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Saturday, Nov 7, 2009
Kim 1977
Published Letters: 199 Editor's Choice: 9
Queen Latifah can call herself whatever she wishes. It does not change the fact that she is talented. Indeed, she gave the only decent performance in CHICAGO as far as I am concerned, and unlike her two co-stars, she could actually sing.
No matter what you think of Oprah's show or her literary picks, the fact remains that by naming Frey's 'memoir' an Oprah Book Club pick, she did this guy a huge favor and thrust the book and Frey into the public's attention.
Frey had numerous chances to set the record straight and/or even apologize for 'tweaking' the truth. The fact is Frey is a liar who got caught. He should just be thankful that in his case, his lying resulted in him making a ton of money.
Danielle writes: 'Frey wasn't writing a news report for CNN. He's not Stephen Glass. He wrote a book, a memoir. Show me a memoir that is a good read that ISNT filled w/ hyperbole. Frey has no obligation to represent his life factually to anyone. It's HIS recollection--HIS version. '
Fair enough-no one is accusing Frey of being a journalist. However, I have a problem with the fact that Frey presented this a memoir-implying that it was non fiction- and clearly, it is not.
There is a big difference between hyperbole and outright lying. Either Frey served 3 months in jail or he did not. I don't know how 'his version' that he did when he did not can be seen as anything other than a flat-out lie.
Seriously, this is the worst article I have read in all my years as a salon reader. Yikes!
Sorry, but salon.com has changed and some of those changes have not been for the best.
I remember Mothers Who Think. While some of those features were far from great, the majority of them, when compared to Ms. William's piece, look positively prize-worthy.
So a woman's sex life changes after she has a baby. Shock! How'd have thought that?
As far as Ms. William's claim that: 'When it comes to sex, I've always been an overachiever' I can only wonder why she chose to share that. Seriously, would she like an award for that? Perhaps she could call Jenna Jameson and see if she cares. . .
I don't know if there is another person named Kim who posted as I have not read all the letters, but I did not make comments AT ALL on this topic or anyone about people who chose to have children. I suggest in the future you when writing your letters you at least get the author correct.
BTW, unless I did not make it clear, my last letter was directed to 'anonymous' who (mistakenly) claimed that I wrote letters in which I referred to people as 'assholes'.
the editor ever takes the suggestions and comments of the readers to heart when making decisions like this new Letters to the Editor update. (By that I am referring to the ones without the editor's choice stars next to them.)
I believe that Mary Sunshine and Smartipants' respective posts say it all. It is your site, do what ya want but don't be surprised if some of your subscribers (including me) are less than thrilled by this recent update. I make it a point never to use my full name when making blog comments, and this is no exception. I have written letters to the editor in the past in which I used my full name, but I have no intention to do so in this medium.
If Ms. Albert had published these books under her own name they probably would have found their way in the discount section of Barnes and Noble weeks after their publication. Instead, she invents a larger-than-life persona and presto! 'J T LeRoy' becomes the darling of the hipster set.
IMO, the only 'tragedy' about this whole unintentionally hilarious saga is that it shows very clearly that more often than not, talent plays little to no role at all in determining who is going to be the next star of the literary world. (BTW, I use 'star' loosely as I was only vaguely familiar with LeRoy's novels prior to this expose.)
Articles like these are the reason why I became a salon.com premium member in the first place.
To Laurel: Why do you feel that ALL open adoptions are wrong? Also, why question the African-American's mother to place her biracial baby with a white family? I am curious if you would you question her if she had placed the child with an African-American family?
JohnnieGirl: Are you serious when you say that 30 is too old to start a family? Let's see: my own mother was 33 when I was born and my grandmother was 41 when she had her last child. Also, my boyfriend's mother was a whooping 35 when he came a long. Based on your comments, I guess it is a miracle that either that any of us were ever born.
As far as your comments about women having a '5 year window', I finished my undergraduate studies at 22 and obtained my MA at 24. After school, I held a number of exciting albeit low to middle-paying jobs. For many years, I did not even have a serious boyfriend for my years. Also, (GASP!) I simply did not feel that I was ready to undertake the massive responsiblity of raising a child in my 20s.
BTW, my situation is far from unique. A lot of young women find themselves in similar situations. Having a child simply because one is scared that their biological clock is ticking away is one of the dumbest reasons I think of for bringing a child into this world.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
The Maine fight was supposed to be the dress rehearsal for repealing California's Prop. 8 -- but gay marriage lost
Once one obtains Seriousness credentials in the Washington media, they are irrevocable no matter one's conduct.
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