Letters to the Editor
Anne in NYC
Published Letters: 342 Editor's Choice: 38
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Re: ‘I just made the mistake of watching that while eating lunch.’
[Read the article: "WTF" of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I’d just like to point out that if a guy called my sex-juice vomit inducing I'd consider him both a bad lay and jerk.
I thought the PSA was funny and I liked that it gave a shout out to gay teens at the end. I'm not really sure where the WTF is coming from on this one.
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In the immortal words of Yoda…
[Read the article: "WTF" of the day]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Who is the more foolish: the fool or the fool that follows him?
You fellows protest too much. You know you love it or you wouldn't be here. That simple.
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Sometimes it’s really not about you
[Read the article: Cell-u-later, street harassers!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]“Walking down the hallways, probably at least half the time or more, a smile, nod, or "hello" from me to a woman at work results in dead silence, her looking away, or even a suspicious or snarling look that seems to be saying, "Why are you talking to me or looking at me? What do you want? Leave me alone and mind your own business!" As if I'm about to pounce on her and rip her clothes off, right there in the hallway at a major office building!”
Or she might have her mind on the job and is not thinking about exchanging social pleasantries with every person she passes. You seem to be saying that if a woman is brisk and busy she’s being ‘unkind’ so some poor guy who only wants a smile and a hello every time he sees her. Honestly - it’s enough to make a girl want to stay at her desk.
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@ huh? wow, you are way too obscure for me
[Read the article: Cell-u-later, street harassers!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]People make my head hurt. Is it really any wonder I try to ignore most of them?
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she sounds pro-choice to me
[Read the article: Can you be both pro-life and a feminist?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I just don’t see how this author is saying anything different then any other pro-choice person. Every pro-choice person I know will tell you that, in a perfect world, they would hope for abortions to be very rare. No one thinks abortions are a bunch of fun. Isn’t that even the Planned Parenthood motto? Safe and rare?
This lady might think abortion is wrong – but she sounds very pro-choice. I think the real evidence of that is the pro-choice movement certainly wouldn’t have her with all those liberal ideas of hers.
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pardon my typo
[Read the article: Can you be both pro-life and a feminist?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I meant to say it’s the pro-life movement who wouldn’t have her with all those liberal ideas (like early, non-surgical abortion and sex-ed).
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It’s all fun and games until the machines take over
[Read the article: Sex with robots = feminism?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]From the Terminator to those Fracking Toasters - all I can think of now is pornographic sci-fi.
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Hard to Watch
[Read the article: Your daily Palin: Debate response edition]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I felt embarrassed for Palin. She seemed so out of sorts for that first 15 minutes I could hardly look at her – for a while there I did literally shield my eyes. And they way she kept going back to energy not matter what the question was: horrible. And the Biblical quotes! Bible Spice, indeed.
In the end I think Palin has a tremendous in common with Bush. When she has no idea what to say she just blindly starts going into these talking points.
I really don’t understand McCain’s choice here – had he put Kay Bailey up there she’d have been just as cute and just as charming (she was a UT cheerleader and she has an accent!) as well as smart and competent. I really do think this is just as much about McCain’s judgment as it is about Palin herself.
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Report it to the MTA?
[Read the article: NYC Transit to women: Holla back, girls]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In the time it would take to report such a thing the guy would be LONG gone. It’s much better to shame him in that moment and then report it.
A few months ago, on a very crowded train, I herd a woman threaten a man who had (apparently) touched her inappropriately. Every person on that train turned to look at the guy who was looking very red and very guilty. Some people took photos of him with their phones and offered to send them to the woman for her police report. The guy in question ended up in the corner of the train trying to hide his face and at the next stop he ran away – not the experience he was hoping for I’m sure.
So it is about the woman standing up and saying ‘NO,’ but it’s also about the rest of us backing her up. I’m not talking about mob justice – but this is one of those crimes we’ve all got to address in the moment or it’s gone.
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@ nexus6
[Read the article: NYC Transit to women: Holla back, girls]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Right on! I’ve heard lots of stories like this recently.
I’ve also heard from women who weren’t confident enough to speak up and they let themselves get molested for several stops without saying a word (and on a crowded train you can get trapped in a corner and no one else can see what's happening). That is no way to live. That’s why women have to speak up! I promise that whole train has got your back – you’ve just got to let people know you’re in trouble.
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@ No Cops on the Subway Anyway
[Read the article: NYC Transit to women: Holla back, girls]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Most of the trains have intercoms now. You talk to the conductor and he’ll make sure the police are there when the doors open at the next stop. Of course – on a crowed train you’re probably going to need to ask someone else to make that call for you. That’s why it’s important to speak up!