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Spike's Bitches 24: I'm Very Seldom Naughty.

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Amy - May 31, 2005 4:21:40 pm PDT #1994 of 10001

Because books.

It's about time someone stepped up to the plate and used their celebrity to examine it as a serious issue.

Right. Even if Brooke's announcement was self-serving to some degree, I think Cruise's mean-spirited attack is just...well, mean-spirited. He may believe it's true, but it's hard for me to understand how people who *do* believe that medicine is bad can't understand how many dead people there would be without antibiotics and chemo and all the other not!vitamin cures we rely on.

sj - May 31, 2005 4:24:43 pm PDT #1995 of 10001

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I looked back in the thread and I can't find the original post, Brooke who?

Cashmere - May 31, 2005 4:26:39 pm PDT #1996 of 10001

Now tagless for your comfort.

Shields.

sj - May 31, 2005 4:27:43 pm PDT #1997 of 10001

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

Thanks, Cashmere. I kind of figured that was who it was, but I wanted to be sure.

Fred Pete - May 31, 2005 4:28:05 pm PDT #1998 of 10001

Ann, that's a ferret.

I'm in the "Tom & Katie's age difference doesn't squick me" category. But I was 13+ years younger than my first BF, so, glass houses and all that.

Besides, there are so many other reasons (as people have pointed out) to be squicked.

Laura - May 31, 2005 4:29:41 pm PDT #1999 of 10001

Our wings are not tired.

A bit on the Cruise Shields stuff. [link]

You notice my respect for Brooke in not slashing that.

sj - May 31, 2005 4:30:39 pm PDT #2000 of 10001

"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."

I am 10 years younger than Teacup Guy, and age difference usually doesn't squick me, but there is just something skeevy about Tom and Katie.

Laura - May 31, 2005 4:31:28 pm PDT #2001 of 10001

Our wings are not tired.

Being 11 years older than Brendon I am not squicked by the ages. Tom squicks me plenty on his own. I am without knowledge of Katie other than her poor choice of men.

Hil R. - May 31, 2005 4:38:11 pm PDT #2002 of 10001

Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l

It actually wasn't until pretty recently that I noticed how little people knew about PPD. A lot of women in my family have had it, and since the time I've been old enough to babysit a newborn, I've gotten the "If a friend who's just had a baby calls and says she needs help, drop whatever you're doing and immediately go and take care of the baby and help with the cooking or cleaning or whatever until either she seems totally OK or another adult gets there" lecture pretty regularly. I was completely stunned when I was discussing the Andrea Yates case with some friends, and one of them said, "I don't believe PPD exists. I mean, babies make you happy."

And yeah, really quite stunned at Cruise's comments right now.

DavidS - May 31, 2005 4:39:57 pm PDT #2003 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Emmett's Mom had really bad PPD, and it was quite dangerous to both him and her. It's only because two of my close women friends were monitoring her closely that we were able to diagnose it and get her on ADs. It was really fucking scary.

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