My Urban Kvetch: THE "BLAIRE HITCHED" PROJECT

Thursday, July 29, 2004

My newest article, about Blaire the Soon-to-Be Bride from marryblaire.com, is now online:
"The Blaire Hitched Project."

Enjoy!

At 11:44 AM, July 29, 2004, PepGiraffe said...: Would it be rude of me to write to her and ask for her to for the love of God, stop using so many quotation marks. And to stop using LOL. It makes her sound stupid.
At 12:09 PM, July 29, 2004, the fbg said...: Esther! Okay, so I'm a bad reader -- that's the first time I've actually clicked over to one of your articles (maybe it's the whole "I'm not Jewish" thing). But I have to say, you have a very good journalistic writing style. I dug it.
At 5:12 PM, July 29, 2004, Esther Kustanowitz said...: Michael, all this information is on Blaire's website: she listed it, so I did as well. If she hadn't, I would NEVER have done so. Clearly she feels that these stats are important to people's understanding of her, as they are part of the overall picture.

Believe me, I am MORE than sensitive when it comes to listing women's "vital stats," as it were--in fact, in my opinion, these statistics are decidedly NOT vital in helping you to understand a person, on or off the page.

Your two rules may hold for objective journalism, but I don't think it applies to singles profiles like these. The personal is important. I stand by my choice.
At 9:37 PM, July 29, 2004, Anna said...: that piece was really well written and that girl is interesting although crazy is really what i want to say.
At 10:21 AM, July 30, 2004, Anonymous said...: Ester it looks like she beat you to it

My newest article, about Blaire the Soon-to-Be Bride from marryblaire.com, is now online:
"The Blaire Hitched Project."

Enjoy!

At 11:44 AM, July 29, 2004, PepGiraffe said...: Would it be rude of me to write to her and ask for her to for the love of God, stop using so many quotation marks. And to stop using LOL. It makes her sound stupid.
At 12:09 PM, July 29, 2004, the fbg said...: Esther! Okay, so I'm a bad reader -- that's the first time I've actually clicked over to one of your articles (maybe it's the whole "I'm not Jewish" thing). But I have to say, you have a very good journalistic writing style. I dug it.
At 5:12 PM, July 29, 2004, Esther Kustanowitz said...: Michael, all this information is on Blaire's website: she listed it, so I did as well. If she hadn't, I would NEVER have done so. Clearly she feels that these stats are important to people's understanding of her, as they are part of the overall picture.

Believe me, I am MORE than sensitive when it comes to listing women's "vital stats," as it were--in fact, in my opinion, these statistics are decidedly NOT vital in helping you to understand a person, on or off the page.

Your two rules may hold for objective journalism, but I don't think it applies to singles profiles like these. The personal is important. I stand by my choice.
At 9:37 PM, July 29, 2004, Anna said...: that piece was really well written and that girl is interesting although crazy is really what i want to say.
At 10:21 AM, July 30, 2004, Anonymous said...: Ester it looks like she beat you to it

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