Letters to the Editor
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You Have Got To Be Kidding
I'm thinking someone at Salon has been inspired by all the "what the hell is this fluff" letters in response to the Life articles and decided to post the most insipid diatribes about inconsequentials they can find. Or maybe the pile of filler has reached the dregs.
I mean seriously, a one page (yet still too long at 10 paragraphs) essay about choosing to wear a speedo when swimming laps? Someone got paid for this crap?
And is that a photo of the author with the article? Christ in a banana sling dude, there's more depth and honesty on the average LiveJournal post.
I mean, what's next?
Getting High
As Crunchy Feminist I Never Thought I'd Torture Myself With Extreme Heels, But Check Out This Kicky Pair.
Beyond Jitters
I Thought I'd Never Be Able To Function On Decaf, But Without The Morning Coffee Fix There's A Whole New Day.
This was one step removed from an Onion essay. Actually, Jim Anchower has more depth. What little humor was in this piece was microphone and brick wall comedy.
It is the second essay by a guy where the content of the full text is less than the two line summary below the headline - the first was that "My vision problems resulted in dating an ugly chick" idiocy.
What's the point here? That men suck even harder at memoir than the women? Anne Lamont bugs the crap out of me, but at least there's some substance to her egocentricity.
Getting back to my original point, I think this one was posted only to get the letters. I can't think of any other reason Salon would deem this worthy of being called content.