New Yorker cover going viral (millennial woman, childless, cats, drinking alone in apt on zoom)

[Anonymous]

She looks great. Just needs to hire a cleaning service and take advantage of reduced rents to get a larger apartment. Nothing to see here folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

+1. A rental apartment in the city, random hookups, traveling, promotions at work, drinking alone, and designer shoes make women complete.

Regards,
Carrie Bradshaw

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

The New Yorker is such a hater. The only people I know complaining this pandemic are the women stuck at home with kids for 9 months now and a husband who could care less.

My childfree/less friends are still going out to date nights, outdoor socializing, and vacations.

I don't mean this rudely, but maybe you need new friends. I don't have kids, am single, and I haven't left a one mile radius of my apartment since March, except for twice when I went to the doctor/dentist. I wouldn't date now! I have met up with one local family I'm related to for an hour in a park three times. I probably won't see them again in person until mid-to-late January, because of so many people traveling and cases spiking. No vacations.

+2, although I’m divorced and in a LTR. No one I know is going out. Particularly 25+ year olds 15yrs my junior. Also, I’m not miserable at home, even with kids - I am growing to love it though I want my child socially active as soon as it is safe. I’ll be fine with occasional office days but I’m never wasting time and energy to rush to an office again where my productivity drops by 50% from all the meaningless chatter and incompetency.

[Anonymous]

I see a woman who is being a fake. She is pretending she has it all together. If she was comfortable with the way she is living then she would not have a screen set up behind her to hide the clutter. And she wouldn't get all prettied up from the waist up when obviously that is not her day to day 24 / 7 persona.

She has set up a lamp to shine on her face. She has put jewelry on and a nice blouse. The parts of her that the laptop camera does not see is very different from the image she is trying to project. She has the laptop set up on a bunch of books so that whoever she is chatting with on line can't see the disarray of her home.

The sink is full of dishes. The bed is unmade. Trash and clutter all over the floor. There is lots of wine in her kitchen but no actual food.

She has a couple of cats for company and it is obvious she video chats on line often. She is doing the best she can to have a social life.

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Anonymous wrote:What's wrong with it? I think it's funny and many can identify with it.

Just like I'm a working mom with two young kids and I can identify with that other picture that went viral some time ago with a mom doing an interview but outside of her zoom area, the living room was filled with kids toys.

I honestly didn’t even think about the fact that there wasn’t a child in the picture. I just saw somebody having a hellish time with the pandemic and felt like I could relate even though I’m a stay at home mom of two kids.

[Anonymous]

Wow people are reading WAY too much into this. Get a life

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I see a woman who is being a fake. She is pretending she has it all together. If she was comfortable with the way she is living then she would not have a screen set up behind her to hide the clutter. And she wouldn't get all prettied up from the waist up when obviously that is not her day to day 24 / 7 persona.

She has set up a lamp to shine on her face. She has put jewelry on and a nice blouse. The parts of her that the laptop camera does not see is very different from the image she is trying to project. She has the laptop set up on a bunch of books so that whoever she is chatting with on line can't see the disarray of her home.

The sink is full of dishes. The bed is unmade. Trash and clutter all over the floor. There is lots of wine in her kitchen but no actual food.

She has a couple of cats for company and it is obvious she video chats on line often. She is doing the best she can to have a social life.

I see a woman who is attractive, warmly smiling, and not letting the pandemic stand in the way of dating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow people are reading WAY too much into this. Get a life

I think it’s cool that it’s evoking such different reactions. Maybe it’ll pop up in a history book someday.

[Anonymous]

The MGTOW groups are having a field day with this one.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see a woman who is being a fake. She is pretending she has it all together. If she was comfortable with the way she is living then she would not have a screen set up behind her to hide the clutter. And she wouldn't get all prettied up from the waist up when obviously that is not her day to day 24 / 7 persona.

She has set up a lamp to shine on her face. She has put jewelry on and a nice blouse. The parts of her that the laptop camera does not see is very different from the image she is trying to project. She has the laptop set up on a bunch of books so that whoever she is chatting with on line can't see the disarray of her home.

The sink is full of dishes. The bed is unmade. Trash and clutter all over the floor. There is lots of wine in her kitchen but no actual food.

She has a couple of cats for company and it is obvious she video chats on line often. She is doing the best she can to have a social life.

I see a woman who is attractive, warmly smiling, and not letting the pandemic stand in the way of dating.

I think this speaks to how well it captures reality. People are complex and things are not black and white. She clearly has her life together enough to live on her own in Manhattan, yet is human and is doing what she needs to do to get through this pandemic (per the pill bottle and abundance of alcohol bottles).

This is what normal/reality looks like, folks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

How do you know from the cover that she has not gotten waxed?

Stubbly legs. If she gets it waxed in a salon, she hasn't visited one. If she usually shaved it, she is not bothering. She does not need to take care of her legs if she is remote working or wearing pants. But if she is dating in person...she would have normally shaved. So she is not dating in person and does not have an intimate relationship with a date during the pandemic.

She could be not shaving if she has a live-in BF or SO and was not worrying about smooth legs, but her space gives the vibe that there is no other human in her space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I see no problem with this. And I am a 55 yr old SAHM.

I see this as a young working woman working remotely during pandemic. Her usual cleaning lady is not coming so her apt is messy. She is eating at home instead of in restaurants and office cafeteria so all the take-out containers. And she is not been able to get herself waxed because she is not dating IRL. She can let it all go because she is only responsible for herself and her cats, but not kids and a household. I see freedom.

Also, the human population is not on the verge of extinction. There is no reason for people to procreate unless they want to.

I do not see someone who is sad. And women do not have to have kids to be complete.

How do you know from the cover that she has not gotten waxed?

Stubbly legs. If she gets it waxed in a salon, she hasn't visited one. If she usually shaved it, she is not bothering. She does not need to take care of her legs if she is remote working or wearing pants. But if she is dating in person...she would have normally shaved. So she is not dating in person and does not have an intimate relationship with a date during the pandemic.

She could be not shaving if she has a live-in BF or SO and was not worrying about smooth legs, but her space gives the vibe that there is no other human in her space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seriously, I look at this cover and see .. me! The Amazon boxes unopened, t trying to be calm in the center of a chaotic mess, and yes I’m polished with makeup and a sophisticated bun for my virtual meetings from the waist up, but what lies beneath is anyone’s guess of possibility. Looks like today it was gym shorts and faux fur slippers day, maybe because I had the Martini too soon? but I have the wine bottles on the fridge to pair with dinner so I’m not an alcoholic since they are uncorked. Clearly a tough day, I’m also looking at someone’s stupidity online while scrolling through dcum on my phone and lurking in the çats are better than dogs thread. Only issue is I wouldn’t drink whatever is in the martini glass with a bottle of prescription.

I agree- I can totally relate the the cover and I'm an empty nester 56 y.o. working from home with my dogs and DH who also works from home (thank goodness we have a basement)... I get Amazon boxes regularly, I don't have the house cleaned and it does get messy (I eventually clean), I drink a bit more than I used to, I do video calls regularly and make sure I have a decent shirt on and face/hair is reasonable but the bottom half could be pajamas. I totally relate to the image and it sums up a lot of the last 8 months for me.

[Anonymous]

I have a subscription.. Anyone want to buy this issue from me for the cover? I'm hurting for money and if this might be of some value as a collector's item or something I will totally sell it. If yes pls say what you will pay and provide contact info.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The MGTOW groups are having a field day with this one.

mgtow and feminism 2.0/3.0 are both terrible for society.