intern tip #1- take it like a bitch.

  What I've learned from interning at one of the top fashion magazines this past winter, and preparing to intern at the "bible" this upcoming summer, is that when your supervisor "breathes fire"

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Breathes fire (brea'thes fi'or) : 1. To act out in monstrous rage.
2. To revolt to injustice.
3. To penalize severely for wrong actions
4. To breathe heavily, and talk to ones self while actually meaning to talk to someone else.

  You need to take it like a BITCH. What most interns don't realize is that when we fuck up, we don't get the blame, our supervisors do. Now if you put yourself in their place, I would be dammed to have some random person who doesn't even work here increase my chances of getting fired. Maybe people who work in the industry don't want to say it, but interns are the bitches and sweatshop workers of the companies they intern at, and I'm totally fine with that. I realize that thats what you sign up for, and since I go to my internship every day as if its war with my supervisor who can throw the most spontaneous or craziest task ever and expect to deliver ( which I do, with the food still hot and without need of a tip) I know that working your way up isn't the easiest thing. But others don't quite catch onto that concept as I do.  The last thing you want to do is talk back. One intern from my past internship did that, and while the great debate was going on, I said to myself, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING SHE IS QUEEN OF THE INTERN CASTLE!!!!!" Thankfully, the interns at Peoples Revolution know how to react to fire breathing at its best, Kelly Cutrone ( who I, btw bumped into one day at my previous internship when I had to run out to Peoples Revolution one night ).




       So when the Art Director, fashion assistant, CEO, fashion director, Market Editor, Senior Sittings Editor, Creative Director, Editor- In- Cheif, Accountant Executive, Editor, Designer, Contributing Editor, Culture Editor, Beauty Director, Bookings Editor, Associate Fashion Editor, Design Director,Style Director or Editor at Large decides to breathe fire, TAKE IT LIKE A BITCH! IT WILL BE WORTH IT IN THE LONG RUN!

P.S. - for my fellow interns, don't worry, we will eventually take the above positions and breathe fire too. =)