OMG OMG OMG *flail*
*ahem*
The November issue of More Magazine is just starting to trickle out. I’m not sure if it’s quite on news stands yet, but I’m going to give you a sneak peek because I’m in it! Wooooo! I wasn’t having the greatest day today, and this is just what I needed to lift my spirits.
First, I’m happy with the awesome cover choice, Jane Lynch from Glee:
Look, my article even gets a tagline! “Feminists in Fishnets? The tweeters, texters, and bloggers you need to know about.” …Okay, it’s obviously there to get your attention, so I don’t really care that the only fishnets I own are part of a Halloween costume. ON THE COVER!!
Though I’m a little suspicious of that “Best Diet for your DNA” article. Hmmmm, I reserve judgment until reading it.
My article is right after the piece on awesome chocolate desserts, which I approve of. And the spread looks amazing (click image for larger version):
I’M IN A FUCKING MAGAZINE! …Whoops, that wasn’t very lady like, let me try that again.
…I’M IN A MOTHERFUCKING MAGAZINE!
I didn’t feel like I was wearing a lot of make up that day, but I was definitely surprised when I saw that photo – in a good way! I feel classy.
It’s a two page spread, but I’m only going to post that image so you have some incentive to go and find it on news stands. The intro paragraph under the right half of the photo makes me feel all tingly inside:
We know. We know. We’ve seen the divide. And we’ve heard it at events we’ve thrown – some of you, standing in the back with your arms crossed, saying, “You call yourselves feminists?! When I was your age, I was marching on D.C….” Well, yeah, but in 2010, the stakes have changed. The standard bearers for a new generation are out there. They just approach activism in a different way. Here are the names you need to know now.“
Yay for rebutting the “Feminism: Ur doin’ it wrong” argument! Always a pet peeve of mine. And I may be biased, but I think my description before my interview wins:
“Grad student; liberal, geeky, nerdy, scientific, perverted atheist (all her words)”
Hell yeah. Look, I got the word atheist in there! Wooooo!
So, keep an eye out when you pass news stands! And there should be a supplemental video interview online soon where I ramble about science, skepticism, and feminism – I’ll make sure to keep you all updated.
Friend: That goes in the speaker bio, right? One of More magazine’s top ten new feminists?
Me: Yay, I sound more important now!
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Three Ninjas
October 19, 2010 at 5:39 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Wow.
Daniel Schealler
October 19, 2010 at 5:42 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Win!
Anna Jobsis
October 19, 2010 at 5:46 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Holey carp, that’s awesome sauce, Jen!
Nickemans
October 19, 2010 at 5:47 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Yay congrats!Btw, is it just me or does Megan Evans look like a flat cardboard cutout, leaning against the wall… Haha.
Rev. Ouabache
October 19, 2010 at 5:48 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congrats. I hope you are ready for an even bigger audience.
Jen
October 19, 2010 at 5:52 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
And the first thing they’ll see is me flailing and swearing like a fool, awesome :P
godlessgirl
October 19, 2010 at 6:21 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congratulations, Jen!
Cory Slowik
October 19, 2010 at 6:21 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I will definitely look for this! You look beautiful in the photo provided. Congratulations on the exposure.
Fiona
October 19, 2010 at 6:58 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Yay! Fame!
UBarto
October 19, 2010 at 6:59 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
congrats!!!! And I know that’s NOT what the whole thing is about, but I just have to say that you look great on the photo, like your hairstyle there. And I even more like “perverted atheist” :-)
Stark
October 19, 2010 at 7:16 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Did you know that fishnets can be used for catching fish? -(joke told far to many times in seattle goth clubs I went to)Srsly, awesome. I hope they don’t pull punches or try to middle the road or anything.
Ana Navarrete
October 19, 2010 at 8:03 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Nice! Congrats! You look really, really good!
olifantje
October 19, 2010 at 8:07 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Fucking awesome. Pic looks great! Can you post the article here?
Noelley B
October 19, 2010 at 8:17 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congratulations! I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for a copy.
April
October 19, 2010 at 9:30 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Awe-some. And tres classy, although speaking for myself I was expecting more cleavage!Enjoy the flailing, flop-sweat, hyperventilation goodness, it is well deserved.
TGIAA
October 19, 2010 at 9:53 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Yay me! I ‘knew’ someone before they were famous!
Daniel Schealler
October 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Think about it, Jen.Keep it up and in another twenty years, some graduate student will be fangirling all over her holo-blog because OMG I met Jen McCreight! Squee!
Aussieinengland
October 19, 2010 at 10:06 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Can you PLEASE link us to the article after it;s sold out because this magazine isn’t sold in the UK and you have fans all over the world that won’t be able to see it.Also: None of those feminists are wearing fishnets. I feel ripped off.
Sarah
October 19, 2010 at 10:41 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Yaaaayyyy! I’m so happy for you! It was a nice little pick-me-up this morning, to see this and go “squeee!” inside (my roommate’s still asleep, I couldn’t dom it out loud, though I totally wanted to). You’re such an inspiration for me, being a liberal, geeky, queer feminist atheist!
Sarah
October 19, 2010 at 10:43 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ha. “dom” = do. Freudian slip much?
facebook-740856118
October 19, 2010 at 10:51 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Great job!
NotThatGreg
October 19, 2010 at 11:18 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Nice! congrats! This and the book coming out soon, too!
Julieb
October 19, 2010 at 11:39 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
AWESOME!!!
Carl Viñas
October 19, 2010 at 12:33 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
If that’s what feminists look like today, I’ll gladly allow any of them to cook me dinner or make me a sandwich any day. Rawr!
George Peterson
October 19, 2010 at 1:04 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Fantastic! You look great. Thanks for representin’
JM
October 19, 2010 at 1:12 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I may have to subscribe!
John Figdor
October 19, 2010 at 1:27 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congrats on the photo shoot!
Michael LaRowe
October 19, 2010 at 1:33 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Huzzah!
chicagodyke
October 19, 2010 at 1:33 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
congrats, Jen. i haven’t heard of this magazine before, what type of publication is it?
Liz
October 19, 2010 at 1:41 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
It’s a mainstream magazine aimed at middle-aged semi-affluent women as far as I can tell. A women’s magazine for grown-ups.
Bruce Coppola
October 19, 2010 at 1:56 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
PRIDE GOETH BEFORE THE FALL!!!11!!!Also, this poses a problem, to wit: Will it be weird/creepy for a (purely hypothetical!) male in his late 50s to buy a copy of More on his next grocery run? My, um, friend asked me to post this question here. He’s just wondering. Nothing more than a bit of armchair sociology, you understand…And while we’re at it, my friend thinks Jane Lynch is kinda hawt, gay or not. But he doesn’t get Glee at all. I think maybe he’s too old. But he loved her in The 40 Year Old Virgin.Thanks for listening. OK, back to my main point: REPENT, FEMINIST ATHEIST HARLOT!!!!!*—*only not yet…
Richard Almaraz
October 19, 2010 at 2:19 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congrats. That’s awesome.If I see it, I’ll grab it…. Of course, you realize people are going to start hounding you for autographs more now, yeah? There’s something with your picture on it!… No, I’m not going to do that, should I ever run into you.
Walt Yarbrough
October 19, 2010 at 2:34 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
You look great, Jen!Congratulations!
Ntsc
October 19, 2010 at 2:52 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congrats
Ernest Klassen
October 19, 2010 at 3:03 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Wow. Just simply “Wow.” I look forward to reading the article.
Skywalker
October 19, 2010 at 3:09 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Stephen Colbert was right – you are smoking hot.
Jen
October 19, 2010 at 3:10 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I will! To be honest the article is mostly about boobquake, so it’s nothing *too* new, though they do a good job covering it. I’m more excited about the online interview :)
Robert B
October 19, 2010 at 3:16 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Very confident, and you know what they say about confidence.
Craig
October 19, 2010 at 3:24 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Ha! I’d gladly make them the sandwich!
Georgia Sam
October 19, 2010 at 4:29 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congratulations! The publicity is very well deserved. Good picture, too.
Caiti
October 19, 2010 at 5:26 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hooray! I’m doing a happy dance for you.
Hauddeus
October 19, 2010 at 5:30 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Meh. I was reading Jen McCreight before it was cool.
Hauddeus
October 19, 2010 at 5:33 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Seriously, though – that rocks! Congrats. Now I’m off to buy the only edition of More Magazine I’ll ever own. :)
Type12point
October 19, 2010 at 7:06 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
As a looooong time lurker, I just had to say congratulations. You deserve the notice!
Annie
October 19, 2010 at 7:10 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congrats, Jen! Great photo too.
The EGE
October 19, 2010 at 7:52 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congratulations! You are an inspiration for all of us.
Brakeman
October 19, 2010 at 9:01 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Totally HOT! Brains and Bod make a great combination! Congrats!
Jaki
October 19, 2010 at 9:19 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
FUCK YEAH! I’m buying one!
Katy
October 19, 2010 at 9:51 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I love the expression on your face, too… you have that “I’m carefully sizing you up” look – perfect skeptical expression! Congrats on this, how exciting for you!
Linda W.
October 19, 2010 at 11:46 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Hey Miss Hotie!!!!! Loooooooooking gooooooood.
LouisDoench
October 20, 2010 at 12:24 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Good for you!
WoolOnWire
October 20, 2010 at 12:33 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
There you go, you can PS3-it or Wee-it als’ you like… Show us your basement flat indeed.Your inner sophisticate will out.Congrats you all and all the crew on the shoot. Magnificent. Only followed you since the Guardian piece but now I never miss – you make me smile )
Vanessa
October 20, 2010 at 1:43 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I only have one thing to add:SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
K.W. Ramsey
October 20, 2010 at 2:04 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congrats!!
Hilary Mark Nelson
October 20, 2010 at 2:54 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
MORE power to ya, Jen! (Damn, it sucks that you’re not doin’ what you do at Purdue any more.)
Loren Petrich
October 21, 2010 at 2:45 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Great, Jen.As to “Best Diet for your DNA”, I know enough biochemistry to suspect that that’s absolute bull doo-doo. DNA isn’t some magic vitalist molecule, but a master copy of genetic info.
Derek Bartholomaus
October 21, 2010 at 5:17 AM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
Congratulations!
Superhappyjen
October 21, 2010 at 3:41 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I haven’t found the article online for free (cheap me) but I found this piece describing your outfit. http://www.more.com/2012/25362…Your top is worth $220!!! I mean it looks good, but really. I don’t think I’ve paid more than $30 for a top. (Your Blag Swag is much more affordable)
Jen
October 21, 2010 at 4:12 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I think the magazine isn’t officially released until the 26th, though new material keeps slowly trickling online. I’ll post a link when it’s up.Also, holy crap.
Superhappyjen
October 21, 2010 at 4:57 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I have since found this link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/3911… Which allows you to flip through the entire magazine in a tedious pdf-style format. Those chocolate desserts look seriously delicious.
Isaac
October 25, 2010 at 7:02 PM (UTC -7) Link to this comment
I found a copy at the grocery store (and bought it for the article about you) yesterday (the 24th). Not sure if it’s online yet though. I think they did a good job with it. Also found a couple other bloggers to consider following from there.