1. The line for the sold-out event was out the door of The Bell House.
2. Sandra Allen read from her beautiful essay about the late Sandy E. Allen, the world's tallest woman.
3. Sami Main and Chelsea Marshall shed light on the ~super contagious~ epidemic of cute aggression that plagues the human race.
4. Anne Helen Petersen conducted an IRL BuzzFeed quiz about Hollywood scandals (and made real the thirst for young and sexy Marlon Brando.)
5. Saeed Jones read poems from his new book Prelude to Bruise.
6. Staff writer Ashley Ford and books editor Isaac Fitzgerald were the most charming hosts to have ever taken the mic.
7. <3
When I met @iSmashFizzle tonight, she gave me a hug I'm pretty sure absolved me of all past, present and future ailments. #BuzzFeedLive
8. Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton eviscerated the concept of reverse racism with the most powerful weapon in their arsenal: killer wit.
9. The light of the entire internet shone on to the stage as our hosts introduced the night's bold-face names.
Watching @mallelis from backstage at #BuzzFeedLive. She is our new overlord.
10. First was Mallory Ortberg of The Toast, who took us through a day in the life of an Empowered Female Heroine and a Troubled Male Antihero, then slayed with some Alien Erotica.
11.
You can't see it but the whole crowd's panties hit the floor so hard that the USGS is reaching for the red phone
12. And then people shook the ground with their applause...
13. ...for the absolutely flawless Janet Mock!
Thx @kategavino for this cool sketch from #lastnightsreading http://t.co/clZbMxbIai #redefiningrealness #buzzfeedlive
14. She read from her best-selling memoir, Redefining Realness.
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Lovely meeting you, @janetmock! Sometimes bridging the internet & real life can feel so good & powerful #BuzzFeedLive
16.
"Beyoncé made me love that my thighs touch." - @janetmock is perfect. #BuzzFeedLive
17. And then the booze flowed and all these beautiful, internetty people hugged one another.
I think I went to a party for the internet tonight and I LOVED IT #buzzfeedlive
18. They had some drinks...
...and they smiled big.
(really big!)
If you were looking for a lot of cute, fashionable, well-read, bespectacled and/or tattooed girls, #BuzzFeedLive was the ultimate jump-off.
19. Books flew off the tables and sold out, fast.
20. Honestly maybe these people should start some bands because they certainly look like they're posing for album covers...
21. Everybody glowed because it was pretty much the best night.
so so happy I got to help with #BuzzFeedLive tonight. I am head over heels in love with everyone I got to meet. <3
O my good fortune. Saw @brokeymcpoverty @theferocity @janetmock @mallelis @annehelen all in the SAME NIGHT & ‘twas LOL OMG WTF #BuzzFeedLive
22. Hope to see ~you~ at the next one!
