Jack Shafer took a week off from bugging out about politics and poo-pooing the political conventions to focus his ire on another target: New York Times Sunday Styles. JackShaf minces no words in denouncing the part of the NYTs that he thinks should have been cut when the editors took a hatchet to the Metro and Sports section.
Too bad JS uses the same fuzzy logic that he's criticizing Sunday Styles pieces for in his criticism of Sunday Styles. Jack's rage comes, from all things, about a Cosmo-esque story on straight guys and cats:
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The legend of Spaghetti Cat is inexplicably sweeping the nation, mainly because there is an air of mystery surrounding the feline. What was he doing popping up on The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet? Why did nobody speak of him during the program? Why is he eating spaghetti? Why does the spaghetti have no sauce?
Part of a magazine's responsibility to readers is make them feel insecure about themselves. Or maybe that's just the unintended consequence of listicles like "20 Foods That Slim You Down." But, one other responsibility of magazines is service; that is, to teach readers how to do something. They'll tell you how to solve a problem (even if one doesn't already exist), improve your self-esteem (even if you weren't feeling bad about yourself), and please your man (even if you're a S&M dungeon master and kinda know what to do in that department).
Real Simple knows they owe it to readers to be service-y. Which is why they've provided a how-to guide on killing your cat. CONTINUED »
