While we’re on the subject of weird things Matt has said, here’s an excerpt from a blog post that one of the “media” camp girls wrote about Matt:
He suggested that I should sexualize Carter Christman in the article, which oddly made me respect Matt more. Not because he told me (a minor) to sexualize his own friend who’s 6 years older than me. No, that's already known. It's because he was pushing me to be vulnerable, open, and out of pocket with my thoughts. He wanted me to be a verbal baddie. Allow me to elaborate. I, like most people, have thought and said how attractive someone is. That's normal. Writing it down, putting legitimate thought into it, and releasing it purposefully for people to see is another level of confidence that I’ve yet to achieve. Matt Wisner is that biotch.
I hesitated to share this for a few days, because I really don’t want anyone on here flaming the teen who wrote it. But yeah, it doesn’t seem like encouraging teens to do or say things purely for shock value is an anomaly for the NG founders. In fact, that type of behavior seems to be one of the main reasons that this kid looks up to Matt. I’m sure he would say that he’s clearly joking and I’m just not young and avant-garde enough to understand his subversive humor, but it’s… not funny? It’s just a really weird thing for a 24 year old to be saying to a high schooler in Instagram DMs. There are 24 year old high school teachers who figure out how to encourage students to take risks in their visual arts or creative writing classes without making jokes about them sexualizing their adult friends. Sure, the NG guys are probably trying to be a lot more hip than high school creative writing teachers, but if they’re also trying to make a living partially by working with minors, they should probably figure out a way to institute some boundaries.
