Phillip Mlynar
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About
Phillip Mlynar spends his days writing about cats, hip-hop and food, often while being pestered by his rescue, a mackerel tabby named Mimosa. His work appears in Vice, Pitchfork, Red Bull, Bandcamp, VinePair, Catster and Dogster. He’s won various awards at the Cat Writers’ Association Communication Contests, some of which are proudly on display at his local dive bar in New York City.Archive
“There’s a social media post by Justin Timberlake and Jessica Biel where they had pictures of what dogs they thought they looked like,” says Alan Fausel, the executive director of the American Kennel Club’s Museum of the Dog in Manhattan,...
Cocoa is a chocolate-brown Australian Shepherd who spends a large chunk of her time on tour with the reggae band Stick Figure. After being rescued by the California-based group’s lead singer, Scott Woodruff, Cocoa has become a permanent fixture on...
Did you know that some studies show that our pets have larger brains than their ancient relatives?1 It’s worth noting that we challenged dogs by selectively breeding them for different jobs, which could definitely be a contributing factor. But then,...
“It’s like I’m living in a movie — I’m just a guy who loves dogs,” says photographer Seth Casteel when asked if he was surprised at the widespread popularity of his 2012 book Underwater Dogs. That tome depicted a bunch...
When Ben Riggan had to put his pair of 12-year-old Springer Spaniels to sleep, the vet returned them to him in what he calls “glorified trash bags.” That heart-wrenching moment caused Riggan to begin developing an eco-friendly pet burial shell...
