Letters to the Editor
Anne in NYC
Published Letters: 342 Editor's Choice: 38
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Good thing it’s NOT your choice
[Read the article: The economics of abortion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]The law says it’s an individual woman’s choice. It’s a good law too.
What is the alternative – tying a woman down to a bed and making her give birth? And then what? Are you going to force her to care of the child or are you going to make the slutty, would-be-murderess give up the child she was forced to carry? And then should the government track down all those fathers so this baby and mother aren’t on the dole?
I do wish those anti-choice people would think this scenario out a little better. It’s not like all the drama ends when the decision is made not to abort – in fact it becomes much, much more complicated AND it makes women total second class citizens.
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@ VivalaNerds
[Read the article: The economics of abortion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]“it seems to me that often times men who are outspoken critics of abortions lay claim to knowing what it is like to posess the possibility of becoming pregnant, which of course, they can't”
I’d even raise that to say that, unless you’re a woman who is dealing directly with an unplanned pregnancy, you really don’t know what you’re talking about either.
I, for instance, for years held the belief that abortion was for other women and not for me. I’d be totally responsible! And then I had a scare and inside of 5 seconds everything I ever thought about abortion changed. When it’s no longer a theoretical debate – when it’s about YOU and YOUR body - it’s a totally different conversation.
Not that we can’t all have opinions – but we should be really honest about not really knowing unless we’re in that position.
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@ And a shout out to Parson Jim and Brightstar - predictably evil as usual
[Read the article: The economics of abortion]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Seriously – I appreciate a different POV but this is insane. These people need to go.
And to anyone getting into a conversation with BS – I would first ask you to read a random sampling of his old posts and then ask yourself if you really want to engage this person.
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Kraus
[Read the article: Reader, she married him]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]This is a tacky little press release. But it’s done its job and gotten her lots of press.
I’ll give the marriage a year. It’s going to take that long to come up with enough material for a decent divorce memoir but any longer and we’ll have forgotten who Kraus is…
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I hate chick flicks.
[Read the article: Money, money, money]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Hate. But I am a feminist and I do want to ‘vote’ with my dollars so when it came out I saw Baby Mama. I was just ok. I thought the ending was downright stupid. I briefly thought of seeing the Sex and the City movie – but I really did hate that show (especially the later seasons) so I passed. And now this dumb movie about a dumb play comes out (plus I’m NOT and Abba fan) and I feel like I need to go see that to prove that I love women over 50. I can’t take it!
I hate that the movie industry and the feminist media (why Braodsheet, why?) are making my taste in film into a women’s issue. I don’t like to see people sing and dance in sparkly outfits! Not all women do. I’ll be excited to see HellBoy this week and I’ll be skipping Mama Mia next – don’t interpret that as me disliking women over 50!
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Call her Bluff
[Read the article: How can I convince my girlfriend that this is as good as it gets?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Just because we aren’t sure we want something dosen’t mean it’s up for grabs - especially when you’re 24. Maybe that’s how this would-be-ex feels about the LW. If that’s the case I think waiting around for her is the wrong thing to do: it strikes me as pathetic rather then romantic.
This is what you do LW: break it off, tell her you’ll still be friends and then casually date someone you both know (if you’ve been dating a year and have lots of friends in common this should be a natural move anyway). This is going to make the would-be-ex really examine how she feels about you. Is she jealous? Is she happy for you? Is she pissed off? You’ll force her to answer those hard while you get on with your fabulous life.
And LW: a 24 year old woman who looses interest in sex is bad news. Do you want your life to be a series of head games and no sex? I really do think this is the perfect opportunity to move on. But if you must pursue her do so by being wonderful and sexy and desirable – if she’s not willing to chase you it’s time to admit it’s not love on her part.
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Yeah – it was a Cluster-fuck
[Read the article: Jezebels without a cause]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I’ll start by saying Jezebel is my favorite blog. I don’t really get SlutMachine and I often want to smack Moe in the head – but I can say that about all my girlfriends. What is over there is familiar/real and there is an honest conversation going on between posters and readers.
But I’m super disappointed with them over this. I feel like they let themselves be set up. This was never going to be a night of comedy and feminism. This was always going to be about two groups of feminists slugging it out and those Jezebel girls let themselves get wasted and stupid when they should have been on their toes. I’ve been there myself so it’s hard to judge to harshly.
I’m still a fan of their brand of Gonzo journalism but I wish they’d step it up when dealing with a more conservative audience. And I never thought Salon would be that more conservative audience - but here we are.