Letters to the Editor
boredjd3
Published Letters: 7 Editor's Choice: 4
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But you don't mention the links...
[Read the article: Unhappily ever after]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was able to read this article before Forbes took it down along with "Whore/Wife" article. The "whore/wife" article ostensibly dealt with the economics of prostitution ( a reasonable enough subject I suppose). Yet someone at Forbes saw fit to include a link to "how to be a gold digger". And let's not forget the related article of "How to Marry a Rich Man". So, according to Forbes, apparently those four years of college and three years of law school were a waste of my time?!
Not being a regular reader of Forbes anymore (being a "career woman" with three kids limits not only my ability to keep a spotless home (!) but also my reading time--New York Review of Books wins out over what I thought was a financial magazine), I was stunned to say the least by these articles. That is pretty much it...stunned. Rebecca covers all the bases but at this point I would like to know what the heck someone put in the coffee at Forbes editorial offices! How could anyone not see this as a problem?! Forbes is not Maxim or any of the other "lad" magazines where one expects such garbage.
I suppose I shouldn't be in this day and age when Caitlin Flanagan spreads her ridiculous lies, but boy it is exhausting. I try to teach my three kids that being a feminist is a good thing, that being able to take care of yourself and anyone you bring into this world is fundamental,you can do anything you want if you work hard, and one's happiness is not and should not be dependent upon someone else taking care of you. And then we have this stuff---
The bottom line is this article wasn't part of a "debate" (an interesting attempt at damage control). This article and its slide show was plain pure and simple stupidity. When I do decide to get back to regularly reading a financial magazine...obviously it won't be Forbes!
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Go Blue!!!!!
[Read the article: The biggest game. Ever]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Andrew,
You and I were in Ann Arbor and South Quad at the same time. I will never forget moving into South Quad ("the football dorm") and having the elevator door open on the two largest human beings I had ever seen --Ed Muransky and Bubba Paris. Life amongst the giants was interesting to say the least ( I also did learn to play mean game of quarters among others which have stood me in good stead over the years) and while I generally escaped the notice of Muransky, I can say that Bubba was very respectful to women even when he followed them around and clearly could manhandle them like others one reads about in the sports pages virtually everyday. And you are correct--The Nation (which I have an on again/off again subscription with) needs to lighten up. There is nothing like fall in Ann Arbor at a football game. Sometimes a game is a game and not about the Rust Belt.
This game is way over-hyped. Yes, they are both professional college football machines and the oxymoron of "student athletes" can be discussed until we are all blue in the face. But sometimes, it is just good to sit down and enjoy the game. And the camaraderie and memories are why all three of my children were raised with The Victors and the Yellow and the Blue as part of their lullaby repertoire (now to figure out how to pay out of state tuition for said brain washed children who think Ann Arbor is as good as it gets (kids who live in a major metropolitan area with beaches and mountains and great weather).
Call it hypocritical, call it ignoring reality, but please please, football gods, please call it in our favor!
GO BLUE!!!
jlooney3
UM '82 '85
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Sure...
[Read the article: The biggest game. Ever]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Make the over-worked, tired, middle aged mind try to remember on a really long day....Hunt? I was on the 4th floor.
Everyone told me I would I hate living in the "zoo dorm"! Loved it.
JLooney