Fw: The Nation: "dreary" (fwd)

[Chuck Munson]

Doug Henwood wrote:
> Marta Russell wrote:
> 
>> Naomi Klein writes for Znet.
>> Does that put her in the trash can too as some on this list have 
>> suggested?
> 
> 
> Uh, Marta, just because one thinks Z magazine sucks - a position I 
> concur with, since it's ugly, mind-numbing, and dull, the printed 
> equivalent of donning a hair shirt - doesn't mean that people who write 
> for ZNet (which isn't the same as the magazine) are bad. Naomi's not, 
> and you're not. Quite the contrary - Naomi's a very good writer, and I 
> think enough of your work to have asked you to write a piece for LBO.

Hear, hear. I'm glad to read Doug's opinion's on this dreary and ugly 
magazine. Of course, Z features some good writers, but I've never 
understood why the design of the magazine has been kept so unappealing. 
Perhaps it is an example of this stupid attitude that the ideas themselves 
are all that matter--fuck the packaging. Of course, as a person who 
appreciates good design and artistry, I would counter this by suggesting 
that we could also dispense with editors and proofreaders if the ideas 
were the only thing that mattered.

For magazines that are attractive, well-edited, and push the envelope,

Chuck0

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