Letters to the Editor
dammitjanet13
Published Letters: 16 Editor's Choice: 1
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another thought
[Read the article: The baby I turned away]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This article made me think. I'm not convinced that is a good thing pardon the first cliche. I personally believe there are some fetishes that I think should be kept private. Baby cravings, infertility, and adoption are intensely private and should be kept between two people. I believe some privacies were betrayed in this article such as the traits you want for an adopted baby should be kept an absolute secret. Discussion of your travels to get to know your babies culture...in four weeks and all the red tape that may be a hassle. I wonder has this theme been packaged this as a tour? or on a cruise? Or was that a John Sayles movie. In the end all onehad to do was pay for some fertility treatments and a visa and passport are not required.
Is there anything that can not be bought on the market place? Perhaps a brain for the purposes of a brain transplant. I’m a biologist at heart and the human drive is to collect resources and reproduce ourselves. Please note there are some details that we must reproduce ourselves successfully. I’m amused now babies seem to be more of an asset like the 401(k) plan or the house. They are little status symbols who won’t have a C grade average or dig ditches.
Does anyone not fetishize (sp?) walking down 24th Street in Noe Valley with a bundled up bit of joy comparing stroller brands? I personally love to hear parents negotiating with their children at Pasta Pomodoro.
My private thoughts are I’m currently waiting for the time to bring up children with my life partner- he is male and i'm female, and we mate for a reason. My first suggestion is we will need to go shopping at Target on Sunday afternoon. Then we are going to spend a day at Disneyland. We need to go when Disneyland closes at midnight and everyone starts to leave for the parking lot. As you get off the tram and enter the parking structure, every 10-15 feet there will be a child practicing performance art via a temper tantrum. If we can have a discussion about this dance rationally, then we can move to the final field trips to the pediatrician's office after school begins and my friend’s 3rd grade class. Then I'd like to talk children and have a perspective.
I like babies but I like children more. Their perspective is refreshing and honest. Children have wisdom that adults seem to be surprised by. Until the children start recognizing and demanding status symbols like their parents then we all fall and get dumbed down.
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Paglia summed up in Salon yesterday about the women's movement not quite so nicely...
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Steinem's fawning, gaseous New York Times op-ed about her pal Hillary this week speaks volumes about the snobby clubbiness and reactionary sentimentality of the fossilized feminist establishment, which has blessedly fallen off the cultural map in the 21st century. History will judge Steinem and company very severely for their ethically obtuse indifference to the stream of working-class women and female subordinates whom Bill Clinton sexually harassed and abused, enabled by look-the-other-way and trash-the-victims Hillary."
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In Salon yesterday, Paglia opined on the women's movement as well but not so nicely
[Read the article: Quote of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]"Steinem's fawning, gaseous New York Times op-ed about her pal Hillary this week speaks volumes about the snobby clubbiness and reactionary sentimentality of the fossilized feminist establishment, which has blessedly fallen off the cultural map in the 21st century. History will judge Steinem and company very severely for their ethically obtuse indifference to the stream of working-class women and female subordinates whom Bill Clinton sexually harassed and abused, enabled by look-the-other-way and trash-the-victims Hillary."
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Made in America
[Read the article: "They're not born killers"]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I'm sincerely looking forward to seeing Stacey Peralta's film. I hope I have the opportunity to see Mad in America as shown at Sundance before the studios get a hold of it. I imagine critics and social pundits will rave what a refreshing perspective the film was. This is not a snarcky topic for Salon readers to comment on.
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one more thing on the to do in a life listq
[Read the article: This blade slices, it dices]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]See knives crafted in Sakai
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i wish it was salon 1999
[Read the article: The best-laid plans]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]with Amy Reiter's gossip column and Blue Glow.
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cut him some slack
[Read the article: Seduced by the Dalai Lama]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]yeah, i thought i would cut some slack to colin powell as he addressed the UN general assembly.
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Charlie Rose may convene a panel of American foreign policy experts
[Read the article: The ongoing exclusion of war opponents from the Iraq debate]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]but why anyone would watch him discuss foreign policy? Casually reading Thomas Friedman's soft ball books and columns does not qualify you to pick and interview panelist. Viewers should know better.
I watched rose interview brooke shields and they discussed the continuing relevance of hip hop music. that knocked me off the sofa laughing.
Glenn, what are your favorite books on the Middle East?
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i'm bitter but still the invisible (wo)man
[Read the article: The rubes and the elites]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]i'm urban, a party of one and bitter. i make just enough money to be OK but not enough to have tax right offs such as an overvalued house.
i'm bitter because i'm not blue collar or small town america so I should not complain about being bitter.
i'm bitter because obama or clinton will be a good president and I'm bitter because i will still just make enough money to be OK but not enough to have a tax right off.
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realize this now
[Read the article: Learning curve]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]because in 10 years you will realize that your professors are not as brillant as their reputation or their colleagues tell you they are. same goes for your class mates.
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the one person who could really interview
[Read the article: Correction on Sarah Palin]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]sarah palin would be margaret warner and that would never happen