Hipster Grifter’s Employment Prompts Concern From Reader

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Shockingly, not everyone is happy about ANIMAL’s decision to bring Kari Ferrell into the fold, and a concerned reader wrote in to let us know how much she’s going to destroy everything and bankrupt the company. Worry not dear reader, all the company’s money is stowed away in a shoe box and protected by a beardless security guard, we’re safe…for now.

Tonight On Inside Edition: The Hipster Grifter and Obama’s Suit!

Newly rehabilitated grifter, Kari Ferrell, begins her official comeback tour, on Inside Edition, tonight. The gossipy, kinda-newsy show landed the first post-jail interview and gave her top billing over their next most important story: the custom tailored suit that Obama may or may not wear to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. You can watch the teaser for both stories online now and read how the “internet sensation known for con-games, bad checks and her hot talk comes clean.” I reached out to Kari and asked her how she would have introed herself. She wrote back, “They should have just said I was a lady-boy, who came over to America in a crate.” Update: It was pushed back, stay tuned.

Love Forever, The Hipster Grifter

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In her latest correspondence from the Salt Lake City Correctional Facility, Kari Ferrell covers a myriad of topics including details on her charming inmates, future employment opportunities, and her beef with ANIMAL for enlisting another minority—apparently she assumes Cajun Boy is a pygmy or something. She also submitted a surreal sketch that will either delight or frighten you. Read more »

The Hipster Grifter Tweets Back!

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Just because she’s stuck in a jail cell in Salt Lake City without access to a computer or the internet, doesn’t mean that the soon to be released Hipster Grifter aka Kari Ferrell can’t read your tweets and then respond in what is clearly the slowest @replies ever. At least they’re all “Jail Inspected.” Enjoy! Read more »

Missing The Hipster Grifter: Her Former Cellmate Speaks

Kari Ferrell’s former cellmate, Jerzy Mitchell, is officially breathing fresh air again and no longer making mascara from pencil shavings and toothpaste. She was released from jail on October 22nd and although she’s enjoying her freedom, the 22-year-old from Salt Lake City is also missing her prison partner. What’s to miss you ask? Mitchell writes: Read more »

Love Forever, The Hipster Grifter

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Well, you better enjoy these letters from The Hipster Grifter while you can, because according to Kari Ferrell, she could be out of the slammer and back on the streets of New York City real soon! In her latest correspondence, she talks about the possibility of obtaining freedom, riding bikes, and more press opportunities. Plus she sent a bonus photo. Read more »

Why Does Wikipedia Want To Delete the Hipster Grifter?

There’s a growing conspiracy to delete The Hipster Grifter from the annals of Wikipedia and it’s happening in real time. Kari Ferrell’s entry currently displays an ominous warning threatening the worst punishment possible: deletion. It specifically says: Read more »

Hipster Grifter Halloween Art

Chicago-based cartoonist and meme-drawing illustrator, Trendpiece, whipped up this EXCLUSIVE image of a hot dog costumed Kari Ferrell for ANIMAL, telling us, “It’s my take on what The Hipster Grifter would be for Halloween.” The drawing is not only inspirational, but also for sale: $30 plus S+H. Interested? Go here!

“Throw Your Hot Dog Down My Halloween,” Marker on vellum, 9×12 inches

On the back of the first envelope Kari Ferrell sent from jail, she wanted me to tell porn star and producer Joanna Angel that she wants to model for her, an offer the adult entertainer gladly accepted and then some: “[T]ell her I would love to fuck her on camera… I think we’d have a lot of fun =).” Consider it done!

Introducing The Hipster Grifter’s Cellmate

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Meet Jerzy Mitchell. She is Kari Ferrell’s cellmate and is also looking for some pen pals. The convict, in her early 20s, wrote a letter describing jailhouse living and spending most of her waking time with the notorious internet sensation—by her count she’s tallied over 1500 hours already. Mitchell also tells us about her DIY makeup, the fun in watching other inmates getting busted for drugs, and Kari’s sock therapy. You can’t make this crap up:

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