{"id":7667,"date":"2011-05-25T22:33:57","date_gmt":"2011-05-26T06:33:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=7667"},"modified":"2011-05-25T22:33:57","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T06:33:57","slug":"a-different-jane-to-bitch-about","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/a-different-jane-to-bitch-about\/","title":{"rendered":"A Different Jane to Bitch About"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jane Pratt<\/strong> has finally launched her new online magazine and I want to know why something so awful and pointless can even get off the ground. Everything about it is stupid and bad.<\/p>\n

And where’s Tavi<\/strong>?? Remember when this was going to be a joint project? Who is our Blogging Business Deal specialist? Please report back on this intriguing mystery.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, this awful Jane crap got me thinking about how there is really nowhereto go online if you want some entertainment for smart people. The Huffingting Post is just populist garbage, Jezebel is too full of itself and has too much attitude, The New Yorker isn’t visually appealing, Arts & Literature Daily has too many choices to sift through, pop culture websites are too geared toward the bourgeois hipster, etc etc.<\/p>\n

Why can’t we have something good, with lots of thoughtful, funny, sophisticated, and provocative essays and photos?<\/p>\n

I started talking about this to a friend, and tried to explain the target audience for this imaginary project. All I could think of was “you know, people like us: bitter intellectuals.”<\/p>\n

He liked the sound of this overlooked market and so do I. I want to start an online magazine for Bitter Intellectuals. We’ll have a daily column about annoying words or phrases, obviously. We’ll have reviews of movies and music, critiques of other blogs, advice on stuff that grown ups care about, debates about politically incorrect subjects, merciless satire, personal stories of defeat and humiliation, and so much more. With good art.<\/p>\n

Who would like to get in on something like this? Who has any experience in starting a no-budget venture? Who wishes there was a place to go online where they would never see words like “social-networking” or “game-changing” or terms like “tresses” or “locks” instead of “hair?” Most important, who has the enthusiasm to make me follow through on this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"