I’ve had my Lingerie essay rejected by two well-known print pubs this week. My first rejections as a writer. I’ve arrived!!
But it made enough of a dent with the reviewing editors that they’re interested in seeing more stuff from me, so there’s my positive spin. I’ve sent it off to an online pub… one that pays. And now I want to crank up more essay ideas/queries for the two print editors… before I fade from their memory.
But since I’m now thinking about women in skimpy clothing, it’s a good time to pass along this well-written, very funny article, In Defense of the Swimsuit Issue by James Lileks, which originally appeared in the Washington Post in 1997.
“Many women’s attitude on this issue is simple: don’t even think about it. The more evolved the male, women believe, the more the sight of an SI swimsuit cover will slide off their retinas without prompting a single synapse to twitch. This is not possible. Later that day, I had a fascinating conversation with my wife about this very matter.”