Self-Loathing for Beginners

LYNN PHILLIPS is a media tramp who writes and edits for film, television, print, and interactive media. She was a staff writer for the groundbreaking satirical nighttime soap opera, Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman, and has written for a wide array of publications, including Glamour, The National Lampoon, The Realist, The Nation, Nerve, and Newsweek International, sometimes under the name, Maggie Cutler.