This hoe just got turned into a housewife…
May 18, 2009
I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I went away and well I might as well just come straight out with it….I’m not going to be working on Missbehave anymore. Ouch. It hurts to say out loud. I haven’t issued a statement on the site yet but I thought that I would take baby steps and start here. It’s sad because Missbehave was my life for so long. It was once a great Magazine and with time could have become a really great website, but it seemed like each week my pregnancy sunk in, the more my head was somewhere else, like here, writing about funny stuff that happens at the playground or my toddler shopping addiction. I’ll admit it, my lifestyle is changing. I can hardly believe that I’m going to have 2 f*cking kids! It all happened so fast, and let me tell you, the idea of the second is a doozy. A toddler and an infant scares the sh*t outta me! It’s not that Missbehave won’t always be part of my lifestyle, but the fact is I’m ready to move on. My first piece of business is to be a, I can’t believe I’m about to say this…a s-s-s-tay at home m-m-m-om or a housewife or whatever you call it, for a little while anyway. Actually, I’m going to name my new position ‘Mom About Town’. That’s better!
But you know what, after 6 years of running my own business I feel free, I can’t wait to spend time with Fritz this summer. My head is swirling with all the fun things we can do together. Swimming lessons! Art! Beach! Shopping! And I’m excited to grow this little body snatcher and knit a baby blanket for it, or booties or something. I have visions of grander for my new lifestyle. Maybe it will be nothing like I expect but I’m excited to try it. While this is not a long term plan it is the plan for now, and until the new baby is born, and at the very least sitting up on it’s own. During this time I’ll be plotting and planning. New business? Career change? I don’t know what I’ll be doing in a year from now but I know it will be something I love, because I wouldn’t have it any other way. Let’s call this next year an experiment of sorts. Think I can hack it? Well, I’m glad I have you guys to share it with…it should be pretty funny, frustrating, joyful and entertaining. Let’s do this!
i read missbehave since the 1st issue although it wasnt always my style, i liked that it was different, things come to an end and that is that -people should accept it
i actually started to not buy the magazine or read the blog when they put on baby sinead and some others i liked albert the intern , mary, sarah, moth,olivia, etc.. but once other ppl came on it started to suck… sorry sam but your mag didnt just fail because of the economy, it lost alot of the fan base because of the writers getting switched up
i like that u shut it down before it completly changed aside from that you should live your life and fuck everyone else -make you and your family happy
i always thought sinead was crazy i mean this girl wrote about her drug use, being in a mental hospital, abortion, porn industry..all while being 21…TMI girl i mean wtf this magazine is not your life story .. whats the appeal in that? who relates to that ? i mean yeah ppl have abortions, and ppl have nervous breakdown but thats not what the magazine was about.
sinead used it as a promotion tool and to vent on her life ur so self absorbed.
a magazine is a business not a diary, a magazine is supposed to appeal to a target market in which you as writers put them on to trends, new artist, clothes, etc… I can probably count with one hand the articles sinead wrote that might have been relavent in a magazine
anyways sinead you should totally fuck off maybe get out of the porn industry and stop being so angry i did think that ur friend who did porn while pregnant was gross too although i dont have kids i saw it as lack of respect for this child, was the mother having sex with the father or her bf? no she was fucking some dude for money, kinda like a hooker.
i know ur industry probably doesnt offer too many benefits but neither does freelance writing so which ever career u decide to take save up for a rainy day
I was encouraged to make posts like that, I was told that “personal posts” were wanted.
Also I’m 100% honest about my life and the crazy paths it’s taken. The audience wanted to relate and hear about personal experience, my abortion post - one of the most popular on ,my blog. If you were getting paid for free and treated like shit you’d use it for what you can promotional wise, honestly though it-did-shit.
As for XXX, I’m actually out of porn currently and working other freelance work till I decide to go back. I’ve been suffering extreme vertigo for nearly three months and do not want to go back till I’m 100%.
Also to clear the Belladonna thing - she had sex with girls with pregnant(no men) and her husband approved, ask anyone in the Valley she’s an amazing mother. Despite having - god forbid - preggers sex on film. You know Nina Hartley made a film on that too?
Baby Sinead, I had no idea who you were before Missbehave, and that led me to enjoying and commenting on your blog. But once you started this out of left field unprofessionalism, I lost respect for you. I still think that you are a smart person, but not here. If you have grievances it is best to do it with Samantha only…Not only do you not want to turn off potential employers, but you could be accused of slander or defamation if you take it too far. What you put online you must really think about and be smart about. I don’t know what went on between you and Samantha, but how you are choosing to air things- it is looking inappropriate on your part.
Sam? Who doesn’t answer email? Or refuses to set up video chats? Avoids meetings? Or phone calls?Or fire people?
Slander or defamation? Get my lawyer, lets go over definitions.
I’m going back to sex writing and porn, at least you know who not to trust there from the start. Had I know what Sam was, I never, never would I done Missbehave.
And of course you had no idea who I was before Missbehave, but I’m known in the sex worker industry thank you. As is my blog. I still have no clue who you are. Except someone who dresses people?
How else should I air things about Missbehave? burping?
Maybe Rachel if you had worked as hard and long as I did you’d get it.
Seriously, Sam, you just ruined the image of Missbehave, or what the image. many of your readers thought it was. Me personally? I always thought it was a place for the real, fun, fearless female- not the man pleasing cunt that Cosmo promoted. It was for the funny, weird, quirky girl who went to Lit and
I am all about the kids. I work as a nanny, for God’s sake. I can’t WAIT to be a mom in ten years. I think it’s adorable you blog about your life as a mom. It was way better when you actually blogged about being a working mom.
But way to fucking set an example for thousands of young women everywhere. In 2009, it’s okay to be a manicured, bon-bon eating housewife?
Bitch please. Get a nanny. I’ll be your fucking nanny. Just do something positive, instead of being stuck in the goddamn fifties.
You annoyed me with your very first post and its grammar mistake-laden nonsense, and now you’re annoying me by reinforcing negative female stereotypes.
My mother was a stay-at-home mom throughout my elementary school career. Did I mention that she was the editor of a major online news website for MSN at the time as well? She even homeschooled me at one point while doing all of this. My mother also worked two days up until my birth, when she was a producer for prime time television. My mom kicked ass even with a child. She did an excellent job raising me, and I cannot lie: the fact that my mother is a workaholic has been an excellent example for me throughout my life and proven to me that I can get what I want with determination. My mom kicked and still kicks all kinds of ass.
and to think… I thought you did, too.
You’re gonna be kicking yourself pretty fucking soon for giving up Missbehave. Maternity leave, ever heard of it? Jesus fucking Christ. So now that you have all this fucking free time, go read the Feminine Mystique, which was written more than forty years ago. Make sure you kick yourself real hard for helping to reinforce gender stereotypes we’ve all been trying to shed for years and years. You’re the biggest hypocrite I’ve ever EVER EVER read about, heard or seen. I don’t even know you, but you annoy the shit out of me.
Go back to the 50s. On the behalf of Missbehavers everywhere, you have shown us that you are truly a sham and never represented what we thought you were all about. Cool, funny, quirky, down to earth?
Bitch, you just another sorority girl who just happens to shop at American Apparel. You’ll never make an impact on the world brushing teeth, and good luck with your kid ever doing anything for you except buying you a nice condo in Florida.
PS. The shittalking on both Sinead and everyone’s part is not conducive to anything, ANYTHING positive. Sinead, you didn’t sign a contract, but Sam, you owe mad heads money and you’ll probably end up in some sort of lawsuit (there goes your housewife “career”) if you don’t pay them back. Both of you, settle down. You’re both grounded until you can play nice.
@samantha weve only personally talked a few times but ive been a missbehave reader for a long time and i’d just like to say that im glad you didnt sell the company just to keep it going. the name would have been the same, but the content may not have been, and without you there it wouldnt have been the real missbehave. the missbehave you started years ago as a store. perhaps you could have taken some kind of maternity leave but if your heart isnt in it quite enough to keep it going even after a break then by all means, end it now. like @rachel gilman said…a cult classic.
wow the jealousy in here is so rampant….god bless you sam for doing whatever the F you want…and fuck the naysayers…I dont know a single sane person who has kids that would enjoy their career over family. that shit was like that for hundreds, thousands of years (The stay at home dynamic) before the feminist movement for a simple reason: IT WORKS. its so sad this country has thrown away family and values. you can still kick ass and be an individual and keep your husband and kids happy. shit that alone in itself is a full time job. everyone else who can’t be happy for you is a miserable whiner who will die old and alone
See this is the thing that people aren’t understanding, a lot of different factors played into stopping the site. There are a few biggies and one of them is…it was turning into something that wasn’t that fun. It wasn’t like the mag. When we did the Magazine we would run around, party, throw parties, do shoot’s and have fun. It was filled with excitement…the site was turning into a watered down version and it just wasn’t the same. Why would I keep doing something that I didn’t love, love love??? Then throw in the economy and getting ready to have a second baby and there you have it, a decision was born.
@aslkjlsk Go have 2 kids, work on something for 6 years where you don’t get paid but pay everyone else because you love it and then talk to me about stereotypes! Your a stereotypical bitch for judging me on taking a little time off! If you think I’m gonna be sitting on my ass eating bon bons you have another thing coming. I am always on the grind…watch me! Just because I’m stopping Missbehave doesn’t mean my professional career is ending you idiot.KISS MY SWEET BABY ASS! (if anyone knows where that line came from you get points
Awwww Sam I’m sad about Missbehave but happy for you. Two kids is alot and I know you will come back with a project when the time is right. Thanks for the great oppurtunities you offered me at Missbehave writing and style assisting, I know you helped a lot of people break in to a tough industry!!!
bessitos babi
I think it’s great how Sinead filters comments in her blog…she seemed pretty nonchalant when Lesley got fired…and I quote “Economic times are harsh. End of story.”aawww poor baby sinead now that the economy is effecting her self-centered ass she’s throwing a fit…for someone with the life experience you (claim) to have you’re very immature…if it wasn’t for Missbehave I wouldn’t have a clue who you are…and I know I’m not the only one…so yess you did get exposure from Missbehave…
Sam not selling the business is a respectable decision and it’s really awesome how she’s willing to put her career aside to raise an awesome family…and sam did have a nanny…who else was giving lil fritz epic bowl cuts? how is sam “reinforcing negative gender stereotypes”…woman started her own company! and an amazing one! that’s great your mom home schooled you…maybe some people want their kids to have human interaction? it’s up for debate whether or not she did an amazing job raising you…personally I find you rude, annoying, out of line and a mega bitch…did i mention my mom put her career aside to raise my brother and I? and that the time she spent with us was amazing and selfless? yea she could have made more money and further her career but she sacrificed that to spend time with her children. lady has her priorities in check and if she was dropping her kids off with nannies, working 24/7, you haters would be calling her a bad mom!
I’m not sure what’s going on here but Sam if you need a break, then do you!!! It may even give you a means to be creative and do something you love love love… Or at least consult on something that you love (so that way you can still stay at home
)!
I don’t get why exactly people are upset that you’d want to take a break after 1 kid (another on the way), a wacky economy, and several changes with your business- including the complete closing. The biz part brings an aloofness but I’m sure emotionally, it was incredibly difficult for you to take on.
Thanks for giving us a great mag! Kudos to your decision to stay home!
I don’t know all the deets but, if you do owe employees money and you’re twittering about how much you’re shopping, eating out & balling out of control (I follow you on twitter), then this might be why there’s some public backlash on your blog. It’s not cool for peeps to put their grievances on front street but shiiiiit, let’s be real here. Ppl are going to be mad at that.
Anyway Sam, I wish you the best and hope that this inspiring time opens you to something inspirational, peaceful, loving and fun.
Enjoy it!
i cannot believe that someone is railing on sam for “going back to the 50s”-
telling you to get a nanny??! WTF?!?!
first of all- it’s honestly none of her business what decisions you make and why you make them. it has nothing to do with feminism- making a decision that makes you happy and fulfilled is feminism- not doing something because you have to or feel guilted into it.
secondly- sinead needs to grow up. i usually do not judge people on their ages but in this case it is blatantly obvious how young she is just by the way she is acting (like a bitter teenager). i used to really like sinead i thought she was endearing but now i just dont understand how she can be so petty and disrespectful.
i guess my only question is why isnt there a blog about this on missbehave yet? at least do that for those who do not read this blog! just sayin.
little tiny baby S, i can so tell you’re 21. STFU.
You make excuses for everything. Your writing was super fucking arrogant and B-O-R-I-N-G. If you’re so fucking in love with who you are, quit acting so-fucking pathetic and get back to being whoever it is you think you are.
fucking. sad.
pee-S, bashing a woman for wanting to battle out a pregnancy at home with her TODDLER? Are these people even REAL ? Any mother knows whats best for her and her chii-rin.
I think being a woman is all about doing what the fuck you want. There are so many limits and ideals that society has set up for women. And it gets even more complicated when you become a mother. Much more complicated! I am talking from experience. I deal with guilt and confusion everyday but of course along with ultimate joy watching Kiki grow.
No one but a mother can understand the absolute non stop, cut a bitch, make your heart explode love you feel for your seed. That love and biological need to protect them and do right by them is the number one instinct that leads you to make your life changing decisions once you are a mother.
We as women need to support each other because only we know what an amazing journey it is to be a female. When other bitches bash girls on blogs and shit like this especially in such a low blow catty, crazed with jealousy way it really disgusts me and makes my skin crawl. I’ve had it done to me before and it just sucks. And its just such a bad look!
Sam do your thing girl. I’m envious you are having a second. Let’s get Fritz and Kier together soon. Much luck and love on your new adventure!!!
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Perhaps ‘BabySinead’ has had so many ‘interesting’ life experiences *because* she’s unusually immature.
Just a thought.
First - congrats on the second baby Sam! I hope you all the best. You and Adrian are great parents and Fritz will be a great older brother!
Secondly - you did an awesome job with Missbehave and you had a more than decent run. You should be proud of your contribution to pop-culture. I am grateful for the chance to have worked under you and go on record as saying that you were a dedicated, fun, supportive and passionate employer that put more of herself into your mag and website than any other publisher I ever worked with. I’m sure whatever your next project is it will be a roaring success. Your a shining example for young women everywhere looking to be business owners and/or moms. Also congrats on the traffic and PR this post has created! Think of it this way - if Hipster Mom keeps seeing this kind of reaction you won’t have to think of your project. This would be it! Judy said you should do a book around Hipster Mom - HELLO? You could rock that! Tell Adrian I said ‘Sup. If you two are free Friday the 29th I’d love to see you at my BDay party.
Wishing you well, and who knows…maybe in the future you can bring it back. One never knows.
#1 sinead doesn’t need the $100 trust me, her parents pay for her apt
#2 we all know the real reason she’s not doing porn anymore…
watch out for the big girl… watch out for the big girl…
Ok I havve a lot to say!
Just to know im a support and not hating on you I have to say that, I was in love with Missbehave because it was original and like nothing else..in the beginning it looked more underground and talking shit like I would talk to my girls! It started to loose that as soon as chloe was on the cover…Not only the content but the Missbehave design was gone…That how much I loved it, that I noticed a major difference. I never read the Missbehave blog it wasn’t like the magazine and I get that because if you talked about everything on the blog you wouldn’t have shit to put into the mag…So not liking it when I heard it was going online I cursed the internet for taking the Thick papered mag away..It fucking sucked!!!
On Being a housewife & going back to the 50’s:
Do what ever you want…But don’t use it as an excuse. Of course this is my opinion & I could say what I want and will never really know why..But I hope ur not lieing to yourself!!! Your comments are back & forth.
You said your leaving miss B because u want to be a house wife.. I AGREE WITH THAT
But don’t use it was watered down as one of the many excuses! Because if you really loved it you would completely shut it down you would work hard to fix it…because you know what nothing comes easy you get what you put in…Your BD handed this oppurtunity to you that so many wished they had & as soon as it gets watered down its given up on! It’s not always about having fun & running around parting!! Although we all love that shit its not EVERYTHING especially when it comes to bizz.
All I’m saying is your could lie to us but dnt lie to yourself because you don’t want it to be on ur shoulders.
Also I think the subscribers should get there money back asap..Im sure ur doing that tho so w.e
I never who baby sinead was..& I never gave a fuck..I don’t respect girls in the porn industry & I was fucking made you would put her on missbehave like it was cool!!!
Think about this if your baby turns out to be a GIRL & looks back at missbehave magazine which who wouldn’t do you want her to see that you supported a girl that fucking pornnnnnnnnnn & think that its cool for her to try it..hellll to the NO!!!!!!!!!!
You was suppose to be supporting women…but we got sold out for a lot.
A lot of people are madd because we never gave up on missbehave even when it was suppose to be on news stands & it wouldn’t be there for weekssssss and YOU DID!
We brought the every issue invested our money in it (via subsription) & shit got watered down & thrown around until there wasn’t shit left!
Then you leave like this? Airing your dirty laundry…it makes me think soooooooo little of you now! I really really wish you did do it like this…Now I will never look at missbehave the same.
Hi all, Just reading everyone’s comments. I don’t know anyone on here, but I gotta say, Sam’s post completely skimmed over/ignored the effect that closing Missbehave has had on others. There’s nothing inherently wrong with her decision, other than the way she handled closing down the mag. She seems to have acted as if everyone was just working for her, when actually, many were volunteering their time and felt personally involved in the site. Sam doesn’t acknowledge this, she comes off as very selfish and prigish, despite her “hipster” persona. I’m not faulting her decision, just her blindness and faux hippie attitude.
@Truth you might be a worse writer than sinead….i can’t even figure out what you are trying to convey in your response because it’s so horribly written.
@hollerboard yea i kind of assumed sinead was a spoiled brat by how immature she acts…why isn’t she doing porn? what was she freelance in the industry too?
At Hollerbored. FINALLY SOMEONE CALLED IT OUT.
I keep coming back on here because I am disgusted. If you notice, it is the young and unexperienced people who try to make others look bad in the public forum. Have some class and grow up. Harassing someone out of $100 here is not the way to go. Take a deep breath, count to ten, and think about how you are portraying yourself, because having class will take you further in life. Slandering reflects poorly onto yourself. To those you are reading these awful comments, feel free to ask myself and the older and more experienced magazine staffers to elaborate on how magazines work and how to best work out situations w/o ruining your chances for the future.
ever see fat sinead on the train? kinda scary.
Sam is totally rude and careless (and classless). Yes you can close down your business but usally you tell the people you work with first, instead of being a publicity whore that annouces it through twitter or her blog. All the people at Missbehave, it seems, who are mad were asking for was the decency of a phone call or email. Sam’s inability to do this shows that she has no respect for people or their time or feelings. Sure, you can become a stay at home mom, but that doesn’t mean you have to be a bitch. And I totally agree that Baby whatever her name is should get her 100 bucks. She did the work now pay her for it and stop devauling other people’s time sam!
@Whatever You have no idea what your talking about. They all got that and a thank you before I announced this. This is so blown out of proportion and it’s getting totally distorted. Baby Sinead handed in her invoice like 2 days ago. Everyone chill! God damn!
At the end of the day Missbehave mag was Sams baby, u guys didn’t think of it and until u have walked in someone shoes u don’t know!! No matter how much u love something sometimes u have 2 walk away when things r not the way they were when u first fell in love with ur dream!I love Missbehave mag I have all my copies and one day I pray I have the guts 2 start a mag half as fab as missbehave was! Sam family comes 1st and your happiness.
I’m sorry but, WHY does Missbehave have to fold just because you want to leave? I know you founded the magazine but you weren’t the ed in chief. Also, it isn’t like you were the brains behind the magazine/website considering how riddled the website was with poor grammar, spelling, typos and general sucky writing (as is seen in your own blog ::cough cough:: IT’S “HO” NOT “HOE,” THAT’S A GARDENING TOOL YOU IDIOT ::cough cough::)
And don’t start that “you don’t know me” bullshit, I have met you before at industry parties and I was frankly surprised that you were ever in charge of anything. You act like a rich trust fund white girl who never graduated from middle school and thinks she is “street” because she wears dunks. I hope Lesly goes on to make something wonderful without you.
Good luck with your children.
This whole argument has become really childish and pathetic (and I’m saying that in the nicest of ways.) Taking sides when you don’t know the story doesn’t help anyone. All it does is inflame egos across the board and start flame wars. It’s something I’d expect from a group of middle schoolers.
This is really a discussion that should have been and really still should be dealt with calmly and rationally between Samantha and the other authors of MB. I fully support Samantha leaving to raise her child; it is a commendable thing to do. I’m just sure it’s difficult for Sinead and some of the other writers to, after having put in a lot of personal time and effort, to then feel like they have been brushed aside without so much as an after thought. I know this likely wasn’t anyone’s intentions, but obviously that is how it came across or else this petty fighting wouldn’t be happening. It’s clear no one is saying they are more important than your baby, it’s clear they just don’t feel treated as a valued employee or even as a person for that matter.
and @robblerobble, hollerbored, Laura and a few others who have taken this into TRULY personal terror-tory… You are being incredibly petty and just downright offensive. Didn’t your mother ever say that if you can’t say anything nice don’t say anything at all? Just because you don’t agree with a person’s view doesn’t mean you need to jump into an argument launching personal attacks. From a purely bystander perception it makes you look like really childish people who have nothing good going for themselves so they have to torment other people, attacking obvious things that they’re struggling with. It’s like pushing over a kid with one leg or playing practical jokes on the mentally handicapped (not saying you are these things sinead) it doesn’t paint a very good picture of you for doing it….
First–congrats Sam; this is a significant part of your life, and, whether or not I agree with your decision, you probably did what was best for yourself.
Second–90% of these comments have nothing to do with the post. They are an argument. It doesn’t matter who is right or wrong, but this is the wrong forum. Get a Nerf gun and battle it out.
Third–holy shit, is it really May 21?
Fourth–Sam is still a feminist; she makes her own decisions and decides her own happiness. If a man did the same thing, yes, it’d be unusual, but it wouldn’t be a fucking Spanish inquisition.
After reading most of these comments, I’m getting a bit of a headache. That was totally my bad for reading them in the first place. I’m going to nurse a bottle of whiskey…good night all.
my piece said on my blog - check it out
http://glamorous-vandal.tumblr.com/post/111144355/the-misbehavior-of-missbehave-a-while-back-it
but good job for you, you be a damn fucking mother! to many women aren’t being real mothers to their kids. all that other bitter shit in comments is irrelevant.
Sam I support your decision, my question is instead of missbehave ending why couldn’t you have someone replace you?
@JoJo It’s not that easy. I’m 100% owner and founder. Do I want to sell it? If the price and person/people were right…sure. But it’s not just a job, it’s running a business, ya know.
@Sinead Im sorry but to claim you didn’t get exposure from Missbehave only further proves you have screw loose. Im sure you do keep track of your traffic but does it count as a google hit or a MB hit when someone sees you on the MB blog and then proceeds to google you and find your site, such as I did? Its time to take your complaints to your own forum rather than becoming a more of a miscreant and getting upset over something that in the end is not going to render you anything but bitter and resentful, two attributes that I cannot imagine anyone wanting attached to them.
@ Samantha dont allow anyones opinions (however misinformed and delusional they are) affect you. I am sure that this decision was not taken lightly, something that many seem to forget.
As for people claiming you are suddenly the antithesis to a feminist… the mere definition of feminism denotes that we have a choice to make our own path. Whether that is staying home or going to work. It used to be mothers were vilified for going to work and now mothers are being damned for deciding to go home. This is not what feminism is about! Its about options and having the choice, something that prior to the first wave didn’t exist. Its about camaraderie and support! People such as ‘aslkjlsk’ and ‘whatever’ should educate themselves on this prior to opening their mouth. What’s the saying? Oh yes….It’s better to stand there and look stupid that to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
“Samantha said, a gold “MISSBEHAVE” nameplate necklace hanging from her neck. “And we like, let it rip. We speak our fuckin’ mind. But we are not fuckin’ feminist by any means.”"
http://jezebel.com/gossip/mag-party-crash/partying-with-the-ill-girls-of-missbehave-magazine-277868.php
You can still own it and have someone else do the work, I know about 50 thousand people who would GLADLY do it, while you sat back and did nothing
@Sinead: First of all you’re fucking gross. You’re beat as fuck, you’re crude, and your attacks here are really embarrassing for everyone. I don’t know you at all and yet I know waaaaaay more than anyone should. Hire a fucking lawyer or something, hell, hire a bounty hunter, none of us want anyone getting ripped off–but please just do it already and stop being a big chunky alt-porn baby.
However;
@Samantha: You are annoying and self-righteous as hell. Labeling yourself as a hipster, using poor grammar and misspelling shit CONSTANTLY when you are a fucking magazine editor, really? Is spell-check really that fucking tricky? Why don’t you go change some diapers and shut the fuck up. I hope your kid has diarrhea on your face.
Also, expect to be sued. You are clearly too retarded to realize that shutting down your “business” in the middle of the year while owing people issues is technically theft. So, there you go, proud mama. Way to set an example for what I’m sure will be your really obnoxious, pretentious children. “Aw, they take after you!!!”
Its like a big e-snowball effect
Sarah morrison gone, print magazine gone (i dont remember what came first), 2 issues that I paid for NOT delivered, then hired a bunch of bullshit bloggers? and now the blog shut down?
For years you and your magazine has been an icon, a version of written manifestation to certain young women’s minds.
You used to be my role model, someone I would want to be like since your’re a good few years older than I. Working for you and the magazine I loved was literally one of my life goals.
But now?
fuck no
At least have the decency to tell your soon to be former fans, readers, etc…. on MISSBEHAVEMAG.com
Thanks
Love,
Your #1 fan.
You people kill me. Really? No really? Theft? - you’re an asshole - is Conde going to be sued for shutting down Men’s Vogue and Portfolio this year you fucking retard. You know NOTHING about business - stay the hell out of media you fucking reactionary ass-wipe. I can’t believe you fucking jack asses. 525 Magazines shut down in 2008 you fucking royal morons and that’s because miscreants like you all stopped reading anything on paper and started obsessing online about what each other was doing rather than what the rest of th world had going on.
http://www.medialifemagazine.com/artman2/publish/Hereandthere/Study_525_mags_shut_down_in_2008.asp
- here I am joining you all but that’s because I am really drunk right now - Missbehave took a shot at it and they lost the game - so? They held out one more fiscal quarter than the other 525 mags that went tits up. No really, you people are idiots. The fucking NY Times is screwed at this point because you pieces of fesces are too busy twittering and facebooking about your own lives rather than reading about the financial disaster we should have seem coming in 2005! Of course advertisers stopped buying magazines - they realized that the level of attention it took to still read a magazine and enjoy it’s content took more than 2.7 seconds or whatever the average browser stays on a site for. And now websites will be the next victims since everyone gets their news on tiny little phone screens. Missbehave tried and failed - that’s 300% more successful than any of you haters will ever do in your pathetic lives. Remember that when you look back at your lives from whatever suburb you end up living your boring ass lives in. Remember the best you could do was hate on someone that took a shot at creating something because you never did.
This is wild. I’m pretty impressed that there is all this buzz about this small start up mag i found at a quiosk in the west village. I went home, emailed Sally (Moth) and had an interview a week later. My year and a half plus at Missbehave was an amazing experience. To see something like this grow and spread across the internet (and in print) was such a good feeling knowing that everyone behind it believed so much in this publication.
As @rachel gilman said– a lot of the smaller magazines that hire freelance do not pay. they are strictly for exposure and freedom. Missbehave was an amazing outlet for all who were involved and for anyone to say differently is kinda whack.
Even when I went back to work there again and was laid off, I understood, because of the economy, and after working at other magazines and seeing how hard it is to keep afloat in.
I’m proud of Sam for doing what she did. She created a dope magazine and empire that I can truly say that I am so proud to have been apart of. I learned a lot and made some amazing friends and connections.
It is funny to see people on here (the same age as me) who have worked for MB for a significantly shorter period, act as if they are entitled to something or were really that important to the bigger picture that is Missbehave Magazine. I don’t recall seeing them at 14 hour shoots, slaving away at the office, or making BP runs during shipping/closing week.
In closing… Thank you (Sam, Sally, Adrian, Mary, & Brooke) for giving me the opportunity to work for this kick ass magazine, it has opened so many doors for me and my future.
MB4evssssss
Well!
Let’s all pat ourselves on the back for the traffic Sam’s gotten on this site thanks to all the negative comments.
It’s all I can say to turn this negative into a positive. Woot Woot, Team Sam!!!!
Also the feminist argument is just brain damaged. Go fuck with NYLON or VOGUE - those properties are the reason poor young women stick their fingers down their throat to feel normal - Missbehave had a sense of humor. It was fun and it didn’t take itself too seriously - for those of you with issues with that - get out of the closet, grow a mullet and pick up a copy of BUST - that shit rag is still publishing.
[...] really know what to think. All I’m reading is that shit is faulty, people are pissed and Samantha has bun number two in the oven. All this drama is ridiculous. I guess only Sam knows the truth. I’ll miss the days of Sarah [...]
@babysinead
Are you done bitching yet?
heh!
Everyone did NOT need to know what was gon on between you and Samantha seriously. she didn’t answer your calls, chats, emails etc… If it was me I wouldn’t either. Suck it up get over it. Our economy sucks but they are still plenty other jobs, since your such a great writer im sure you will find one very soon
Goodluck w that Sin.
@Samanatha
Congrats on the new baby. Missbehave was great and I am sure your next projects will be great.
Ps: if u ever need stylist, make-up artist, hair stylist in the future, who love what they do and will do it for the experience ..
Give me MissBehave, and whatever money it makes is yours, as you own it.
I just don’t want it to die and like the other jawn up there said, yeah, a lot of us were hoping to write or do something like MissBehave for a while, and it’s really aggravating to see it just poof. It’s like cancelling Lost, but instead of telling anyone, everyone keeps just turning on ABC on Wednesdays and seeing reruns of Wheel of Fortune.
Not cool.
You know, I love MissBehave. And like everyone else on here, I used to wet my pants when the new issues come in the mail and even more so when I found out there was a blog to hold it down when I finished reading it. But honest to God, the blog was starting to go down hill and I found myself less frequenting the site. But it’s not like things were going to stay the same forever. With Good times comes the Bad times! I followed the magazine and the blog for over more than a year and it was THE most legit, entertaining, and smart magazine EVER. And since it’s not the same as it used to be, why churn up shit under the name of MissBehave? You all know that the material on the blog ain’t SHIT compared to the magazine, and like other magazines that turn into an online newsletter thing, it doesn’t carry the same quality. Why not end it now while people still have fond memories of the magazine instead of defacing Missbehave with writers like BS(no pun intended). And hey, like Sam said, if the right people come along with the right shit with the oh so infamous Missbehave attitude, then hopefully Missbehave will live again! But for now, it ain’t working out, not saying you should automatically just give up, but no one knows what it’s like for Sam to be in her situation. All I know is, I’m grateful for the year+ worth of great shit you help put out there!
That’s just my 2 cents cause everyone else was saying something! :]
Yeah congrats Sam! Try to understand that people always blame/hate the boss when they lose their job. Don’t take that part so personal.
I just want to make this point known. When you went out of print, you sold your readers on digital so they wouldn’t be pissed about not getting the subscription they paid for. Now the digital is over. Even if it was only $10-20 that’s unprofessional. Very! I think it’s great that you want to be a stay at home mom. Your kids should come before everyone. Agreed. However, never even addressing the issue of the people who had subscriptions makes you seem careless when I’m sure you really aren’t. Address and have some respect for your readers and people who paid money because they believed in your vision.
@jackysnacky - exactly, drunk or not.
Hey Sam,
Even though I was on there for a brief moment, I really want to say that I appreciate that you gave me the opportunity of just being able to write on Missbehave. I was always of fan of your magazine/website/blog and I admire everything you’ve done. I remember it in the beginning and also recollect how excited everyone was for it just to get it off the ground.
All this hating that is going on isn’t constructive and REALLY in the long run is just words. I understand that it’s hard in these times and getting let go/fired/company closing down is never pleasant for anyone. I can emphasize with Sinead cause bills are a motherfucker. It’s just a shame that all this dirty laundry had to be vented out all over the web like a scene out of “Heathers”. I hope things get resolved cause I fancy both of you.
I just want to say this..
Everyone that is blatantly attacking this whole situation… Let’s not forget that Missbehave made a stamp on this generations’ culture regardless. Hate it or love it, I sure did see it on alot of “feminists” coffee tables and girls would go nuts the minute they heard it was on the stands. It spurred many discussions among us and that in itself is a great magazine… despite what some argued was legitimate content.
And Sam being a mommy is a full time job so I understand when your heart isn’t into it, it’s just time to say goodbye. So in closing (I always hated this part), I will miss what Missbehave has contributed to masses in general but I look forward to your new ventures.
Hope to stay in touch girly.
THANK the media gods it shut down! Missbehave was always corny and low brow, but it was just an abomination after the thrird issue.
Sam- “When we did the Magazine we would run around, party, throw parties, do shoot’s and have fun.” - you sound like an IDIOT
So long uninformed blog posts, shitty fashion spreads, tacky door nockers, and corny design.
Lastly, “THERES NOTHING WORSE THAN AN AGING HIPSTER”