Re: RAT A comment in general

["Karen Cronacher" <kcron@ix.netcom.com>]

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>From: Matt Bretz <mabretz@cbomedia.com>
>To: rat-list@whirl-i-gig.com
>Subject: Re: RAT A comment in general
>Date: Wed, Feb 24, 1999, 4:27 PM
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>karen,
>
>i, for one, have been biting my own tongue, not your ass.  as i wrote to
>you before, i understand the frustration you are expressing. 
*Thanks.

 i
>recommend that you look back over the correspondence you've generated
>and see if you continue to feel that you are being attacked

*I felt hurt by the "stop whining" comment and John Sylvain's post about my
negativity.



.  i see a
>constructive dialogue with a variety of different opinions.

*so do i!  I'm loving it!

  i see
>people offering assistance and you biting their hands.

*I've lost you here.  What are you talking about???? i feel misunderstood.

  i see you
>allowing your frustration to turn you against a potentially great
>resource -- people who are interested in what you have to say.  how many
>people have requested a copy of your play as a result of this exchange?

*About 9. I'm not against anyone, almost everyone has been supportive and
generous.  I've thanked everyone individually.
 
>incidentally, for my part, i CHOOSE the sewer but i am more than willing
>to help you get out of it if that's what you want.

*I'm talking bout living through the rainiest winter in Seattle EVER, not
sewer as in underground.
 
 but less so if you
>are going to drop thinly veiled nuggets of "sexism" back on my head as
>you emerge into the light.

* I haven't called anyone sexist, but all men have critiqued my posts, no
women who understand fluctuating estrogen levels.  And women whining--that's
quite the stereotype i want to avoid. Men and women communicate differently
and if there is sexism i am going to name it.
 
 my instincts tell me that few of the
responses you have received were gender specific
*see above
 
with the exception
>perhaps of your "rescue" as you put it by jonathan whom i concede is
>quite gallant and as great an asset to LA now as i'm sure he was to
>seattle.

*I just loved it when Jonathan reminded us not to tell each other how or
what to post.  I won't deny i'm an agent provacateur.  Isn't that rat?

Karen
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>matthew
>