The petition
Dear Editor-in-Chief of The Age,
We the undersigned implore you, Sir, to apply The Age editorial policy to Third Best in order to protect our bleeding eyeballs and despairing hearts.
For ‘journalists’ Nadia and Adele are not only vapid, shallow, and prone to childish posturing and talentless self-promotion, they are also desperately ignorant about the basics of the English language, photography, and street fashion.
“YOOOWWWWWWZZZZZZZZZAAAAAARRRR!!!!!!! HAHA!” wrote Nadia and Adele on the 12th of July 2007.
“HA HA ha ha ha harrrrr harrrrrrr harrrr HARRR HARRR HARRRRRRRRR RRRRRRRrrrrrRrrrrrrRRRRrrrrr.”
Naturally, we recognise that there are commercial advantages and monetising opportunities to be welcomed by The Age from a high number of page impressions driven higher by incendiary user comments.
However, we can’t help but wonder why one of Australia’s leading newspapers is content to showcase ‘journalistic commentary’, reminiscent of monkeys strumming at typewriters, for a few measly advertiser bucks.
The Age is better than that. Much better.
It is also better than promoting a single product (St Jerome’s), service (intoxication courtesy of St Jerome’s), and point of view (baby hipsters at St Jerome’s.)
We can’t help thinking you’re missing out on some serious sponsorship dollars by not explicitly stating that Third Best is sponsored by St Jerome’s.
Or are Nadia and Adele already accepting kickbacks from the Caledonian Lane stalwart, and its sister bar too?
In case you’re worried that applying The Age editorial policy to Third Best will stifle it’s simian qualities, rest assured a street fashion blog can deviate within structure and have fun while doing so: www.hel-looks.com/
We can only hope that lack of editorial control at Third Best is a passing fad.
Yours against dumbing-down and a one-dimensional view of Melbourne street fashion,
Dolly Mix
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