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Valentine’s Day is coming up, so magazines do dating/love/sex issues and Time Out New York is no exception. The lead story of their “Singles” issue is by Professional Media Person Julia Allison, who Gawker made fun of a bit and somehow this made her popular. (Also, she’s pretty.)

I didn’t read Julia’s article because it seemed long, had three question marks in a row and had lots of jumps. (Readers hate jumps!) But the rebuttal is by former City Paper editor/sex columnist Ashlea Halpern, who calls herself Ashlea[TM]. (As opposed to Julia[TM].)

The gist of Halpern’s column is Julia’s advice which I didn’t read but I am sure is fabulous only works if you’re pretty like Julia Allison. (Halpern is, of course, another attractive person.) There’s a poll to pick who you agree with more; I’ll give the nod to Halpern, who kept her article at a slim couple of paragraphs or at least made it so I couldn’t find the jump buttons. (Plus, I read it!) And, hey, she’s mopping up.

Update: Oh, there’s a behind the scenes phootshoot video: “View all the photos that didn’t quite make the cut, plus a video that tells you all you need to know about the Allison mystique.” My mystique remains mysterious and you won’t get to see that ’til my photoshoot next week.