To the editor,
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While reading Elizabeth Weil’s “Good-bye, Girl Friend,” in the June 9 issue of the Reader, I become so very impressed with the depths a so-called “writer” will plunge to in order to disparage anyone on the political right. For Miss Weil to blame the death of Sassy magazine on the current political march to the right is a laughable and desperate attempt for a premise and just barely disguises her ignorance of society, publishing and politics. Making such an idiotic claim is like blaming the Bulls’ loss in the NBA playoffs on an earthquake in Sumatra in 1917. Such contentions are 100 percent crap.
As a consistent browser of said magazine, Sassy was a very impressive and refreshing addition to this nation’s newsstands. I agree the magazine’s change from its original editorial direction is unfortunate. But obviously Sassy lacked the balls (or ovaries in this case) to stick to their guns when moralist nutcases came calling. Any successful business person will tell you that courage is a healthy part of the entrepreneurial mix.
