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<blockquote data-quote="Days of Broken Arrows" data-source="post: 1183517" data-attributes="member: 4258">No, they'd never publish an article from a straight man about &quot;hookers and blow.&quot; But you'd get published in a second if you wrote one called &quot;I'm a straight guy but I enjoy giving blow jobs to my friends.&quot;The mainstream media is all about upending &quot;white male Christian norms.&quot; Once you realize that's their focus, it makes sense why they publish what they do.This week The New Yorker is decrying the opening of a Chick-Fil-A in New York City. They called it &quot;creepy&quot; in their headline (cache link <a href="https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:reqAlyZsCmUJ:https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/chick-fil-as-creepy-infiltration-of-new-york-city+&amp;cd=2&amp;hl=en&amp;ct=clnk&amp;gl=us&amp;client=firefox-b-1" target="_blank">here</a>). One sentence from the article reads: &quot;And yet the brand's arrival here feels like an infiltration, in no small part because of its pervasive Christian traditionalism.&quot;People on Twitter are asking if the same goes for Jews who want to open delis in Utah or Muslims who want to run falafel joints in Boston. Aren't they &quot;infiltrating?&quot;As I said, the media is against anything having to do with traditionalism. It's easy to get published so long as you're trashing gender norms, marriage norms, Christian norms, etc.I would also guess that writers play this up to get published. Confession: When I was writing, I did this a few times for mainstream outlets that paid big freelance bucks. I didn't lie; I just played up one element of my persona that fit their frame. I can't be the only one.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Days of Broken Arrows, post: 1183517, member: 4258"] No, they'd never publish an article from a straight man about "hookers and blow." But you'd get published in a second if you wrote one called "I'm a straight guy but I enjoy giving blow jobs to my friends." The mainstream media is all about upending "white male Christian norms." Once you realize that's their focus, it makes sense why they publish what they do. This week The New Yorker is decrying the opening of a Chick-Fil-A in New York City. They called it "creepy" in their headline (cache link [url=https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:reqAlyZsCmUJ:https://www.newyorker.com/culture/annals-of-gastronomy/chick-fil-as-creepy-infiltration-of-new-york-city+&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=firefox-b-1]here[/url]). One sentence from the article reads: "And yet the brand's arrival here feels like an infiltration, in no small part because of its pervasive Christian traditionalism." People on Twitter are asking if the same goes for Jews who want to open delis in Utah or Muslims who want to run falafel joints in Boston. Aren't they "infiltrating?" As I said, the media is against anything having to do with traditionalism. It's easy to get published so long as you're trashing gender norms, marriage norms, Christian norms, etc. I would also guess that writers play this up to get published. Confession: When I was writing, I did this a few times for mainstream outlets that paid big freelance bucks. I didn't lie; I just played up one element of my persona that fit their frame. I can't be the only one. [/QUOTE]

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