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Authors nowadays have the tendency to (ab)use their own articles as vehicle to talk about themselves -- and it's ever too often either completely unrelated to t
by hh3k0 8y ago
Authors nowadays have the tendency to (ab)use their own articles as vehicle to talk about themselves -- and it's ever too often either completely unrelated to the content or some superficial, forced connection. It's quite annoying.
- moreoutput 8y agoIts all Gonzo now.
- CPLX 8y agoThis phenomenon is called "journalism"
- isoskeles 8y agoIt's called narcissism.
- lawlessone 8y agoIt's to make them relatable
- cintrass 8y agoIn the case of Penny it's to hide the fact that if anyone is a poser, a grifter and a hypocrite, it's her. I didn't read this in detail, but I did notice at the end she explains how she went to a different party, away from those troglodyte bros and their crude money cult... and got hammered and wrote socialist poetry on a wall, falling asleep in a puppy pile of futurists, as she wistfully remembers growing up in a threat-free environment. She couldn't be more champagne socialist if she tried, and she's a perfect example of the privilege most of those people on the cruise were attempting to buy themselves into. Just of a different flavor. Of course with Penny, no matter what happens, you can be sure it's bad for women and it's men's fault, and something needs to be done about it. Just not by her. She's just there to get paid to go on a cruise after all. So relatable, much socialist.
- pavlov 8y agoI know. Like when Mark Twain visited Germany in 1878 and then used his report ("A Tramp Abroad") to talk about his own feelings rather than objectively describing the fascinating arts and crafts of Prussia.
- hh3k0 8y agoAh, yes – holding journalism to the same standard as works of semi-fiction is indeed called for these days. An excellent comparison on your part. Other people, however, may hold journalism to higher standards than those of infotainment that falls terribly short of the "info" part of the portmanteau.
- roguecoder 8y agoOr how David Halberstam selfishly described his reaction to seeing a Buddhist monk burn in Vietnam: "I was too shocked to cry, too confused to take notes or ask questions, too bewildered to even think.... As he burned he never moved a muscle, never uttered a sound, his outward composure in sharp contrast to the wailing people around him." What an amateur. No wonder he only won one Pulitzer.