About Me

I have a million magazine subscriptions. My mail carrier hates me. http://glossedover.com

Who’s the “we”?

There is no “we,” only a “me.”  I started writing the site in the plural editorial voice and haven’t yet broken the habit.

Well, then, who are you?

I’m a 31-year-old magazine editor in Los Angeles.

No, really, who are you?

Someone who hopes to keep working in magazines, or at a minimum, someone who likes to keep her options open.

Do you work for one of the magazines you make fun of?

God, no.

Who do you think you are, ripping apart these magazines?

I’m just a person with opinions.  You don’t have to be a chef to know what kind of food you like.

You’re mean.

You should see the stuff I don’t publish to the site.

Why did you say that terrible thing about my friend?  You don’t even know her!

I don’t believe it’s necessary to personally know the person behind any work of art in order to form an opinion.  If it were, how could anybody listen to music, visit a museum, or watch movies? 

Why do you read the magazines if you hate them so much?

It’s more accurate to say that I’m disappointed by magazines.  I don’t hate them.  Well, I kind of hate Jean Godfrey-June’s column in Lucky.  Also, Cosmopolitan as a whole.

On a serious note, I love fashion and makeup, and I’m intensely interested in the media and women’s issues.  I’m a feminist, and it irks me to see women slighted in any form of media, particularly in venues that are created by, and specifically for, women.  Anything that lets me get juiced up on righteous outrage while simultaneously allowing me to ogle new skirts for spring is like a magnet to me.

I thought feminists weren’t into things like clothes and lip gloss.

You thought wrong.

Why don’t you ever write about anything you like?

Because I think a blog waxing rhapsodic about any topic would be deadly dull and I would never read such a site.  I wouldn’t expect anyone else to read it either.  Instead, I bitch about stuff to an audience of thousands, and a few people are actually amused by my rants!  Everyone wins!

What else are you into?

Googie architecture, The New Pornographers, UCLA Bruins football, and red lipstick.

How can I get in touch with you?

Email glossedover@gmail.com or IM me at glossingover.  I’m rarely signed into IM, however.   

Why didn’t you answer my email?

Because I receive a lot of messages.  Although I try to get to all of them, sometimes I miss one or two.  Feel free to email me again and berate me about it.  Note: messages including pictures of adorable puppies get a priority response.

Magazines make me mad, too.  Can I write for your site?

Email me with a sample post.  We’ll take it from there.

Will you write for my site/consult on my publication/correct my grammar/be my friend?

I accept money to do all of those things (writing, editing, copyediting, consulations), except for the friendship part.  Though, if you wanted to pay me to be your pal, I’d certainly entertain the offer.