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Editor-in-Chief of Mother Jones. ASME board. Mom. Upzoning, street tree, and rescue dog enthusiast. Migrating to Threads (and BS), same handle.

Jul 24, 2021, 7 tweets

My dad save an entire, substantial, file folder of letters written to him and @NatGeo protesting the inclusion of photos of nudes that ran with his article on…the Sistine Chapel

Having spent an unpaid summer internship working in the @NatGeo Research Correspondent department, I can confirm that most correspondence was about cranky letters from old people and school kids asking about banana slug penises. But this paper CC trail!

Many of them are exceedingly complimentary but omg the crazies!

You guys, my Dad’s clap back is pretty epic

When everybody thinks they’re a fact-checker

“What is this bag doing if not to invite comparison with the scrotum?”

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