But editors are still the world's readers. And thus the eyes of the world.

I hadn't been able to trust since the age of four. I was torn between wanting to be cradled and telling the world to go fuck itself, and those were opposite sides of the same coin.

Nothing was a more powerful compass of my mood or a better indication of my self-worth than the number on the scale.

But I also believe there is enormous value in the piece of writing that goes no further than the one person for whom it was intended, that no combination of written words is more eloquent than those exchanged in letters between lovers or friends, or along the pale blue lines of private diaries, where people take communion with themselves.

We have editors who spend a part of each day reading magazines and newspapers, looking for evidence of how words are being more commonly used. We're looking for words that show up in the contexts that the average adult might encounter.

All "little" magazines have the luxury of thinking the reader is the same person as their editors.