An iconoclastic adventurer, lost in a New York he never made, reports on drinking, women, and drinking and women.
Latest Comments
Gaspard on The Ugly Reader: Ugly Takes a Stand, November 4, 2010 6:14 AM.
greg on The Ugly Reader: Ugly Takes a Stand, July 4, 2009 11:13 PM.
mj on The Ugly Reader: Ugly Takes a Stand, May 9, 2009 1:33 AM.
anonymous on The Ugly Reader: Ugly Takes a Stand, October 11, 2008 6:03 PM.
Jack on Monster in a Box, September 14, 2008 11:14 AM.
In Vino Veritas on Monster in a Box, September 13, 2008 11:46 PM.
jane on Monster in a Box, June 4, 2008 3:22 PM.
Thematic Archives
Drinking
Women
Drinking & Women
The Damned Human Race
Foundational Issues
Storyline Archives
Amanda
The Blue Girl
Erica
Jane
Kerry
Nicky
Teresa
Election 2004
Election 2008
Jack History Month
The Ugly Reader
Monthly Archives
September 2009
June 2008
March 2008
February 2008
January 2008
December 2007
December 2006
November 2006
October 2006
August 2006
July 2006
May 2006
March 2006
January 2006
September 2005
July 2005
June 2005
May 2005
March 2005
February 2005
January 2005
December 2004
November 2004
October 2004
September 2004
August 2004
July 2004
June 2004
May 2004
February 2004
January 2004
December 2003
November 2003
October 2003
September 2003
Notification
Sign up to receive a poignant note when Trouble Sells is updated.
Monday, October 13, 2003
The Ugly Reader: Introduction
(Part 1 of 10.)
This is an idea that has been brewing in our culture for some time, and now the job has fallen to me to cast a bright, harsh light on it for the first time. Many in America are chroniclers of beauty. At any moment, in any place, you have, at the merest hint of curiosity, troves of information about beauty, none of which is relevant to your life. I will be the chronicler of ugly, the noble trait which all know.
Now is the time for the great ugly consciousness. I submit to you that the United States of America, known for its obsession with beauty, is actually obsessed with ugly. In typical American confusion of purpose, this has been twisted around to fear. I submit that Americans do not want to be beautiful, they want to avoid being ugly. However, this is a bad idea.
I can no longer stand by and watch America go down the beautiful toilet. This is my document to history on the importance of ugly. You may laugh now, but ugly always wins in the end.
“The Ugly Reader” is not the name of this article. It is the name of you, its reader.
by Jack, October 13, 2003 8:04 PM
| More from The Ugly Reader
Within the Chronology
« Scotch |
Home
| The Ugly Reader: Ugly Makes the Grade »
Leave a comment