Letters to the Editor
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It wasn't horrible
But I wouldn't call it all that good either. To me it read like a story that went I wanted X to happen and then this happened, then this happened, then this happened and what I wanted to happen never happened, isn't it funny! I didn't want to keep reading, it reminds me too much of a sitcom instead of a piece of written material. I'm just a person who reads everything I start all the way to the end no matter how bad, just like bad movies too. I'm just not a quitter, even if it's bad I just need to know the ending!
I have no problem with navel gazing articles or "things that I did or happened to me". What I didn't like about this essay and most of the chick lit genre is that I didn't see introspection. How about discussing her inner self, about where she got this idea that one night stands were expected of her, even when she didn't really know what sex was since she thought it was jumping up and down and hugging for a while. Not this aren't I so cute and clever and don't I end up being such a good classy gal because I never end up really having sex with a stranger and some dude friend of mine tells me that's okay.
Though I did like the line about going home with a guy after she decided he's not a rapist. That made me giggle.
I don't have a problem with Salon printing it, I don't think all essays need to be minor masterpieces of the english language, but I do think all of us here have a right to say what we did or didn't like about the essay and no, I would not be buying or borrowing her book.
I suspect the reason in including her picture was to stave off the comments like of course you couldn't get a one night stand, you're probably a fat ugly troll!
No, the picture serves to let us know that she is indeed attractive enough to get a man, if there is any point to this essay at all, it's that just because you think a one night stand might be nifty and fun, there is the part of you inside that knows it's just not right for you and so you defeat yourself to hold onto the innocent feel good fantasy.