I'm not sure what he was trying to say, but it seems like it'd be a variant on a Boston-is-more-something than we are. Usually it gets the evil liberal label, but this one I just can't parse.
My take was that he (who was a guy being interviewed, not the writer of the article) was saying that if being publicly nude was common behavior, it would be happening in Boston if it was happening anywhere, being that it's a biggish city that's also known to be liberal. Of course, that whole Boston-is-liberal thing has always run up against that Banned-in-Boston thing forever, so I'm not sure it's a terribly well-reasoned argument.
According to this article, it's not illegal to be publicly nude in Vermont. Huh.
I'm afraid to read the article, because it probably quotes my brother.
How many days out of the year is it warm enough to WANT to be publically nude in Vermont?
Approximately 0.78.
I'm afraid to read the article, because it probably quotes my brother.
It was about Brattleboro, VT - is that where your brother is? If not, it's probably not an issue.
Aw, Xtina gets the Fug No More: [link]
Seriously, who would have thought that she would end up being the stable and classy one? NOT ME.
Jesse, I KNOW!
I even have one of her recent pictures as my laptop's wallpaper, for cryin' out loud, because it was just so pretty and classy!
I'm now picturing Christina as a vampire who went and sucked away whatever class Brittney had.
That is the great thing about the Fug girls. They acknowledge and encourage as well as reprimand.
I'm now picturing Christina as a vampire who went and sucked away whatever class Brittney had.
Ha! If only I believed that Britney ever had class.
Also, Gawker continues their surprisingly amusing coverage of that offensive Forbes article Jess linked to about how you shouldn' marry a woman who makes a lot of money: [link]
It's gotten mushy-headed, right?
I've never read it regularly. I've always like they got attention through wild misrepresentations and deliberately outrageous opinion pieces. Which is probably unfair, but I never saw anything that made me want to delve into it.
But lately the basic quality of the writing pains me. Maybe that's just Kevin Berger, though. Or his editor. I think when he's done there will be no commas left for anyone else.
A friend of mine worked as an editor for Salon ages ago. There was a mass exodus of what sounded like bitter editorial staff at one point, and that's when she left. I don't recall what prompted it. For all I know, the dot-com crash.
