Dear Writers: We Don’t Have to Put Up With This

We ain’t nothin’ and it’s time we started acting like it

Tom Johnson
Nov 5 · 5 min read

I’ve been a magazine writer twice.

My first career took place in the 1980s — the era of big, glossy magazines appealing to broad audiences. Writing then was a genteel game run largely by a New York establishment that adhered to certain conventions. Writers…

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