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by hammerzeit 2904 days ago
If you see a piece in the NYT that's making fun of those weird tech nerds, odds are high it's in the styles section. Choire Sicha, formerly of Gawker, took over the section last year, and since then there's been a rash of pieces akin to this one. Not exactly hit pieces but it's hard to miss the wry condescension throughout.
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You might be interested in reading Choire’s definition of what the Styles section is/should be.

>I totally hear you that the name “Styles” can sometimes seem like a purple spotlight on a green bowl of fruit, or like a goofy headline on a serious story. We will aggressively cover politics, gender, sexuality, health, crime, shoes and contouring. These things make change in the world. You think Sports is going to cover all this?

Much more here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/26/reader-center/choire-sich...

These journals are becoming less and less relevant