When Dorothy Parker got fired from Vanity Fair

Dorothy Parker's successor is perhaps Cintra Wilson, who was fired from the New York Times for this review [1] of the Manhattan J.C. Penny store.

"J. C. Penney has always trafficked in knockoffs that aren’t quite up to Canal Street’s illegal standards. It was never “get the look for less” so much as “get something vaguely shaped like the designer thing you want, but cut much more conservatively, made in all-petroleum materials, and with a too-similar wannabe logo that announces your inferiority to evil classmates as surely as if you were cursed to be followed around by a tuba section.”

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/fashion/13CRITIC.html

The lady had incredible wit that would undoubtedly offend more than a few delicate ears. When asked to use the word "horticulture" in a sentence by her Round Table compatriots, Dorothy came up with "You may lead a horticulture but you can’t make her think". (oh to be a fly on the wall during one of those lunches...)

Did that webpage change the colour of my scrollbar, or am I going mad?!

Haven't seen that since the early naughts.