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Princess Sparkle Pony Attacks Anne Schroeder,
Then Reveals Self As Nick Denton’s Slave

Friday October 26th, 2007 1:52 PM by BHDC Staff
Filed under: Wonkette, DC bloggers, Alex Pareene, Gawker, Nick Denton, Gay, Anne Schroeder Mullins, Shocking, David Phillips, Peter Huestis

The famous Wonkette sub calls the Politico reporter a “gossip grunt,” which can only leave negative connotations — that is, if you’re human. We’d call this a cat fight, but it’s more like a pony fight!

And just now as we wrote this, the REAL Princess Sparkle Pony left a comment, revealing, for the first time, his REAL identity:

Will I spoil all the fun if I just go ahead an answer all the questions?

My name is Peter Huestis. That really is me in the picture on my blog’s top post. I’m not a journalist. I work at the National Gallery of Art in the photo labs, and I don’t know my way around a Washington scandal. I didn’t get my Larry Craig story by “chatting up” the subject in a bar; he’s been a good friend of mine for years, told me the story unprompted, and I begged him to let me post it on Wonkette. I don’t know any of the people at Wonkette personally, and I’ve never met any of them face-to-face. I just do the occasional days there as a guest blogger, and they pay me $12 a post.

I’m really a fairly boring person. Sorry!

You are far from boring, Petey! (From what the commenters say, at least.) But you only received $12 for your bear-y delicious revelation, which has driven more ad revenue into the pockets of Nick Denton than Alex Pareene managed to do through the course of a whole 1 1/2 year span? You definitely need a new agent. STAT!

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20 Comments to 'Princess Sparkle Pony Attacks Anne Schroeder,
Then Reveals Self As Nick Denton’s Slave'

1. DCeiver's Boobs said:

What a let down!!!!!

posted October 26th, 2007 at 1:57 pm | Quote

2. Blank Stairs said:

You mean that he was finally revealed, or his appearance? I think he’s sort of cute, actually.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 2:00 pm | Quote

3. $12!!!!??? said:

I make more cleaning toilets at 7-11.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 2:02 pm | Quote

4. JJ Poofy said:

I agree with Peter that Anne induces many a grunt in my office. We’re a bunch of gals who gossip about her complexion all day. Needless to say, it’s bad.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 2:05 pm | Quote

5. Plusser said:

Post his pic, please.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 2:07 pm | Quote

6. Pic is on his homepage said:

Who know PSP was Chertoff all along?

posted October 26th, 2007 at 2:09 pm | Quote

7. Princess Sparkle Pony said:

That’s just mean, “pic is on his homepage”.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 2:16 pm | Quote

8. Peanut Gallery said:

Notice how he uses the old trick of positioning himself next to a really fat guy, so as to appear even thinner. Dah-ling, you look mah-velous.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 2:16 pm | Quote

9. Sassy Lo Mein said:

So, wait, he’s not a black girl?

posted October 26th, 2007 at 2:56 pm | Quote

10. Updated Her said:

She’s been portraying herself as a GBF, but I don’t understand what that means.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 3:28 pm | Quote

11. "Mellons" Miami said:

Well, whatever she is… black or white… male or female… I do agree with Sparklepony’s take on Anne “Mellons” Schroeder. “Mellons” is a reprehensible bore who got her job by blackmailing her boss.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 3:55 pm | Quote

12. Gossip Gavin Girl said:

One thing I know for sure: SHE IS STR8, DAMN IT. And Christian.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 3:58 pm | Quote

13. "Mellons" Miami said:

OMG look how many people have read Sparklepony’s Wonkette post on Larry Craig:

11:27 AM ON FRI OCT 26 2007
270,896 views

posted October 26th, 2007 at 4:27 pm | Quote

14. Big Head Rob said:

And she got paid $12 for it. Meanwhile, Denton has a million $ empire.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 4:31 pm | Quote

15. Princess Sparkle Pony said:

Pssst: I initially referred to Schroeder as “Politico’s Gossip Skank”, but it was suggested that maybe that was too harsh.

I don’t have any grudges againt Denton. He built up a bunch of blogs, several of which I think are really good. When you do 12 posts a day at $12 a pop, that actually adds up pretty nicely (for a younger person than I, admittedly), so it’s totally worth it for me to do it while I take paid annual leave days off my much more lucrative (and more interesting) day job. Also, I’m assuming the head editors are substantially better paid. Would I do it for a living? Oh, HELL no. It would be an awesome job for a younger person starting out in journalism, though, and certainly good writing/editing practice. I’m too old, though. After a day blogging for them, I feel totally stressed out and whacked.

I guess I just don’t understand the animosity towards Gawker and, especially, Alex. I don’t know him, and I’ve never met him, but previously when I guested on Wonkette, I kept in touch with him through instant messaging, which is how all the writers coordinate, and he was always really nice and helpful.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 6:25 pm | Quote

16. Pork Pie said:

Here’s an idea, Rob: Why don’t you pay Princess Sparkle Pony $15 per post to write for BHDC. He’s certainly worth every penny of it and would be a GREAT addition to your team!

posted October 26th, 2007 at 6:42 pm | Quote

17. Big Head Rob said:

Now why on Earth would you think she’s a skank? She’s a married lady!

As to your question about Alex Pareene, I think we cover Wonkette editors no less enthusiastically than Wonkette editors cover the wacky world of Washington. If a Wonkette editor is willing to poke fun at other people, oftentimes sans real journalistic research, why shouldn’t a Wonkette editor be open to the same sort of coverage? I realize that Alex might have been embarrassed by the recent stories we did about him, but most people I’ve talked to have thanked us for shedding light on his apparent hypocrisy.

Big Head DC also tries to score an original scoop now and then, sans the millions of dollars Gawker Media has to invest, which is an aspect of Wonkette that was sorely lacking during Alex’s tenure. And, look, you were able to pen their most popular post in ages, maybe even of all time. And you did it for a measly 12 bucks. They need more people like you.

If you should ever want to write some scoops for us for a whopping $13 a pop (percentage-wise, that’s a huge raise), you know how to reach me.

posted October 26th, 2007 at 6:45 pm | Quote

18. Big Head Rob said:

Thanks for making me look cheap, Pork Pie!

posted October 26th, 2007 at 6:48 pm | Quote

19. Big Head DC » Wonkette Is Hiring a Person to Watch TV said:

[…] Larry Craig’s Watch Found in Senate Bathroom? | Our Files on Huma Abedin | Flynt to Drop Bomb Wonkette Is Hiring a Person to Watch TV Monday November 5th, 2007 3:49 PM by BHDC Staff Filed under: Lame, Wonkette,Internet, Gawker, Nick Denton Old Media, new media, who can tell the difference anymore? As Wonkette begins its search for its next batch of recent college grads to work for criminally low wages, you gotta wonder if this is really what Web 2.0 was supposed to look like. From their latest job description: Would you like to get paid to sit on your ass all day and TiVo? If you answered in the affirmative to this question then you may have a place on the Gawker team. We’re looking for a DC tv watcher for an exciting array of future projects such as recontextualizing tv shows… […]

posted November 5th, 2007 at 3:50 pm | Quote

20. Big Head DC » Our Xmas Present to Wonkette: Words of Wisdom said:

[…] Case in point: We’ve had more sex scandals in Washington since Cox left than the whole length of her tenure. And yet, she made more out of so much less. She helped the desperate Jessica Cutler to become a household name in a way that her replacements never could. The biggest story reported on Wonkette this year was, of course, the dirty David Phillips relationship with Sen. Larry Craig — but even that was contributed by a freelancer — a freelancer who told Big Head DC he received only $12 for the post. […]

posted December 12th, 2007 at 10:02 am | Quote

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