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Topic: Accepted to Stiletto Bootcamp...should I step up?
| Author | Message |
| granitegirl | Posted – 10/28/2007 12:43:14 AM | show profile noname: 2003. why? |
| granitegirl | Posted – 10/28/2007 12:45:26 AM | show profile noname: we're talking on staff, right ? Not freelance. Because I don't take staff positions anymore. I can't freelance for competitors that way, and that's how you drive up your price. |
| granitegirl | Posted – 10/28/2007 10:56:24 PM | show profile meanwhile, rulebook... crit·i·cism /ˈkrɪtəˌsɪzəm/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[krit-uh-siz-uhm] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation ?noun 1. the act of passing judgment as to the merits of anything. 2. the act of passing severe judgment; censure; faultfinding. 3. the act or art of analyzing and evaluating or judging the quality of a literary or artistic work, musical performance, art exhibit, dramatic production, etc. 4. a critical comment, article, or essay; critique. 5. any of various methods of studying texts or documents for the purpose of dating or reconstructing them, evaluating their authenticity, analyzing their content or style, etc.: historical criticism; literary criticism. 6. investigation of the text, origin, etc., of literary documents, esp. Biblical ones: textual criticism. There IS a difference. I have no reason to be biter against women's mags. They've been quite good to me. They put me and my significant other through grad school. They paid me a lot of money for many years. But it was not fun, nor were the bykines good for my career, in the long run. I am not the first person to have that observation. Not in the last five years, or ten years, or fifty (read The Bell Jar). The "you're just jealous" counter argument is one that thirteen year old cheerleaders use against girls who didn't make the squad. Some of us outgrow that phase. Those who don't, well...I won't finish that sentence, or tell you where they are, or the kinds of things they say when their medium is criticized. Think about it: Dove is critical of women's magazines these days (see their latest ad campaign???) WHen the beauty industry is critical of the media, messages from the media, including women's magazines ("GET TO YOUR DAUGHTER BEFORE THEY DO."), I mean, come on. We should ALL take note. |
| noname1234 | Posted – 10/28/2007 11:56:49 PM | show profile granitegirl: Because you speak very authoritatively about what it's like to work on any women's magazine staff right now, so I'm wondering if I've misunderstood something about your background, because based on your previous posts, it seems like you haven't worked on-staff at a women's mag in maybe 10 years or so. I was wondering if I had the dates wrong. |
