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Lena Chen responds to her detractors in lengthy screed

Here’s a comment left on my previous post about being called...
Startled pea-brained rigpig
  05/08/07
$200? lawls.
Underhanded grizzly corner
  05/08/07
like she had a chance at GS anyway...lolz
galvanic pistol
  05/08/07
...
poppy legal warrant
  05/08/07
I'm not sure how I feel about comparing lack of courtesy to ...
arousing disturbing telephone mad cow disease
  05/08/07
yeah, way to shit on rape victims
Startled pea-brained rigpig
  05/08/07
She bills her blog as "The Bleeding Heart Nympho’s Guid...
Elite institution milk
  05/08/07
lol, women.
dull laughsome blood rage chad
  05/08/07
"Unless your criteria for promiscuity is having sex, I’...
shaky hairraiser mexican
  05/08/07
She has a catholic school girl's definition of sex "...
fuchsia mentally impaired turdskin marketing idea
  05/08/07
Hilarious. That's like saying "unless your criteria ...
flushed friendly grandma
  05/08/07
"Unless your criteria for homofaggotry is smoking pole ...
Razzle-dazzle magenta party of the first part
  05/08/07
177
galvanic pistol
  05/08/07
i'm not a whore, i just suck dick like it's my job
saffron medicated plaza
  05/08/07
volunteer work is still work.
Beady-eyed Orchestra Pit Travel Guidebook
  05/08/07
summary: i'm not a ho i just like to f*** a lot. my respons...
Swollen razzmatazz doctorate
  05/08/07
what do the f*** and b***** stand for?
saffron medicated plaza
  05/08/07
fart and bukkak He spelled the last one wrong, obviously.
Chrome Site Faggot Firefighter
  05/08/07
yeah i was wondering about that.
saffron medicated plaza
  05/08/07
woops, i'll have to edit to fix my mistake
Swollen razzmatazz doctorate
  05/08/07


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Date: May 8th, 2007 12:59 AM
Author: Startled pea-brained rigpig

Here’s a comment left on my previous post about being called at on the street:

You have a website that promotes your promiscuity, you have sold yourself, through your stories and blogs apparently shamelessly and for money to many different outlets and you have clearly benefitted from it (read: all your recent handbag splurges). So please get some perspective, you may not like what they say, but can you really blame them for saying it? You are not only in the public sphere but you put yourself out there.. on purpose.. and the image that you created was your own doing so I don’t have empathy for you. Just grow up yourself and live with the consequences of your actions.

I’m using this as an example because it’s coherent (note the lack of expletives) and reflects common criticisms. Let’s clarify a few things:

1. I find it remarkable that people continue to say I’m promiscuous or that I’m promoting promiscuity. Save for a brief period of insanity last November, I am almost always sexually monogamous. With the exception of Kyle, I’ve been emotionally invested in every guy I’ve written about on the blog. Sure, I go on dates with different people but think about how many of them I’ve actually slept with. Unless your criteria for promiscuity is having sex, I’m really not promiscuous, especially as far as college students go.

2. Don’t even start to think there’s any monetary benefit to having this website. The cost of running it is about $200 upfront for two years. I’ve barely recouped the cost. Not exactly making a killing considering the amount of time I spend writing entries. Also, “all your recent handbag splurges” refers to exactly one handbag and disregards the fact that I — hallelujah — have a job.

3. I don’t think I’m selling myself anymore than your average memoirist. Guess what? Tons of writers write about their own lives. It’s not like I suddenly engaged in this totally illegitimate form of writing. Further, if I don’t feel ashamed of the fact that my life includes sex, depression, and a dislike for Harvard, then maybe my writing is shameless.

4. Can I “blame” anyone for treating me disrespectfully? Um, yes. Expecting basic courtesy from peers is like expecting guys not to hook up with you when you’re blackout drunk. Will they be tempted to scream things in your face or take advantage of the situation? Probably. Is it your fault if they do it? Do you deserve that behavior? Absolutely not. Way to eschew personal accountability.

5. Another thing: this blog and other writing endeavors? For the most part, unrelated. Don’t confuse the two.

I really didn’t even want to write all this but people leave ridiculous comments like the above all the time. Besides assuming things about my sex life (dead) and profit (none), they have this “you asked for it” attitude. On one hand, they ask me who the fuck I think I am — celebrity is Paris Hilton, not Lena Chen — but on the other, they’re the first to tell me shut up when I actually am accosted paparazzi-style by peers.

Look, there’s not exactly a precedent on campus for becoming well-known via blogging. So when I got started, I wasn’t any more naive about how things would turn out than … my friends. I don’t think anyone could say that I would be interviewed, propositioned, and recognized as rampantly as I have been. At this point, I’ve adjusted my life accordingly. I’ll answer questions asked nicely but I’m still going to get pissed off at people who fuck with me, and rightfully so. If you approach me with a handshake, a smile, and an introduction that doesn’t involve “So I was reading your blog …”, I’m usually okay with discussing this thing at some point in the conversation. If I’m rushing to class and you yell at me from across the street, I’m pretty much going to think you’re an asshole.

Disclaimer for those insisting on making the point: I am well aware of what comes up when my name is Googled. I don’t want to be an investment banker. I did a pro/con list a long time ago and decided the blog was worth more than a job at Goldman. Don’t think you’re making some brilliant observation about my corporate marketability.

http://sexandtheivy.com/2007/05/07/get-real/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8082117)





Date: May 8th, 2007 1:02 AM
Author: Underhanded grizzly corner

$200? lawls.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8082141)





Date: May 8th, 2007 1:01 AM
Author: galvanic pistol

like she had a chance at GS anyway...lolz

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8082130)





Date: May 8th, 2007 10:41 AM
Author: poppy legal warrant



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083381)





Date: May 8th, 2007 1:04 AM
Author: arousing disturbing telephone mad cow disease

I'm not sure how I feel about comparing lack of courtesy to rape. Not the best analogy.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8082160)





Date: May 8th, 2007 1:19 AM
Author: Startled pea-brained rigpig

yeah, way to shit on rape victims



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8082282)





Date: May 8th, 2007 9:32 AM
Author: Elite institution milk

She bills her blog as "The Bleeding Heart Nympho’s Guide to Harvard Life"...then gets uppity when she's deemed a skank?

At. A. Loss.



(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083210)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:12 AM
Author: dull laughsome blood rage chad

lol, women.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083450)





Date: May 8th, 2007 9:35 AM
Author: shaky hairraiser mexican

"Unless your criteria for promiscuity is having sex, I’m really not promiscuous"

O RLY?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083219)





Date: May 8th, 2007 9:43 AM
Author: fuchsia mentally impaired turdskin marketing idea

She has a catholic school girl's definition of sex

"Which isn’t to say that I broke the no-sex rule (let’s assume for a moment that oral doesn’t count)."

http://sexandtheivy.com/2007/05/08/partying-like-a-freshman/

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083235)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:15 AM
Author: flushed friendly grandma

Hilarious.

That's like saying "unless your criteria for being a heroin addict is using heroin, I'm not really a heroin addict."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083458)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:55 AM
Author: Razzle-dazzle magenta party of the first part

"Unless your criteria for homofaggotry is smoking pole while men run train on my gaping chute, I'm really not a homofag."

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083659)





Date: May 8th, 2007 12:12 PM
Author: galvanic pistol

177

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083759)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:36 AM
Author: saffron medicated plaza

i'm not a whore, i just suck dick like it's my job

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083562)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:39 AM
Author: Beady-eyed Orchestra Pit Travel Guidebook

volunteer work is still work.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083576)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:41 AM
Author: Swollen razzmatazz doctorate

summary: i'm not a ho i just like to f*** a lot.

my response: b****** please

EDITED

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083592)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:42 AM
Author: saffron medicated plaza

what do the f*** and b***** stand for?

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083599)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:44 AM
Author: Chrome Site Faggot Firefighter

fart and bukkak

He spelled the last one wrong, obviously.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083603)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:53 AM
Author: saffron medicated plaza

yeah i was wondering about that.

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083648)





Date: May 8th, 2007 11:54 AM
Author: Swollen razzmatazz doctorate

woops, i'll have to edit to fix my mistake

(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=628500&forum_id=2#8083654)