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Some of The Editors’ Favorite Behind-the-Scenes Memories
I’m going to miss so many things about this job—the rewarding work, the creative outlet, our artists and writers (sob!)—but especially I’ll miss working with the other three members of the editing team. I’m not one for long or sentimental goodbyes because feelings are disgusting, so please enjoy instead some entertaining behind-the-scenes details from four years of our group chat.
Most-used stickers and gifs
A pretty representative visualization of 2016–2020, actually.
Memes we shared in the Spring/Summer of 2017 for no reason whatsoever
Narrator: there was a reason
Screenshots of our favorite troll
Awwww, whatever happened to him?
Selfie brags from each time editors met in person for the first time
The one time we got together in person
Most-used cuss words
Representative example in parentheses
ass — 105 (“more ass cream in my mouth”)
bastard — 3 (“lucky bastard”)
bitch — 106 (“that bitch”)
cunt — 7 (“is your grandma a cunt?”)
crap — 50 (“oh crap I did not know this document existed”)
damn — 103 (“her damn distribution setting is on”)
dick — 128 (“Eidolon logo? Woman riding a dick? Fascinum?”)
fuck — 107 (“and fuck any both sidesism”)
duck — 58 (“when women are TA it’s ducking special”)
hell — 102 (“holy motherfucking hell” in response to this very NSFW image)
holy shit — 47 (“holy shit it always pays off to bet against men”)
shit — 112 (“oh you think I can make this shit up”)
slut — 12 (“I acknowledge that I am a style slut”)
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a post-partum woman in possession of a fresh baby must share a pic in the group chat
Times we really rocked our lipstick and had to show the team
Our favorite rejected headlines
The team usually workshops headlines together in the work chat. Here are titles that were thrown out during brainstorming sessions but didn’t … quite … stick for some reason.
“More Tits, Less Ass”
“Call Me by Some Other Name Before Publication TK”
“ONE MILLION, BITCHEZ”
“Classics in a Time of Intoler-a”
“Monti-hell-no”
“Liz Tore Her ACL”
“ABD, Pregnant, and White”
“Hate Male”
“Spoken Latin, Bro-ken Latin”
“Everything you ever wanted to know about orgasms in antiquity but were too afraid to reference a pedophile to ask”
“NASA, NASAE: In Space Nobody Can Hear You Scream Declensions”
“Cygnifying Consent”
Times we made each other jealous of food we were about to eat
Seriously, each one of these pics was met with a reply that was some version of “you bitch”
It is a truth universally acknowledged that a learned woman in possession of a fresh book must share a pic in the group chat
Donna, Tori, and Yung In, thanks for all the wonderful memories of a very professional good time. To our readers, thank you for your support. To our writers, be proud of everything y’all have accomplished and keep on writing — for us, your biggest fans.
Sarah Scullin doesn’t know the difference between “then” and “than.”
