Category Archives: Publishing rants

Word.

Posted on March 3, 2011 by Larissa Archer

A friend turned me on to The Believer magazine, which is now my bus and train reading. In the February issue, there’s a fascinating series of essays by transgender author T Cooper on different aspects of his transformation from female … Continue reading →

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Stupid Magazines

Posted on November 7, 2008 by Larissa Archer

I was recently invited to submit some work to a new luxury magazine. That’s right—a magazine celebrating wealth, leisure, and conspicuous consumption. The editor sent me a list of possible topics including an examination of whether one should buy, part … Continue reading →

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Newsflash: Women can be Funny, too!

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Larissa Archer

I try not to get too worked up over stupid stuff I read in the papers….I’m sorry; I shouldn’t lie right at the outset like that. I read the papers specifically to feed my anger. Maybe I’m afraid my bile … Continue reading →

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Pensées Françaises

Posted on April 2, 2008 by Larissa Archer

Sarko and Carla visited L’Angleterre last week and of course images of the odd couple took up more space in the UK’s newspapers than reports of Zimbabwean election-rigging, Hilary-slamming, and new revelations of the brain cancer-mobile phones link put together. … Continue reading →

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The Latest Rejected Article!

Posted on July 19, 2007 by Larissa Archer

Yup, and this time for reasons I might delineate in a wrathful expose shortly, fired from my job!! For those of you who didn’t know, for the last year, I’ve been a paid editor (and unpaid writer) for New York … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Sloth

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Larissa Archer

Since I haven’t posted for a while, here’s another article from New York Moves’s Christmas/Seven deadly sins issue (the one to which I contributed “In Defense of Vanity” and “Blinded by the Light,” linked below. Thank you, Odious, for the … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Blogolution

Posted on January 23, 2007 by Larissa Archer

I was asked to write an article on the nature of change (or something, I don’t really pay attention) for the January double issue, which has now turned into the hulking January-February-March triple issue, of New York Moves Magazine. I … Continue reading →

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Blinded by the Light

Posted on December 5, 2006 by Larissa Archer

I didn’t choose that title for another of my articles in the Christmas issue of New York Moves magazine, but that’s what they named it. Several editorial changes were made, to which I objected noisily, but I included the piece … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Vanity

Posted on November 16, 2006 by Larissa Archer

I know, I know, I’ve been a bad, bad blogger, but I have a good excuse, which is that I’ve been spending all my time studying the art of classical acting and the thea-tah. Instead of dutifully keeping the world … Continue reading →

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Another Rejected Article!

Posted on August 29, 2006 by Larissa Archer

My magazine editor recently offered me the “Rant” section of the issue, basically free rein to, well, rant, on anything I choose. I wrote an article that he handed back to me, declining to publish it. Our conversation went thus: … Continue reading →

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