2. People think it's cool to publish a book of their tweets. (Nope.)
3. People think it's cool to tweet about their miscarriage -- and then rejoice about not having to wait in line for an abortion. (Yikes.)
4. George Clooney would rather have a rectal exam than join Twitter, and he's way cool. Jon Stewart hates Twitter too. (So does Maureen Dowd, but she's not that cool.)
5. Culture-crazy Christians have already made their own version of Twitter, just like they did with YouTube, because "Twitter-land needs a little more Jesus!" It's "microblogging-as-ministry!" (Gag.)
Disclaimer: This is not intended to be fair to Twitter.
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I hate twitter. But I don't think the miscarriage one belongs on the list. I think that's more a topic of what do and don't we want to admit/talk about publicly (would it be ok if she'd sent it to post-secret?)
I actually had an interesting discussion about this with some friends on Google Reader. I certainly have no problem with women (and men, for that matter) speaking publicly about miscarriage. What I dislike is people posting extremely personal information in an extremely public forum, treating a sad, painful subject like miscarriage with such flippancy, and the horrible, crass, heartlessness of rejoicing about not having to wait in line at an abortion clinic (though I do understand this is an emotional statement related to my beliefs about abortion, not hers).
Imagine a husband twittering "The wife had a miscarriage this morning - so glad I don't have to wait in line at the abortion clinic this weekend!" Then try to justify in your mind how that's not ok but Trunk's tweet is. Granted, the wife has a greater justification for it than the husband (it happened to her, after all), but in my view, neither are ok, and seeing it from this angle puts the situation in a different light.
What really grinds my gears is her attempt to spin an unwise tweet into a grand fight (in which she plays the liberated heroine) for women's rights in the workplace. Eh, I don't buy it.
I thought this article on the whole thing was pretty well put, if you're interested.
To answer your question, I think sending a postcard to post-secret about your miscarriage (at work or wherever) is perfectly acceptable. It is a private forum, in a way. But I don't think I will ever be comfortable with someone rejoicing over not having to deal with the hassle of an abortion, like it's the DMV or something. No matter on which side of the issue you fall, we can all agree that abortion is an extremely difficult experience which shouldn't be taken lightly. From her own history, Trunk knows this.
One last point: her argument that posting about her miscarriage on Twitter falls under the category of "being honest about our work" seems like the stretch of the century to me.
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