@ J. Steuf: I’m sure there’s something close. I’d go with “Tabula Prava” but it doesn’t have the same sense as Douchey really at all, more crooked or perverse.

@Joseph: I always wear my underwear.

@Carlisle: I sincerely hope the magazine does change, but if it keeps to the mission statement, I don’t see how it can really become much more than a publication to read for simple shock value, sort of along the same lines as the reason why I watch House Wives of New Jersey from time to time. But I’ll give the benefit of the doubt, and keep reading to see if the commentary raises from
“how to deal with being rich and fabulous”, to, well honestly, almost anything else. By no means do I want this to be battle of the blogs, but just some honest constructive criticism.

All of seen in any of the published articles is an empty babble of empty words. And thats all this site is, words. The words of upper class spoiled brats begging to be heard. But perhaps that is because I am not “privileged” enough to understand or care. If only I had such a privileged life as Miss Carlisle.

I decided for the most part I would not respond directly to the Vox Poluli criticism (Battle of the Blogs, Latin Edition?) which I accept willingly as it comes with the territory. Instead, I decided I would allow my much stronger second issue to speak for itself. I feel it has. I’m very proud of the articles submitted in it and think it presents a much better picture of what we at FINIS are hoping to produce.

Setting this aside, I cannot help but to respond when someone takes to very public forum of the Internet to personally attack not my work but my person. To “Leslie” (which is inadvertently funny as that is my mother’s name), first of all, you could not have possibly read my “ramblings” as I personally had not written anything for the first issue. Also, I’m not sure why “Latin” is in quotes, as we publish in English (oh and for inquiring minds: I took six years of Latin.)

What I came here to say was that it is extremely tasteless, offensive, and unnecessary to refer to someone you have never met as coked-out. This point does not need expansion. If I do have some sort of drug problem, I’m managing it quite well, don’t you think? Well enough to put out a magazine twice a week. I’ve never really been a shopaholic, and obviously I’m failing on the dilettante front as well with this whole “publishing” thing, but I’ll work on that.

Just so I don’t become a cartoon of a prep scion (Oh I draw the cartoons on the site. Fun fact. Back to the point…) and to further refute any lingering, unflattering stereotypes about my person I thought I’d come clean: I am from Los Angles, CA. I went to Andover (actually with the author of this article’s sister.) I then went to the Rhode Island School of Design as a film major for a year, missed a liberal arts education, and thusly transferred here to Gtown as a Classics major (tad ironic.) I’m now a Govt and English major.

I got an idea to start a magazine to showcase some of my friends’ writing. I think it’s important to challenge yourself to write consistently. I’m proud of the work we push ourselves to do, believe me publishing this twice a week is a serious labor of love. At the end of the day, we are a group of college kids who encourage each other to write, edit each others works, and put it out there for other people to read. We have a commitment to a high level of discourse that is becoming ever more solidified with every issue.

As I learned in art school, criticism is necessary to make your work stronger; I sincerely believe that. I loved the second issue, and the third is coming out on Friday if you care to see how (or if, spake the naysayers) the magazine is changing. We hope you’ll stay tuned.

But for the love of god, don’t you ever call me coked-out again. Carlisle Alessandra

That’s what I was going to write before the jump. After the jump, I read such douchebaggery that I don’t see much point in feigning politeness.

Just make the image bigger to start out with.