Legs McNeil, chronicler of all things New York punk rock and author of Please Kill Me, writes to Black Book magazine regarding their request for a "letter of protest" for their Fall protest-themed issue:
I wouldn't call Black Book a progressive culture magazine. I'd call it a shoddy way for your asshole publisher to get the fashion industry to advertise. Don't bullshit me with your hype, if you'd been a little sharper you would have seen that I've written for Black Book before, I think the pay was $500. Color separators make more. And you want me to write for you?
Legs

Black Book responds:
Great protest letter, Legs! Everybody here loves it. Do you have a picture we can run with it? Or should we set up a photo shoot?

[Ed.—Full disclosure: I'm a contributing writer at Black Book, and in fact have a profile of The Sopranos' Drea de Matteo in the current issue. I think the pay was $500.]

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