tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post8608403006848688452..comments2023-11-19T21:42:17.901-08:00Comments on My Path to Mommyhood: An Article Makes Me Mad Enough to Write A LetterJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-69138360097120779182013-08-31T07:13:48.927-07:002013-08-31T07:13:48.927-07:00Thank you! I hope they get a lot of letters. I can...Thank you! I hope they get a lot of letters. I can't be the only one who read the article and felt so angry and hurt by it... :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-1541020399405161352013-08-30T14:37:48.278-07:002013-08-30T14:37:48.278-07:00Well said! I hope that they review the letter and...Well said! I hope that they review the letter and, even if they don't publish it, I hope the editor-in-chief will think about how hurtful and insulting certain comments can be the next time a similar article is submitted for publication. Well done. :)Princess Wahna Bea Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13525236950612612052noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-57232409803509298722013-08-28T14:30:37.827-07:002013-08-28T14:30:37.827-07:00Thanks, everyone! I received an email stating that...Thanks, everyone! I received an email stating that my letter had been forwarded to the editor-in-chief... not sure if it's the standard receipt letter but it seemed personalized. I hope it gets published. It STILL makes me mad thinking about it! :) Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-79012114562407984602013-08-24T19:29:33.615-07:002013-08-24T19:29:33.615-07:00The excerpts you shared just pissed me off! The ti...The excerpts you shared just pissed me off! The title of the article is the absolute worst! Thank you so much for speaking up. Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069220262683215373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-17064152669872420112013-08-22T20:56:18.825-07:002013-08-22T20:56:18.825-07:00So proud of you for speaking your mind and the tru...So proud of you for speaking your mind and the truth and sending it in. You are one of the voices the IF community needs and one of the voices that everyone else needs to hear. You're right, neither option is easy or better or right for everyone. Hope it gets published!smh06https://www.blogger.com/profile/09172073612929849031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-27167208304397482272013-08-20T14:09:30.170-07:002013-08-20T14:09:30.170-07:00Hurrah!!!! Hurrah!!!! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-59890180934457079632013-08-19T14:09:09.965-07:002013-08-19T14:09:09.965-07:00Great letter! I hope that they publish it!Great letter! I hope that they publish it!Non Sequitur Chicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07268138421234170972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-46679419870927645992013-08-18T19:21:20.728-07:002013-08-18T19:21:20.728-07:00Thank you--I am so hoping that I at least get a re...Thank you--I am so hoping that I at least get a response. To have an excerpt published would be great. To have any backlash published would be great--I CAN'T be the only one who is infuriated by that article. Grrrr!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-40094814380222277872013-08-18T19:20:14.606-07:002013-08-18T19:20:14.606-07:00I did! I totally sent it. I sent it to letters@gla...I did! I totally sent it. I sent it to letters@glamour.com, but am considering sending it via snail mail as well. Overkill? I agree, it's so destructive to try to do it all and have it all, but for the love, there is so much judgment already rampant in how pregnant bodies look and how quickly you "lose the baby weight" and whether you breast feed or stay home or get a nanny or go to daycare or become a Pinterest queen... do we really have to have the judgment go back to HOW we conceive? There were so many other points that she could have made besides attacking women's choice. Which last I checked, we've worked really hard to have choices as women and to have them honored and valued. Gargh. (I am still really angry about it!) I believe that adoption and infertility treatments are both pathways to the same end, but to call one easier or less expensive when there are considerations on both sides... GAGH. Thanks for your support!Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15868505568965284742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-41486169595076973932013-08-18T14:23:30.240-07:002013-08-18T14:23:30.240-07:00Totally worthy rant! I hope to see your letter pub...Totally worthy rant! I hope to see your letter published in the next issue!Lindsey Gagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16656369641031473734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7998166587816121679.post-66997291733924656772013-08-18T09:15:24.342-07:002013-08-18T09:15:24.342-07:00My SIL posted this article on Facebook and it real...My SIL posted this article on Facebook and it really bothered me too, though I couldn't come up with the words to say why. You did a great job though. Did you send it to them?<br /><br />The miseducation about how people should "just adopt" is so rampant. I have shocked- SHOCKED- friends by telling them how it really is (in one case, really disappointing a friend who is single and doesn't make much money and thought adoption was a realistic option for herself- then I felt like a real jerk, but that's the truth, babe). <br /><br />I agree with the main premise that women- and men- shouldn't try to "have it all." But the language and thoughts in the section on ART are just wrong. Learn something before you write and publish on it. Geesh.Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04638991577065880208noreply@blogger.com