In This Issue -
July/August 2010
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Girl Stuff
Janet’s replacement is going to be Steve Wilder who is, shockingly, a guy. Although The WAG has its share of male contributors (Dr. Isadore Rosenfeld on health, Dr. Geoff Kalish on wine and dining, Spiro on style), a copy editor has his or her hands on every page of text and his or her influence is of profound importance. I worry that Steve, who has been a newspaper journalist for more than 25 years, is about to experience the gender equivalent of Parris Island. Instead of a rifle, he’s going to learn to strip, clean, and assemble a serviceable day-into-evening look replete with coordinating shoes. As he begins to learn just a little too much about the stuff that makes our world go ‘round, we wish him courage, fortitude, and impeccable taste. Speaking of stuff that makes our world go ‘round, you did notice that we have a story on Candace Bushnell in this issue, didn’t you? Steve, Candace Bushnell is the creator of Sex and the City and having her on the cover is the equivalent of—oh, I don’t know—something really, really great. We also have an incredibly useful article on women’s health (p. 32). If you’re the kind of reader who skips health articles because they either bore you or make you obsess about that mole, I urge you to give it a look. In this article, we asked local experts to update us on the latest advances in the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of heart disease, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, osteoporosis, and infertility. If none of these conditions affect you personally, than they most certainly affect someone you love. And while we can’t control what fate or biology might hand us, we can be prepared to cope. As Steve will soon learn, this is what it means to be a woman: Being well-informed about both oncotyping and sparkling red wines; dancing the same steps “backwards, in high heels;” going out with our girlfriends, taking a romantic escape with our husband, stealing alone time for a good book. And next to the lipstick in our purse, we carry tissues for other people’s noses. Welcome to our world and welcome to The WAG. —Catherine Censor, Editor-in-Chief |
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I recently learned that our wonderful copy editor, Janet Blake, will soon be leaving us. She’s been promoted to a daily news editing job at the Associated Press office in Louisville, Kentucky. I’m happy for her, of course, but sadder for me. Sure, we can find another copy editor who will put up with my comma abuse. But Janet isn’t just a copy editor, she’s a friend. While dutifully fixing our fonts and bolding names of celebrities I’ve mistakenly assumed were dead (as per AP style, living = bold), she writes me cute little comments using Microsoft Word’s track changes. (In this month’s wine column, after a sentence about the reputed aphrodisiac powers of red sparkling wine: “Headed to the liquor store.”) But what I really will miss about Janet is that she gets it. I don’t need to tell her that the price next to those Louboutins is not a typo nor must I explain why I will mercilessly strike the word “yummy” from any sentence in which it rears its stupid little head.