Continuing our week in quotes, this one’s from a New York Times article on the ascendancy of fashion bloggers:

"The designers and publicists who once quivered before the mighty pens are now courting writers from Web sites that offer a direct pipeline to potential customers. Sure, magazines and newspapers have started their own blogs and tweets, but reading them, you often sense a generational disconnect, something like the queasy feeling of getting a “friend” request from your mother on Facebook." (From Glamour.com: “Dating Tips: Why It’s Important to Get That Number.”)