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Atherton Bartelby’s editorials and opinions are often featured elsewhere across the digital world. You may keep track of what he is writing (and of who is writing what about him) via this frequently updated press page.

CULTURE

The Curious Affairs Of Psychotherapy
By Atherton Bartelby for Scallywag & Vagabond on 07 April 2009

In his inaugural article as Cultural Correspondent at Scallywag & Vagabond, the Salon of Cultural Affairs, Atherton Bartelby ventures fearlessly into all of his expansive repressed false memory therapy to bring his readers a titillating story of the six degrees of psychotherapy. Whether one’s therapist is Freudian or Cognitive-Behavioral, the moral of this cautionary tale is: know your therapist well…before you kiss and tell.

INTERNET

Follow Fail: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter
By Atherton Bartelby for Mashable on 06 January 2009

The internet is full of listicles. Run any number of searches on Google and you will arrive at a veritable host of articles offering endless lists of tips on “how to get more followers on Twitter”. What you will not find are lists compiled by Twitter “power users” regarding the major reasons why they will or will not return a Twitter follower’s follow when it happens, and this is Atherton Bartelby’s gift to you: “The Top Ten Reasons Why *I* Will Not Follow You In Return On Twitter”.

RELATIONSHIPS

How To Tell If They Are All That, Plus More: A Guide To Assembling The Clues
By Atherton Bartelby for Scallywag & Vagabond on 23 April 2009

In his sophomore installment as Cultural Correspondent at Scallywag & Vagabond, the Salon of Cultural Affairs, Atherton Bartelby returns to an all-too-familiar topic of journalistic exploration: relationships. Atherton probes deeply (and objectively!) his own dreams, memories, and experiences in order to file a report that provides readers with six clues that just may tell them if Their Great Other is, truly, “All That, Plus More”.

Funky Spunk
By Atherton Bartelby for Black Heart Magazine on 19 December 2008

Mix equal parts of inaugural editorial assignment for online magazine of intellectual smut, late night conversations with three BFFs, and ruminations on the sexual proclivities of all of your ex-lovers, and you arrive at a quintessential Atherton Bartelby existential question: “Am I a cum slut?”

ELSEWHERE

All You Need Is Dov
By Bill Green for Make The Logo Bigger on 21 May 2009

[…] But ever the fact-checking citizen journalist blogger that I am, I ran it by the gay community blogging filter that I have on staff. Atherton Bartelby, (who, besides being a designer who writes good, and probably has one of the best neo-Gatsby classic post-modern blogging names ever), has a slightly different view on Dov’s campaign for real change. […]

RIP, Geocities
By Liz Caradonna for PR Nonsense: High-Tech Global PR And Other Detritus on 27 April 2009

[…] Any other cute or hilarious memories of the 1999 Internet? Share in the comments. My own favorite Geocities eulogy so far is by a designer / writer / artist named Atherton Bartelby, and can be found here. […]

Does Gender Determine How Good Your Erotica Is?
By AV Flox for BlogHer on 16 March 2009

[…] “What makes good erotica?” I asked my friend Atherton Bartelby during one of our epic late-night phone conversations over cigarettes and coffee. “Well, obviously being a good writer, and using language well,” he said. “Also being able to fully explore all elements of fantasy. Also I think that old fiction workshop saying of ‘write what you know’ is doubly true for erotica. Write what you know, or, write what you fantasize about, and I think if you do, it becomes a much better piece, more involved, more engaging.” […]

Meet Atherton!
By Justin Buchbinder for Justin Plus One on 16 March 2009

[…] Atherton is what many would call King of the Internet. His blog has ten billion visits every week. When he tweets, the world listens (seriously, look at how many followers he has!). When he isn’t tweeting and blogging he’s designing and taking over the world one Web 2.0 application and network at a time. He’s also a fantastic, opinionated, and hilarious writer. I expect nothing but the best posts from him this week. […]

I Love You More Than Blank
By AV Flox for BlogHer on 17 February 2009

[…] That Valentine’s Day, my friend Atherton Bartelby wrote about an online experiment by Paperwhite Studio that asked visitors to fill in the blank in the phrase “I love you more than __________.” “Could I, if I were in a relationship, be able to honestly fill in this blank?” he asked himself. […]

Twittering About Twitter…Tweet Tweet Tweet
On mediabistro.com’s FishbowlLA on 07 January 2009

[…] We found this informative…timely piece by Atherton Bartelby over at Mashable, “Follow Fail: The Top 10 Reasons Why *I* Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter”. […] We like this reason Bartelby is not going to follow your Twitter: 5. Your profile features any variation of “Internet expert”. It’s just a good rule in general. […]

Follow Fail, Mr. Tweet, And Me
By Laura Roberts for Button Tapper on 07 January 2009

[…] Atherton Bartelby, one of Black Heart’s newest contributors, has written an excellent list of totally valid reasons why he won’t follow every Tom, Dick or Harry on Twitter, entitled “Follow Fail: The Top 10 Reasons I Will Not Follow You in Return on Twitter.” It’s an amusing mix of logical reasons, Internet snobbery and the refusal to submit to obvious attempts at spam. […]

Bartelby: “The Top Ten Reasons Why *I* Will Not Follow You In Return On Twitter”
By Susan Mernit for Susan Mernit’s Blog on 06 January 2009

[…] Speeding back into old skool linking, I have to say not only is this piece by Atherton Bartelby on Mashable a delight, his own blog, Curious Affairs, looks like another find. (God, it is such a pleasure to read someone who can actually write!) […]