Beastie Boys’ Mike D. Loves Bella Abzug
The congresswoman and activist is his favorite New Yorker
June 20, 2014

The Beastie Boys’ Mike D. answered New York magazine’s 21 Questions, and the 48-year-old, who described himself as “musician, producer, designer, curator at large, dad,” had a few interesting insights. In addition to characterizing his responsibilities at his first job in as “restocking, shipping and receiving, schlepping” at a book store, the Brooklyn-bred Beastie Boy told the magazine that his favorite New Yorker, living or dead, is pioneering congresswoman and feminist activist Bella Abzug.
Word.
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Stephanie Butnick is deputy editor of Tablet Magazine and a host of the Unorthodox podcast.