Nick Denton's Brain Droppings

An E-mail From Tionna Smalls

Shortly posting this video on Friday, along with some terse commentary thrown in for good measure, I received the following e-mail from Tionna Smalls:  

To: nickguidodenton@gmail.com

From: tionnatsmalls@yahoo.com

Subject: Don’t Get Mad At Me! 

Nick,

Don’t Get mad at me because I have a vagina and you don’t. You think I care about what you think about me. I saw your comment about me on your little blog:

“Yes Tionna Smalls, your firing was a direct result of my being “intimidated” by and “jealous” of you. It had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that I mistook you for the large, loud black woman married to the totally not gay Al Reynolds when you were hired, thus crushing my dreams of sneaking off to “smoke a fag” with the dreamy Al at future Gawker parties.”

If you are comparing me to Star Jones then thanks, that’s a freaking compliment because that is one black woman who goes out there and does her thing. She’s more famous than you and probably has more money than you. You are jealous because you can’t bleed once a month and because everyone thinks you’re a pompus asshole. I am not intimidated of you and you are jealous because you could never make me mad like you have done past workers of yours. I didnt even know you existed before I took the job at Gawker so go to hell. You dont want to make this personal because I will rip your whore ass to sheds. I know more about you then you think so play your position, old man and keep boning those male prostitutes you hire. Dont mess with me!

I call it how I see it. You are jealous and I saw how you were looking at me at the Christmas party. You can sit there and make all those college graduates out there think you made their career but not this woman… You didn’t make me. I fell across Gawker because I mistook it for Gotham. Dont get cute because you got lucky… Some of us have to work for ours, others just get it… I am proud that you can put your finger up your ass so you can orgasm and look out the window at your office at the same time. Now cool it.

Go shoot yourself and die because no one likes you.

Love Always,

Tionna Smalls

P.S. I am still talking that ish and what? People ask me about Gawker, I dont tell them about you. Sorry. I know you’re mad this black woman got a chance to be famous from your blog but oh well- shit happens. I still appreciate the opportunity. Another thing, you cant fire someone who works from home and please dont make me go back in my archives and really figure out how much money you owe me Mr. Pay per Click. Play your position, Mr. Denton. You’re not ready for the girls from the ghetto.