First Things Pitches

Gabriel Rossman, a sociologist at UCLA and Twitter pro, has compiled an amusing list of fake “First Things pitches” based on the immortal ” Slate pitches ” meme. Some of the jokes, I’ll admit, hit a little close to home.

Check out Gabriel’s pitches below and suggest your own in the comments:

Alan Jacobs commented that Gabriel’s list was ” pure journalistic gold. ” For more from Gabriel, follow him on Twitter.

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