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Why take an alias representing something that is so vilified in our society? Why, to make fun of it!
The Trustafarian punchline: we all envy people who have more money, while never comparing ourselves with those who have less. Such irony has been called wealthism, and I think it's hilarious in its truths we don't like to admit to ourselves.
Wealthism makes Trustafarians not want to identify themselves publicly. I'm doing the opposite and declaring myself. Please react to my brazenness on my blog.
Blogging suits me, by virtue of unemployment. I was most recently a journalist covering personal finance for a major financial news site. In fact, Trustafarianism may have played a role in my departure from said job.
Journalism has carried me into just about every subject under the sun, but money stories have always involved me in ways that no other beat has.
I first started writing about investing eleven years ago, and within my first few months as a financial journalist, I was given the keys to Inheritance Part One. That really piqued my curiosity about all matters concerning money, so from there on I made a point of grokking everything I could about the markets. I took notes at a breakneck pace, typing up my sources' words verbatim as they explained the way the economy works.
When the dot-coms lit up, I followed the money to San Francisco, getting in near the ground floor of the fastest growing magazine in the history of publishing. Internet hype reached a fever pitch when I arrived in San Francisco, and luckily I rode the upside in my career. Since then I have been writing for publications with million-plus readerships.
But no matter what the title or subject I'm writing about, I can't help but look for the numbers and especially dollar signs. They're everywhere I get published.
Now that I'm freelancing again -- but mostly unemployed -- the last thing I want to do is stop writing about money. Lacking affiliation with any masthead makes me the perfect candidate for blogging. So here I am with an attempt to humorously reclaim an insult I only recently got to the bottom of: Trustafarian. I'm recasting it from its inaccurate stereotype into a positive statement.
At the same time, I'm making fun of the stereotypes, which I'll admit aren't necessarily inaccurate either. Hopefully I'll make you laugh, but if I don't please let me know immediately! Read the blog and flay me with witty responses. Call my bluff, disagree with me, make fun of me and share pictures too.
- Location:
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United States
- Primary occupation:
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Journalist
- Dream occupation:
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Novelist, screenwriter -- any fictional art
- Hometown:
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suburb of Chicago
- Favorite music:
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industrial and some techno
- Favorite movies:
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Clockwork Orange
- Favorite TV shows:
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CNN, all day long
- Favorite teams:
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Homey don't do sports
- Favorite quote:
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"We live in a nation of assholes," my father, 1928 -1992
- Gender:
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female
- Religion:
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Jewish