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October 17, 2005
Why, Yes Virginia, There Is Bullshit, Sexism, And Sexist Bullshit In The Publishing Industry
Wow, thanks, for the heads up, Agent 007! As a young, scribbling female, I appreciate all the help, advice and encouragement I can get. I'm so relieved to find confirmation for what I always suspected was true:
Men can look grizzled and weathered and still look cool with the right lighting and scene. Think Jim Harrison and Charles Frazier.Women, on the other hand, have to try harder.
I was going to work on an article this afternoon, but on second thought I think my time would be better spent getting my hair blown out. See, I have learned from this parable:
Editor 007 preempts a fantastic manuscript of heartbreak and renewal. She loves it more than any book she's ever published, even though the author is a thorn in her side. The cover is amazing--completely groundbreaking and attention-grabbing from 30 feet away. The early reviews are universally great. But when the author stops by to meet the editor several months before the book is released, she is disheveled. Her eyeliner is an inch wide. Her hair is a mass of black, swirling strands. A couple of weeks later when the publicity director asks if Editor 007 has any idea what the author looks like, she has to say, "Radio."
You know, when I am working intensely on something, I tend to become dissheveled, too. But in the future, I will be sure to go to bed by ten in order to get my beauty sleep (nothing worse than puffy eyes!) instead of staying up till dawn finding the words I want to mean.
Posted by hissycat at October 17, 2005 06:04 PM
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Totally unrelated....
I thought I might as well let everyone know that the GRE is going to be an hour-and-a-half longer starting next October. I think you said that a couple more years of crappy jobs might persuade you to return to graduate school. I am still an undergraduate but I think I will be rushing to my local Kaplan office as a result of this stupid change.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/18/national/18gre.html?pagewanted=print
Posted by: mlle M at October 18, 2005 02:39 PM