Letters to the Editor
Blackcanary
Published Letters: 17 Editor's Choice: 4
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Check out Out of Practice
[Read the article: The best and worst in television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have no idea how an episode of this show made it to my Tivo, but I watched it because it was there. Surprise, surprise, it was laugh-out-loud funny. It's a show with absolutely no buzz but a great cast and the most sexually active lesbian on network TV.
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Well, DUH
[Read the article: The best and worst in television]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Of course the purpose of commercial television is to get eyeballs on ads. But, in theory at least, they need to provide incentive in the form of entertaining programs.
As for the other poster, I'm glad you have discovered that you don't like watching television. Perhaps you should take a walk next time you feel like posting a letter preaching to the rest of us about how smart/enlightened/superior you are for not watching. Seriously, how did you even have a girlfriend with that kind of sanctimonious attitude. The point of this article and these letters is to find programming you actually enjoy, not to just watch it all like automatons. Sheesh. You must be a lot of fun at a party.
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Hell Hath No Fury Like Oprah Shamed
[Read the article: Oprah's revenge]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I had the same thought watching the show as Oprah grilled Talese on why she didn't think it was too fantastical to be true.
But on balance, at least Oprah has said she was wrong. Frey and Talese just keep muttering excuses. Her overkill was a very clear sign of how humiliated and shamed she was by the thing. What do you know? The Queen of All Media is human.
And, considering that Oprah's selection of the book and the ensuing controversy has lined both Frey's and Talese's pockets quite well, it was probably fair that they sit there and take their medicine.
In the end, let's hope no one forgets this sorry episode and some checks are established, both by Oprah and publishers. I would hate to see this signal the end of the book club -- this country needs to have the sort of collective book conversations her book club has sparked.
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Did someone say "Suburbia"?
[Read the article: Sexual healing]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I really like this criticism of the piece and other recent articles about women and parenting:
None of them have been powerful or engaging, just a bunch of narrissistic and very spoiled suburban women feeling the need to lament the sudden changes they have to make after childbirth.
First, I'll admit, I live in the suburbs. But what the hell makes you think that is true of Ms. Williams? And what is "spoiled" about life in the 'burbs -- except that we can't get decent takeout. Most of us live here because the cost of living is too high for a family in the cities we live near. That doesn't make us brain dead or spoiled or self-absorbed. I could make the same claims about immature 23 year olds, by the way.
I thought the piece was amusing -- not laugh-out-loud funny, but amusing -- and entertaining. I knew what it would be about from the headline. If I didn't want to read it,I would have passed it right by. What's the problem??
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Turning this Mommy into a Commie
[Read the article: Ringing up baby]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]What bothers me -- beyond the message this sends to the children -- is simply the rampant materialism on display. Do these people even consider how many hungry children they could feed with that $2800 pram?
On the other hand, I could probably cover the debts of some third-world nations if I coughed up the dough I've spent on Thomas the Tank Engine toys over the past year.
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Broadcast News?
[Read the article: A true title sequence]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]And Fried Green Tomatoes, which may not qualify as "Major" but was as major as some of the other things that popped up. Humiliating that these are the ones I thought to look for. I couldn't make it past F.
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Cheney is already in charge
[Read the article: Impeach Bush]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]At least an impeachment would send a message that they will be held accountable.Besides, even if he's impeached, he wouldn't necessarily be convicted -- but at least he'd stand trial before the Senate. (And let's face it, Clinton was clearly guilty of lying about Lewinsky, but the Senate didn't convict him. That, however, suddenly seems more ludicrous than ever given what W and is getting away with.)
The latest Katrina news would be stunning if it were any other administration. But I find myself more surprised whenever they tell the truth than when another lie is uncovered.
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I am stunned by some of the reactions to open adoption...
[Read the article: Open adoption, broken heart]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I have two children via donor insemination. I'm on boards where people express their anguish over being conceived this way and not being able to know their biological fathers. It seems to me that open adoption is the very definition of good parenting. It's very hard for the parents but ultimately in the best interests of the child.
As for "blood" being so important, I can tell you that my children have no inkling of any difference between their parents, the one who is biologically related and the one who had a donor stand-in are loved equally and their cousins on both sides are as well.
And all this nonsense about women needing to have their kids earlier. Great. That works fine if you're ready. But if you're not, if you haven't found the person you want to be with or even discovered your own desires to be a parent, it's a disaster.
This was a beautifully written essay -- and I dare say that Madison is a very, very lucky little girl to have two mothers in her life willing to make sacrifices to benefit her. But make no mistake -- Jessica is not her mother now. She is a beloved relative. And her mother is right to not deny her a relationship with that beloved relative who made an enormous sacrifice for Madison's happiness.