Gone with the Wind--is remembered less fondly.

Alex Brook Lynn/ARBL Murray, Elisha Brown | Published Mar 04, 2018