Slog - Comments on NYT Style Section does it again http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again This bizarre quote from this story on why women still buy with cash to hide their spending habits from their husbands: ...the age-old practice of women disguising personal indulgences by paying in cash persists even though the majority of women today earn a salary and, in an affluent age, families have more disposable income. Which families are those? True, a group of Americans are enjoying a new gilded age. But those who are not are more numerous than before. Even though the gap between the rich and poor gets covered in the main body of the Times, the style section... Copyright 2008 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:19:34 -0800 Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:32:41 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by intellilicious Which families are those?

Why, the ones that read the NYT (and its style section in particular), of course. The standard formula of "NYT writer goes to cocktail party, notices some aspect of her friends' lives, and writes about it like it's a national trend" yet lives on.

]]> intellilicious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589113 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589113 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:25:53 -0800 Comment by StrangerDanger Angela, you sure got up on the wrong side of the bed! Time for some shopping therapy. Don't forget to hit the ATM on the way to Nordys!

]]> StrangerDanger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589115 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589115 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:33:33 -0800 Comment by Boomer First of all, this is, by any measure, an age of affluence. Second--so what? It's the Style Section, not the front page.

]]> Boomer http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589119 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589119 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:38:51 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray While I don't agree that this is an "age of affluence" (It's more like an age of credit, home equity loans and blowing your inheritance) I don't see why the fashion section of the nation's biggest newspaper (which is also one of the fashion capitols of the planet) need tow a proletarian line.

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589123 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 12:48:01 -0800 Comment by Mrobvious The woman doesn't want her husband to know how much she spends on expensive clothes so she pays in cash and then appears in an article in the NYT (complete with photo). Genius!

]]> Mrobvious http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589127 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589127 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:09:46 -0800 Comment by SeMe I think we can all agree that, with the exception of the rural class, the lumpenproletariat or the american underclass, are by far the best dressers.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589128 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:13:37 -0800 Comment by PDXRitchie Toe the line.


With your toe. You're not bringing the line anywhere.

]]> PDXRitchie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589131 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589131 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:32:22 -0800 Comment by Stephanie "lumpenproletariat or the american underclass, are by far the best dressers": SeMe, have you been in a Wal-Mart or K-Mart lately? You've got to be kidding.

]]> Stephanie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589132 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589132 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 13:32:32 -0800 Comment by Gloria I think we should take the line ... shopping!

]]> Gloria http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589140 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589140 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:29:48 -0800 Comment by catalina vel-duray Thank you for the correction, PDX. I always thought it was "tow" as in pulling the line along.

You learn something new everyday.

]]> catalina vel-duray http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589146 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589146 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 14:58:01 -0800 Comment by SeMe the inner city lumpenproletariat do not shop at Wal Mart Steph, they shop from the truck and buy swag directly. Granted, Seattle doesnt have that culture, but if u go to the outlet malls, or other places u see tons lumpenproletariats dropping serious cash. The poorest of the poor are sporting real LVitton, Tommy and some other nonsense which was mos def not bought at Wal Mart. What you see at Wal Mart is what I call the suburban-barely-working class and the rural clas. The pooorest inner city schools back east are at the vanguard of urban fashion. Sad, but true. In the end, fashionistas (sp?) are nothing but biters.

]]> SeMe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589151 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589151 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 15:33:46 -0800 Comment by jamier everyone can disagree about what is good fashion, but i think everyone can agree that people who use the word "lumpenproletariat" and think that outlet mall tommy hilfiger is top notch fashion, have got to be the worst dressers on the planet

]]> jamier http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589155 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589155 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:05:24 -0800 Comment by sniggles oh burn!

]]> sniggles http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589157 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589157 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:12:22 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO totally off topic...am I missing something, or are there no more slog tip links. There was a big story in St. Louis about a missing kid being found alive after almost five years. I know it's not Seattle news, but it's still big...

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589161 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589161 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 16:42:58 -0800 Comment by Amy Kate Mike, the Slog tip link has a permanent home at the top of the page now, to the right of SLOG.

]]> Amy Kate http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589173 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589173 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 18:06:21 -0800 Comment by Mike in MO thanks Amy

]]> Mike in MO http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589213 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/01/nyt_style_section_does_it_again#c589213 Media Sat, 13 Jan 2007 21:32:41 -0800