Big Boston Phoenix story on Village Voice Media and L Magazine sex issue

I was interviewed for this Boston Phoenix story on the New Times/Village Voice Media merger. My quotes didn't make it in, but definitely well worth reading, and I think the following bit summarizes my replacements Nora and Essie pretty well:

It’s no surprise that the ex–New Times brass who now lead VVM — including CEO Jim Larkin and, as executive editor, the famously irascible Mike Lacey — want the Voice and its fellow papers to conform to their standardized, apolitical, SunBelt–baked vision of what alternative journalism should be. What is striking, though, is how quickly and decisively defenders of the old left-leaning, decentralized VVM ethos have been routed. The battle just began — and it’s already over.

Also, congratulations to my friend Audrey Ference, the new sex columnist for The L Magazine. Her column is called "The Natural Redhead."

My favorite line? Blowjob administration is a skillset that’s acquired through practice.

According to Fishbowl, they're dropping my name:

The L magazine, the not-really-but-they-like-to-call-themselves pocket-sized street guide, introduced a new sex column, "The Natural Redhead," which they are touting as filling "the void left by the Voice's dropping of Rachel Kramer Bussel in favor of the celibate bourgeoisie.



I'm also quoted in The L Magazine's sex issue, dishing about losing my virginity, so check it out. Also, love the fishnets on the cover. I heart fishnets. (print only)

Whoops, found out the "Losin' It" feature is online, with me and various New York hotties, three of whom I've written about.