Meet Mande
THE NEWEST FITS GAL PREPARES TO “FLIP THE WORD” FOR US
FITSNews – May 19, 2008 – One of the coolest things about running the hottest website in town is the fact that you get to work with some incredibly talented people … like Mande Wilkes (above ) for example, who’ll begin sashaying her original brand of irreverant, thought-provoking sass on the pages of FITSNews starting this week.
In addition to having a pair of scrumptuous eyes that could probably melt your monitor if they wanted to, Mande is hands down one of the most gifted young writers we’ve seen in a long time. Check out her stellar “57 Things” if you don’t believe us, because it’s probably the best web-bio we’ve ever read. Our favorites?
12. Home Alone 1 & 2 are the zenith of movie-making, and every movie that has followed or will follow will never live up to the greatness that is Home Alone.
17. I can so distinguish a Coke from a Pepsi.
27. Feminism has devolved into a nasty self-pitying cult. Perhaps it was always thus.
33. I feel put upon when I have to press 1 for English.
40. I feel like a fraud when I talk about Wi-Fi because I’ve no idea what the “Fi†stands for.Â
A former runway model and law school grad who lives in Myrtle Beach, Mande has earned our undying admiration not only for her wicked verbage, but because she spells her name minus the obligatory redneck “y.” Oh, she also starts a lot of her sentences with the word “seriously,” too. Which we totally heart.
Just check out this response on our questionnaire about what she learned from her previous work experiences:
What I learned: Real estate closings are even more vapid than modeling; if you want a divorce in South Carolina, you better not have sex with the person you’re trying to divorce during that one year separation. Seriously, those Family Court judges don’t play.
Yeah … she’s gonna fit right in.
UPDATE: Interested in contributing to FITSNews? By all means, send us a few writing samples at info@fitsnews.com, with the subject line “FITSNews Writing Samples.”
Comments
By Negatron on May 19th, 2008 at 12:37 pm
Anyone want to bet this is the CSL defender who got into USC, but decided on Charleston?
By whoa on May 19th, 2008 at 12:57 pm
dude she is hot as hell. what is she doing hanging out w you?
By The Ghost of Lee Atwater on May 19th, 2008 at 1:07 pm
O, great. Yet another pseudo-intellectual redneck in love with the sound of her own voice. She’ll fit right in all right.
By just me on May 19th, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Let me see . . . on her list she says that she tries very hard never to put anyone in a box then does so for feminists by saying “feminism has devolved into a nasty self-pitying cult . . . .” First, it was not always “thus” (note use of archaic language). Then, she ought to be grateful for feminists that made it possible for people like her to go to law school – and to vote.
I am so tired of young women who attack feminism without understanding feminist theory. Those of us who are proud to be feminists believe in equality – and opportunity. I am certainly not self-pitying . . . I am a believer that my daughter should have the same opportunities as my son.
Can’t wait to read more from this winner you’ve picked . . . she’s right up (over) there it seems with another MB winner, Mark McBride.
By are you serious? on May 20th, 2008 at 1:59 pm
Is she from Mexico? I know how you hate those illegals, Will.
By Beach bound.... on May 20th, 2008 at 2:29 pm
#1 -Negatron
It is inexplicable how hilarious it is that you people continually act as if it’s a lofty task to get accepted at the University of South Carolina. Please stop drinking the Saluda River, it is most assuredly polluted and affecting your judgment….
Fits, your literary “stategery” in drafting a CSOL grad to your cesspool escapes me. You either expect her to fail and thus (is “thus” a big word for USC kids?) will be successful in finding a Charleston pinata to eviscerate, or you have taken a new approach to wildly spun fiction concerning our school and needed some insider information for once…… Either way, good luck with Ms. Wilkes – you’ll need it.
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