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post #81 of 101
12/17/06 at 11:28am
I just met the writer last night at a party...: : : : :

I'll just say we had a very Looooooonnnnggggggg conversation! As soon as I found out who she was I cornered her and got down to business for almost 3 hours! Don't think I changed anything about her opinon but she did mention that she's "gettting a bit of mail...".

Small world, eh?
post #82 of 101
12/18/06 at 5:53pm
Just wanted to update -- the paper's run a total of 4 responses to the column, most recently today. I wonder if they're treating the letters on this subject as letters to the columnist herself rather than as letters to the editor...?

And hey, 2crazykids, I know you! I'm your cousin's friend's wife, with toddler twins! Last time I saw you I believe we were annoying your cousin's wife with our baby/nursing stories... unless I was still pg at the time. I can't remember exactly. Hello!
post #83 of 101
12/18/06 at 9:08pm
Oh hey there! Yes, we do know each other...I do believe you were at my wedding? Yes?

I would love to see those babies sometime! Tell M I said Hi! Totally a small world getting smaller every day! Obviously, from my most recent post I was in NL for a few days. We'll be down around New Year's possibly...can we see you? hang? I don't know what my cuz is doing but if he's smart he's hanging with ME!

BTW, I loved our last chat and I was so happy to hear that everything is going so well with those cuties...Great Job!

All of this really belongs in a PM, sorry...I'm just so excited to know someone IRL on this board!!!!

During out "convo" with the author of the column she indicated that the letters were indeed going directly to her and she was obligated to answer, however I am not sure if she answering them all with a personal letter, etc.

Maybe Soxfan mom knows more?
post #84 of 101
12/19/06 at 12:56am
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Originally Posted by 2crazykids View Post
I just met the writer last night at a party...: : : : :

I'll just say we had a very Looooooonnnnggggggg conversation! As soon as I found out who she was I cornered her and got down to business for almost 3 hours! Don't think I changed anything about her opinon but she did mention that she's "gettting a bit of mail...".

Small world, eh?
Ummm..heck no. You simply can't make a post like this and not explain. S'plain yourself, Lucy!!!! We want to know the conversation!!
post #85 of 101
12/19/06 at 2:24am
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Oh hey there! Yes, we do know each other...I do believe you were at my wedding? Yes?
It's me! PMing you now...
post #86 of 101
12/19/06 at 10:56am
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Originally Posted by knowerofnada View Post
Ummm..heck no. You simply can't make a post like this and not explain. S'plain yourself, Lucy!!!! We want to know the conversation!!
Honestly, I wasn't even sure I could post about this! I felt really weird about discussing stuff about MDC with her (considering how this thread began..) and I certainly don't want to compromise Soxfan Mom's postion. I am just not familar enough with journalistic ethics enough to know what to say and what not to say. But considering her column was based on VERY LITTLE research and entirely on her opinon : I guess it's fine to discuss what was said...

In her defense she never divulged that she was the writer it was only after me taking 10 minutes trying to figure out where I have seen her face and name that I put 2 and 2 together...

I think the most interesting part of this very looonnngg convo was the sudden involvement of other women at the party. Mind you I was not attempting to discuss FF vs. BFing at all, but the issue ultimately turned to that : . You have to understand that this area of NL is super-duper mainstream, the idea of bfing is "new" and "different" at best. One woman's story that seemed to stand out was a young woman who had a baby 8 years ago who only had 6 weeks off from work (as a casino craps dealer) and there was NO WAY she was even going to consider bfing and how the nurses were pressuring her and how horrible it was for them to do that to her, yadda, yadda. I felt really sorry for her...I could hear the guilt and resentment in her voice as thick as hot tar on old broken pavement! She's clearly mad for the wrong reason...our culture and society had not let her even have a choice and lack of education solidified that misunderstanding. The mentality here is that Formula = Freedom!

As for the writer, her lack of education was clearly evident. I gave her a good education though . She learned all about the Nestle boycott, the doctor payoff from the 30's and 40's, the pharmaceutical lobby, marketing in hospitals, the over-sexualization of female breasts, etc. She really had no idea why our culture "should" feel offended by uncovered breasts. This is how embedded in the mainstream these people are! Her column was just proliferating the same uneducated sentiment and giving good excuse to continue the culture of misunderstanding. But the truth will make its way out no matter how hard culture tries to quelch it.

Bottom line: Her breasts are for her and her husband's sexual enjoyment only. Nobody else should ever see them and they should never see anyone elses. I am paraphrasing a direct quote from her. Then I pointed out that I could see the majority of her breasts with the very sexy top she was wearing... Oh well, there goes that argument!
post #87 of 101
12/19/06 at 11:50am
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Originally Posted by 2crazykids View Post
the doctor payoff from the 30's and 40's,
Tell me more Please!
post #88 of 101
12/19/06 at 2:24pm
Thread Starter 
This is all very interesting. Wow, what a small world! I'm guessing that for whatever reason, they (the letters editors) just ran the local responses. Now, there is a California letter in today regarding a different subject, so I can't figure it out.
post #89 of 101
12/19/06 at 3:07pm
2crazykids -- I don't get it -- if you live in NY and she lives in CT, why would you and the author have met at a party? I'm so confused
post #90 of 101
12/19/06 at 3:09pm
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Originally Posted by knowerofnada View Post
2crazykids -- I don't get it -- if you live in NY and she lives in CT, why would you and the author have met at a party? I'm so confused
Parts of these two states are right near each other.
post #91 of 101
12/19/06 at 3:20pm
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Originally Posted by Momtwice View Post
Parts of these two states are right near each other.
That's not what I meant! I just seems like a huge coincidence, I was wondering what brought them together....
post #92 of 101
12/19/06 at 3:30pm
I get it now! A "what are the odds!?!?" feeling.
post #93 of 101
12/19/06 at 4:00pm
not there anymore...so I can't read it...but apparently I'm guessing it was horrible.
post #94 of 101
12/19/06 at 4:45pm
It's still there, but you'd have to pay for it to read it. I also missed it, which sounds like a good thing for my blood pressure. :
post #95 of 101
12/19/06 at 5:01pm
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Originally Posted by knowerofnada View Post
That's not what I meant! I just seems like a huge coincidence, I was wondering what brought them together....
My DH's fam and mine as well are from NL, CT. My DH and I grew up there and still have lots of friends and family in NL. The party we went to on Saturday night was a house warming for a friend of a friend of a friend...

It's all one big happy family in NL, everyone knows everything about and you and everything you did back in high school!:

The only exception was that I got outta there when I was 19 and lived in Portland, OR for 10 years.
post #96 of 101
12/19/06 at 5:03pm
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This is all very interesting. Wow, what a small world! I'm guessing that for whatever reason, they (the letters editors) just ran the local responses. Now, there is a California letter in today regarding a different subject, so I can't figure it out.
I'm local, and they haven't run my letter, or called to confirm my information, or anything. I guess they're just not going to run it! :
post #97 of 101
12/19/06 at 5:15pm
Oh ok, 2crazykids. I was just wondering, what in the world?! LOL.

Did y'all see the MAN who wrote the letter about CT, BF, and the law? KUDOS to him! I love it when men get involved in these issues. I feel like people listen better because it's not just w "whiny woman". Kwim??
post #98 of 101
12/27/06 at 1:04am
Just got a call from the paper -- they're running my letter "soon." Anyone else get a call?
post #99 of 101
12/27/06 at 2:42am
No, and I won't - she didn't like my letter much! Her ignorance on the subject and bias came through clearly with her response to me though. Oh well - maybe somebody else got through to her!!!
post #100 of 101
12/27/06 at 11:25am
"Hey, but right now I can see your dirtypillows!" Love it.
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