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By: Imaginary Boyfriends. The List. | Cleavage by Kelly Diels.

Imaginary Boyfriends. The List. | Cleavage by Kelly Diels. — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 02:31:01 +0000

[...] Penelope Trunk [...]

By: Allison

Allison — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 09:39:16 +0000

I’m not a fan of Penelope Trunk. My general attitude, at least 95% of the time, is read her “advice” and do the exact opposite, because so much of what she says boils down to “ignore your gut instincts, don’t do what feels right to *you* and the only way you’ll succeed is to follow these ridiculous rules I’m making up.”

Much of what you say in this post is right, and you had me second-thinking myself as I read her tweet and some of her related articles. But I still can’t take her seriously. If she was actually upset, not grateful and sarcastic about the situation, yeah, I’d agree that it is a real thing that other women go through and should be addressed. But don’t think you can speak for the women who are actually distraught when they have a miscarriage if you’d rather do cartwheels about it.

By: Nathan Hangen

Nathan Hangen — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 03:29:43 +0000

First, your writing is wonderful. You have an amazing talent for that.

As for the meat of the post, while I agree that women should be able to talk about it (my family has been there), I’m not sure if her Tweet was a good way to do it. I don’t understand why should would Tweet about it, but I won’t begrudge her for it. Just the way she phrased it seemed inhumane and as if she was disgusted by the thought of a baby inside of her.

By: Jenny

Jenny — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 19:51:45 +0000

So your blog is basically amazing. And I’ve only read one post and your guest post on ProBlogger. Love it and can’t wait to catch up on the other 9 posts waiting for me in my Google Reader folder for your site. Thank you for producing such kick-ass content.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:44:02 +0000

Oh, Kelly,
You access the things I think and feel on such a profound level that I don't know that I can put my reactions into a concise or articulate comment.
Yes. Yes, yes yes.
In order to really be free we have to be able to talk about our lives. To be able to shift the paradigm we all have to be brave like Penelope, not afraid to speak of things that are "supposed" to be shameful and scary and gross.
I'm nowhere near as brave as Penelope or as you are, but you (and she) are inspirations to me.
Thank you.

Muriel Rukeyser: "What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open."

Lindsey
www.adesignsovast.com

By: Jillian Davis

Jillian Davis — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:07:01 +0000

another great post kelly diels. glad to see that havi brooks and you and naomi dunford (and penelope – though haven’t read her post yet) are talking about feminine zeitgeist stuff this week.
Jillian