I am really interested in Ms. Rothkopf’s opinions about this issue, but I had to stop reading because of the GIFs. I literally cannot read the words on the page. Does anyone else have this problem? I know it’s really hip to have multiple GIFs everywhere, but I don’t see the need. The writer is engaging thoughtfully…

You can hardly “dine out” on a freelancer writer’s income. I doubt she made more than $100 on this piece, which is what? 1/20 of a New Yorker’s rent? Writers write simply because they have to. No one in the world who wants to make money becomes a writer. Some of your points are worth discussion, but the idea that…

I disagree. I think that to some people, feeling marriage isn’t important is not the same as being against it. Or not wanting to marry a particular person. Partnership is often about realizing what is important to the person you’re with and compromising. Why shouldn’t marriage be a compromise as much as say, moving…