tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018939.post4924403532145513674..comments2023-10-22T06:40:43.465-07:00Comments on I'm Procrastinating: "how can you stand to write that crap?"xoxoalkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12777972740112422472noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018939.post-89749202262663722432008-09-24T12:06:00.000-07:002008-09-24T12:06:00.000-07:00ha ha ha ha. yes, I sooo have been here. It remind...ha ha ha ha. yes, I sooo have been here. It reminds me too a bit of folks who were like "wow, you always seem to get good jobs, can you get one for [insert favorite slug /couch potato/jerkoff here]?" The clear implication being wow if YOU can do it, guess anyone can, not that it had ANNNNYthing to do with talent/hard-work, blah blah blah.<BR/><BR/>And yes, the media is soooo fun and easy to bash? I used to get sanctimonious and remind anyone who did that when interning at newsweek I was told this story of how afraid the editors were to put a violent horrific image on its cover depicting the travesties in Sarajevo. The response: zero, zilch, nada. What got the biggest response of all time? Princess Diana.<BR/><BR/>This is a bit like people who blame "society." But you ARE society? Is it our responsibility as mediaistas to only write about Serious Heavy Matters (like you know emily whatshername in the oh-so-serious NYT magazine whining about how tough it was to be 22 or so and getting to write for national media outlets about her own (boring) life. boo hoo, cry me a river, right?) <BR/><BR/>I also note that there ARE good magazines, non-standard fare out there, easy to get - the economist, atlantic, new republic, utne reader. Funny how those pubs never seem to have many readers huh? Not funny ha ha. <BR/><BR/>thanks, love your blog. write more more more! and I promise I will read more more moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018939.post-9318137081932605952008-09-24T12:05:00.000-07:002008-09-24T12:05:00.000-07:00ha ha ha ha. yes, I sooo have been here. It remind...ha ha ha ha. yes, I sooo have been here. It reminds me too a bit of folks who were like "wow, you always seem to get good jobs, can you get one for [insert favorite slug /couch potato/jerkoff here]?" The clear implication being wow if YOU can do it, guess anyone can, not that it had ANNNNYthing to do with talent/hard-work, blah blah blah.<BR/><BR/>And yes, the media is soooo fun and easy to bash? I used to get sanctimonious and remind anyone who did that when interning at newsweek I was told this story of how afraid the editors were to put a violent horrific image on its cover depicting the travesties in Sarajevo. The response: zero, zilch, nada. What got the biggest response of all time? Princess Diana.<BR/><BR/>This is a bit like people who blame "society." But you ARE society? Is it our responsibility as mediaistas to only write about Serious Heavy Matters (like you know emily whatshername in the oh-so-serious NYT magazine whining about how tough it was to be 22 or so and getting to write for national media outlets about her own (boring) life. boo hoo, cry me a river, right?) <BR/><BR/>I also note that there ARE good magazines, non-standard fare out there, easy to get - the economist, atlantic, new republic, utne reader. Funny how those pubs never seem to have many readers huh? Not funny ha ha. <BR/><BR/>thanks, love your blog. write more more more! and I promise I will read more more moreAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018939.post-61136534877932707562008-09-14T10:42:00.000-07:002008-09-14T10:42:00.000-07:00oh yeah, it's the medium. i think most of the time...oh yeah, it's the medium. i think most of the time people haven't even read what I wrote -- they see that it's in a glossy publication they've prejudged as idiotic, and feel free to show how smart they are by shitting on it. Isn't it odd!<BR/><BR/>I'm off to find you on Facebook... yay!xoxoalkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12777972740112422472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8018939.post-61262869372344103112008-09-14T03:08:00.000-07:002008-09-14T03:08:00.000-07:00Wow. On the one hand, it's great that people you k...Wow. On the one hand, it's great that people you know are actually reading your work at all (I write textbooks, and no one outside my immediate family has every expressed the slightest interest in reading them), but on the other hand, you have some rude friends! I wonder if it's something to do with the medium of magazine publishing itself? If you say you write for the New York Times possibly people are slightly intimidated, whereas magazines are perceived to be less weighty and their content therefore more open to criticism? I suppose you could always start turning the tables on them and start criticising their cooking, choice of wine, style of dress ... (p.s. found your blog through the blog networks app on Facebook)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10121585470904286533noreply@blogger.com