Imagine my surprise when I opened JO magazine and found an article about pornography written by a colleague/friend! I was even further surprised that she had some fairly positive things to say about the use of porn in marriage. I wrote this up fairly quickly, then emailed it to her asking her opinion, and if she would mind if I sent it to JO. She was open to that, and very professional in her response; and my fears of losing the friendship over it were unwarranted. She later told me that a woman she had interviewed for her piece read the letter and her thoughts on the subject were influenced.
This, plus a VIVA reject of a piece I wanted to write, was the impetus to start submitting articles to JO. So far JO hasn’t printed anything I’ve written, but I am in the middle of one they have OK’d and starting another. It makes me glad I decided to speak my mind!
