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The XX Factor: Slate women blog about politics, etc...
Thursday, July 24, 2008 - Posts
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Melinda , I don't mean to sound calloused and insensitive on top of my stated willingness to invade personal privacy, but, notwithstanding how plucky and determined she is, Elizabeth Edwards has inoperable metastasized cancer. Cancer grows, that's its Read More...
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I'm with Emily B that you can feel terrible for Elizabeth Edwards and still recognize the John Edwards' love child story is news. It's especially news since Edwards has always made biography his strongest selling point. I see Edwards as a sanctimonious Read More...
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About a minute into overreacting to Bonnie's completely hypothetical scenario—hello, Elizabeth Edwards is still very much alive!—I see that I may be identifying with her a little too closely, as an oversharing cancer survivor and all. (Plus, my husband Read More...
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OK, Melinda and Hanna , I wouldn't want to have the job of stalking John Edwards either. But so what? If it's true, the National Enquirer story about him and Rielle Hunter is news, absolutely clearly and by any definition I can think of. And if I'd stumbled Read More...
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Bad juju ? The National Enquirer lived down to its tabloid expectations and gave the press a sweetheart of a bone to chew in the weeks before the political conventions. Mickey’s MSM should send them a thank-you note. Rachael is right. The Edwards’ personal Read More...
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Anyway, Hanna , we agree that the Edwards family should be left alone. (And post-Alberto Gonzales, an AG whose biggest problem is a baby ? Sounds good!) My son's question wasn't a hard one as in, "Uh-oh, what to say?' Just sad, as in another person he Read More...
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Boy, have the tables turned. All that summer chick-lit that features the mother-in-law as the harridan has it backward. Clearly, we are deep in the age of Bridezilla. Inside the Styles of the Times today is a story about brides who want to help the women Read More...
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No, I don't mean cancer should be kept under wraps. I just meant that for a prospective first lady, Elizabeth Edwards behaved more like a 24-year-old blogger. (Here's the link , which someone just sent me). I meant this admiringly; I deeply respect people Read More...
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I don't think it's Elizabeth's oversharing that was the problem! (And you don't mean, Hanna, that cancer ought to be kept under wraps, so as to avoid scaring the grown-ups?) Tonight, my 12-year-old who has been a big fan of Elizabeth's husband since '04—and Read More...
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