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I'm sensing a pattern here. Ayelet Waldman writes an article, she confesses bad thoughts/bad things that she's been doing, or feels that she's been doing, and then she receives angry letters from readers who seem to feel that she's insulted them personally. How dare she write about wishing that her son was gay! How dare she write about her eating disorder!
Maybe Salon needs to reformat the pieces or something, lead them off with "One Woman's Opinion" or some such disclaimer. Really, it seems like many of these letter writers are so angry about their chosen topic du jour, and are just looking for an excuse to explode into rightous indignation.
I mean, I re-read the article to see if I missed anything. It seems like Ms. Waldman was writing about how she has an eating disorder, and how she's upset with herself for having an eating disorder. How dare she!
What am amazing culture we've created, where you can get screamed at in letters for trying to honestly say what's on your mind.
