A Declaration of War Against Sex and the Ivy

Lena “I lowered my mouth over his cock and slid my lips over his shaft easily” Chen, the genius behind Sex and the Ivy, recently wrote us an indignant email, claiming that we “scooped” her without linking to her blog:

Saw that your full text of the Craigslist ad has the same omission “No Black, Asian, overweight, or unattractive women please” as my original blog entry (accidentally deleted “black” when I was editing). For future reference, I’d appreciate it if you linked to my blog when you use it as a source. Thanks!”

In fact, we received the tip in our inbox, probably because we’re a real blog. Gawker used the same text. 

This is the girl whose daily postings of utter banality include delicious “scoops” like these:

I just had a flashback. It wasn’t until my mother delivered a lecture today on smoking, that I realized I watched “Thank You For Not Smoking” in its entirety last week while simultaneously getting high… In other news, I scored three packs of Turkish Golds for a cool $11.17. Hard to beat Cali bud or cigs when it comes to price (and definitely in terms of quality for the former).

Last night, I had those deliciously artery-clogging chili cheese fries I craved from a little greasy spoon in Westwood. Then my friends walked over to Diddy Riese for the $1.25 ice cream cookie sandwiches which I ate throughout last summer…

And on and on. We never knew boredom could induce nausea until we encountered Sex and the Ivy.

An Open Letter to Lena Chen: Next time we scoop you about how you were stoned last night, or didn’t have sex, or did something else quite boring that we don’t care about, or ate so much food that you became so fat you’d have even less sex to not write about, we’ll definitely take care to post the link (www.sexandtheivy.com).  No one gives a shit about your blog.  We don’t read it, much less steal items from it.

Bring it, Lena.

JACOB SAVAGE, JIM NEWELL, AND HAL PARKER

  • craig

    You guys are pathetic…

  • craig

    You guys are pathetic…

  • really?

    this attack is so small-minded and petty, and it’s not even funny. why not just apologize? and how does having sex and writing about it mean someone doesn’t have integrity?

  • really?

    this attack is so small-minded and petty, and it’s not even funny. why not just apologize? and how does having sex and writing about it mean someone doesn’t have integrity?

  • Mark

    Just stumbled across this via Lena’s blog. Gotta say to the editors here and “Jen” that as the owner of a large consulting and PR firm on the WEst Coast, I wouldn’t hire any of you if I knew in advance the way you handled this. You are supposed to be “professionals”. The correct response as noted by many here would be to acknoledge the mistake you made, give attribution to her as the source of the ad and move on. This “Declare war” stuff is inmature at best. You admonish Lena to “Get over herself”, yet it is you who seem intent on elevating yourselves to undeserved heights of status. You would do well to remember that your little sandbox here is viewed by many decision makers out in the real world that you may one day face across an interview desk. Is this truly the image you wish to portray? The business community is truly tiny and word travels fast…

  • Mark

    Just stumbled across this via Lena’s blog. Gotta say to the editors here and “Jen” that as the owner of a large consulting and PR firm on the WEst Coast, I wouldn’t hire any of you if I knew in advance the way you handled this. You are supposed to be “professionals”. The correct response as noted by many here would be to acknoledge the mistake you made, give attribution to her as the source of the ad and move on. This “Declare war” stuff is inmature at best. You admonish Lena to “Get over herself”, yet it is you who seem intent on elevating yourselves to undeserved heights of status. You would do well to remember that your little sandbox here is viewed by many decision makers out in the real world that you may one day face across an interview desk. Is this truly the image you wish to portray? The business community is truly tiny and word travels fast…

  • Derek

    Ok so initially when I first stumbled over Sex and the Ivy, I was filled with irritation, anti-Ivy league angst and just a general state of peeved. Have always had an issue with Asian women, pretty pissed how so many of them in this country seemed to have slept their way to the top,or manipulated people with their Asianess on one hand and on the other complaining about hating racism while dating a lot of white men who harbor serious racist tendencies. Anyways I did’nt initially like Lena much. But after following her story all these years, I have softened all my attitudes towards her and now look at her as a symbol of the Asian female experience in America. As far as her being a slut, I have had an informed source told me that at Harvard the Asian women have the most abortions. So I have a feeling her story is not that atypical.

  • Derek

    Ok so initially when I first stumbled over Sex and the Ivy, I was filled with irritation, anti-Ivy league angst and just a general state of peeved. Have always had an issue with Asian women, pretty pissed how so many of them in this country seemed to have slept their way to the top,or manipulated people with their Asianess on one hand and on the other complaining about hating racism while dating a lot of white men who harbor serious racist tendencies. Anyways I did’nt initially like Lena much. But after following her story all these years, I have softened all my attitudes towards her and now look at her as a symbol of the Asian female experience in America. As far as her being a slut, I have had an informed source told me that at Harvard the Asian women have the most abortions. So I have a feeling her story is not that atypical.