By Shannon McDonald

Here’s a summary of the week’s Northeast news we didn’t cover. See others here.

A big story last week involved Huntingdon Valley’s Valley Swim Club. The Montgomery County private pool is accused of kicking out a group of black campers from Creative Steps Day Camp on Devereaux and Summerdale avenues. Many reporters stated the pool is in the Northeast, when in fact, it is not in Philadelphia at all. Here’s a roundup of some of the media outlets that covered the story. continue reading »

Outside media don’t care about the Northeast. We have all seen them misuse, misspell and mistake our neighborhoods and our streets, so we at NEast mag wanted to do something about it. When they get it wrong, we set it right in a segment we like to call Right NEast/Wrong NEast.

By Shannon McDonald

We know by now Philebrity hates The NEast. And if snarky comments about our hair weren’t enough, there are these lovely remarks:

Oh come on. Look at a map. H-Valley is bordered by Welsh Rd. and Red Lion Road. It may have a different zip or pizza pretzel place but it’s culturally Norfeast.

I’ve always been of the mind that the Norfeast itself is NOT PHILADELPHIA, either

Those comments came from one of yesterday’s Philebrity posts, which called out Valley Swim Club for kicking out a group of black summer camps kids. Racist and ridiculous, yes. Northeast Philly? Nope, sorry. Valley Swim Club is in Huntingdon Valley, which is not only not Northeast, it’s not Philadelphia.

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Northeast Philly, meet your signature hairstyle

By Shannon McDonald

If they’re covering us, they’re either getting it wrong or making fun of us.

Not that I’d call Philebrity “big media,” but they gave the Northeast a little attention today, and not the good kind. In a post about Kate Gosselin’s hair, the Northeast takes a beating:

We’ve seen that hair before. We know that hair. We’ve seen it in the Wawa, buying smokes; we’ve seen it at Target, verbally abusing its children; and we’ve seen it at events, whispering mutedly racist tropes. In fact, anywhere where the Curiously De-Feminized Women Of The Northeast doth roam, so too does That Hair.

You read correctly folks, we’re being called low-class, child abusing racists. And if you’ve heard the recent drama surrounding Jon & Kate Plus 8, you’re all bad parents, too.

What do you think? Is this good-natured fun, or is Philebrity giving the Northeast a bad rep?

Courtesy of ArthurKade.com

By Shannon McDonald

He’s been featured on Gawker, Philebrity, Street Talkin’ and  Philly Chit Chat, among others.

Now, Arthur Kade will make his debut on NEastPhilly.com. The Rhawnhurst-grown financier-turned-actor recently did a Q&A with us about his life growing up in the Northeast and how he left his high-profile career to pursue his dream of acting.

Arthur talks about where he went to school, how he spent his free time as a kid and where we can see him next on the small screen.

Check back Monday for the interview and a photo of Arthur in his NEast days.