Letters to the Editor
greenbriar
Published Letters: 51 Editor's Choice: 1
-
blahblahblah
[Read the article: I'm a med student, but my boyfriend has just a high school education]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I exceeded the limit on that last entry, but it's worth mentioning that 10 minutes before I saw yesterday's post, I noticed the equivalent of The Problem in yesterday's letter is in jail again (I think my role is that of The Brother - the LW should call him and let him know what's going on) and while I was proofreading my last letter-to-the-editor, my favorite ex-girlfriend/McEx-Wife (the only one that doesn't seem to be drunk on status - it's only med-School) got in touch for the first time in years.
People will tell you it doesn't matter. In the grand scheme of things, your problem doesn't. But in the context of your life, it might. I don't quite understand the little tides the world seems to ride on, but they're there. Don't burn a bridge while deciding what you want.
-
Joan...
[Read the article: My last word (for now) on sexism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I read your last column and was lazy about commenting. This column supports what I would have said.
You're so smug, but that smugness vastly outweighs any acknowledgment of reckless-and-blatant ignorance in the past ("the past" being the last couple weeks).
Since you obviously can't pull your head out of your own ass, a mentor is someone who publicly-and-openly supports and advises someone younger/at an earlier stage in their career, thus putting a certain amount of their own credibility in the hands of the subordinate. In a world where losing face in the public eye can come at the cost of a spouse, that's a surrogate family member. I'd hate to have a president that spits in the face of someone of a mentor.
Not being able to fess up to that little bit of irresponsibility leaves me feeling insulted and supports my earlier suggestion that you should be ashamed of yourself. It also supports my view that you embrace tabloid journalism. Your remark about tripling readership as editor-in-chief leads me to believe you have few people to answer to and feel solely responsible for any-and-all success of this site. Much as I've done since your irresponsible (and ignorant) posts about Obama, his grandmother, and Rev.Wright, I will continue stopping by to see if you've humbled yourself or further embrace your own self-righteous ignorance (if it isn't self-righteousness, than it means you're just plain stupid, and I don't believe that for a minute). At this point, you seem to be taunting your detractors. I'd like to ask again if this is what people mean when they say Salon has embraced "tabloid journalism."
Your vitriol and blatant disregard for personal integrity (after all, it is only an opinion column) tells me you won't. Keep it in mind, though.
-
Tabloid Journalism
[Read the article: My last word (for now) on sexism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]While you're tripling Salon's readership and proclaiming it (The Publication) could do without certain readers, the column with the most letters-to-the-editor is Since You Asked. Sadly, the discussion is often inhibited (and the less productive elements are often amplified) by the fact that it's advertised as an advice column. You have the luxury (no offense to Mr.Tennis - he does great work for what he's got) of a more credible premise and you spend it all on saving face, patting yourself on the back, and covering your own ass.
-
Interesting perspective...
[Read the article: I'm a med student, but my boyfriend has just a high school education]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200803/single-marry
-
oops
[Read the article: My last word (for now) on sexism]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Since You Asked doesn't have the most letters (maybe outside of the opinion columns?), but it does have a lot and there's an element of discussion that definitely isn't here. In the past few weeks, I've seen gentrification, white privilege, gender roles, etc.etc.etc.etc.etc. come up over there. You... I dunno. You're squandering an opportunity a lot of us will never have.
-
Cool.
[Read the article: How can I get a writing job?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In addition...
-Your college newspaper is a fine source of samples. Your blog is a fine source of samples. Newsweek actually went into several months ago. Might have been the issue that dealt with college porn? But it doesn't hurt to diversify your creative sources of samples (and as a sidenote to Cary's remarks on working freelance, if someone pays you to write something - doesn't matter what it is - you're legitimately freelance).
-Things in America are weird right now. I don't know as much about writing as I do about music, but the businesses/industries parallel each other. Like Cary said, there aren't that many jobs out there (partly because of things like your blog - the P2P networks of journalism, as far as I can tell). But, you might not be happier at writing jobs than you are at your administrative assistant job. Probably make less money, too. Might be worth it to skip checking the MyFace and The Craiglist or looking at the Daily Puppy, writing something you think puts Dostoevsky to shame, and sending it to whatever publications you think you can sleaze your way into. A lot of them (including this one, and The New Yorker, and I'm sure many others) accept e-mail submissions. Takes 30 seconds to send it. Might get yourself into trouble, have some adventures. Take that secretary paycheck and pay for it (the adventure). Maybe you'll end up getting something published and will get $25 towards the next one (the next adventure).
On that note, don't get on a high horse, but don't let people humiliate you/take you for granted, either. No "Dream Job" (what a joke) is worth that. Maybe Broadsheet will do (or has done a piece) on how The Casting Couch is alive-and-well and just manifests itself as a high divorce rate and a "I wonder what life would have been like..." mentality in women in what may be your position.
If they do, I expect Cary Tennis to give me that '92 Celica he has sitting on concrete blocks in his front-yard.