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Elaina Richardson

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    (1961- )
    President of Yaddo (2000- )
    Editor-in-chief of Elle magazine (October 1996- )
    Contributed to Mirabella magazine, Washington Post and Kaleidoscope (BBC radio)

Why she might be annoying:

    Her advice to journalism students is 'baby-sit for people with really senior jobs in publishing.'
    She tells Journalism students to master different foreign languages so they can be sent on assignment.
    She however, admits see did neither.

Why she might not be annoying:

    She moved to New York.
    She said of her job at Elle that it is her job to 'set the tone and vision of the magazine; approve every image and word that is in each issue; supervise the staff; maintain budgets; represent the magazine at events, in interviews, and on television; and keep the approval of my boss - the readers.'
    She says her University experience was 'Eye-opening.'
    She advises students that school 'isn't a destination, it's a springboard.'
    She questions feminism with 'Why is that, if women have gained so much, why are our daughters plagued with this concern about their appearance? If we've made such strides, why is it that our young people in college are so concerned that they may not be able to have a career, and have a family?'
    She graduated University of Edinburgh (Masters, 1982) and St. Hilda's College, Oxford University (M.Litt, 1984).

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 90.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 23 Votes: 52.17% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 7 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 12 Votes: 41.67% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 40 Votes: 85.00% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 12 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 21 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 23 Votes: 56.52% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 22 Votes: 68.18% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 223 Votes: 45.29% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 99 Votes: 61.62% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 188 Votes: 56.91% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 225 Votes: 59.11% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 465 Votes: 60.65% Annoying