...with a little pink bow. How Sweet!

If you hear nothing else, hear this: I haven't been a "girl" since I was thirteen. I find the term, when used to describe women of any age, offensive. "Girls Gone Wild", indeed.

You know, I get it. Create a place on Salon for news of particular interest to women. Scatter a few gender POV-specific comments here and there, and voila! Broadsheet! The problem is, the articles you chose to include in this new woman's ghetto are mostly ones that tread awfully close to the edge of Cosmo-land. Hardly the bastion of women-oriented newsgathering. Posting fluff and calling it news is a poor beginning. You have eleven articles in this first edition. Only one would I consider an actual news article - the Rockettes story.

Here's a couple suggestions. First, lose the pink. It's a color that not only doesn't describe most women but grates on the nerves of many of us. Second, separate the gossip from the news. I don't need snarky commentary or "blog-styled" formats. Save the opinion for the editorial pages. And write about real news, not just repackaged middle-of-the-Style-section crap. There's enough real woman-oriented news out there to make this a vibrant, valuable addition to Salon.

We're adults, and we understand economics and politics as well as the men out there. If you don't get that, then you've got no business creating "Broadsheet."

As a subscriber suffering on a dialup connection, please make (and enforce) size limits on media posted! Also, knowing in advance about sizes and types of things before I view is very important to me. Sometimes I slog through a large download because I think the content will be worth it, but only when I know in advance what I'm committing to.

Being blindsided by a 4MB .pdf masquerading as a 60k text file, or a video download that I suddenly find is 20MB, are not what I'd like to have happen on this new site.

Setting limits on the number of contributions would be good, too. While I love flickr.com for the ability to share many of my photos with friends and family, I'd hate to see this become a repository for large amounts of "here's 20 photos of my cat". Contributors should have to be discerning about the items they submit, and pass through an editorial process. Nothing should go on this site without having been checked out beforehand. Nothing.At.All.

Anyone who wants to publish 83 bazillion photos, or 15 turgid essays, has the ability to start their own site and do so to their heart's content. This site should have standards, and dispassionate third party review for all posted items.

Another thought: don't segregate items. Don't put photos here and essays there. Mix it up! Just be sure to label the pieces properly.

All in all, this sounds like a delightful idea.