It took guts. It took all-nighters and endless e-mail threads and a wifi connection. It took teaching ourselves PHP and Javascript, reteaching ourselves CSS and HTML, and writing style guides with lines like “NO OXFORD COMMAS.” It took Photoshopping and line-editing, stressed out Gchat messages and harassing contributors over e-mail about missing deadlines. It took coordinating editorial content and web design plans from four different timezones; I haven’t even met two of the editors (Kyle and Jess) with whom I worked so hard in person. Naturally, we met on the Internet.
It took all of these things and more, but we officially launched Millennials Magazine today, and I couldn’t be more proud.
I wrote about Foster & Joe re-energizing The Village Voice and LIFE; I expanded on the analysis of our generation’s collective malaise; I let Wikipedia define the heart; I coined a new disease, Phantom Red Light Syndrome.
Flavorwire gave us a very kind review/analysis; The Awl unleashed its commenters on us and the results didn’t make me cry. This is GOOD!
Please read through it. I hope you like it. And get in touch if you’d like to contribute to Issue Two!
Haha I notice that you edited out an oxford comma that I had.
I commend you on your decision to exclude the Oxford comma. I do believe it is one of the most terrible afflictions affecting the English language.