Comments on: Babe In The Woods http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/ the american experience starts here Mon, 05 Apr 2010 20:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 By: Britt http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-515 Britt Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:56:25 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-515 Devin, What a powerful essay! Your words, your candor and your bravery. .. touching on so many issues both personal and social. Thank you for sharing your very compelling point of view. Stellar pieces both of you! Devin, What a powerful essay! Your words, your candor and your bravery. .. touching on so many issues both personal and social. Thank you for sharing your very compelling point of view. Stellar pieces both of you!

]]> By: Kathy H http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-513 Kathy H Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:47:08 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-513 Thanks for this honest, insightful post. I wish all neighborhoods were as safe as the one you grew up in. Thanks for this honest, insightful post. I wish all neighborhoods were as safe as the one you grew up in.

]]> By: Matt Erickson http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Matt Erickson Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:59:38 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-501 Growing up in a suburb a few towns - and skin tones and socioeconomic layers - over from Detroit, it is hard to reconcile the nightly-news-fueled paranoia of my mother ("you're going to get killed!!") with the overcompensatory, 'not-racist' posturing of my friends ("people totally act like they're going to get killed"). In the end, both are things said only by Babes in the Woods. A brave and thoughtful article, with refreshing candor about the ambivalence some of us feel when we know we are out of place but don't want to feel like we are prejudiced either. Growing up in a suburb a few towns – and skin tones and socioeconomic layers – over from Detroit, it is hard to reconcile the nightly-news-fueled paranoia of my mother (“you’re going to get killed!!”) with the overcompensatory, ‘not-racist’ posturing of my friends (“people totally act like they’re going to get killed”).

In the end, both are things said only by Babes in the Woods.

A brave and thoughtful article, with refreshing candor about the ambivalence some of us feel when we know we are out of place but don’t want to feel like we are prejudiced either.

]]> By: Corey P. http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-499 Corey P. Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:02:40 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-499 Devin and Carmen, What a powerful article. I work in the neighborhood you write about but I never considered living there- I guess its easy to turn it off and drive back to WeHo before dusk, which has been my routine for years. What brave pieces of writing! Thank you! Devin and Carmen,

What a powerful article. I work in the neighborhood you write about but I never considered living there- I guess its easy to turn it off and drive back to WeHo before dusk, which has been my routine for years.
What brave pieces of writing! Thank you!

]]> By: alex http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-498 alex Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:39:19 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-498 fantastic works, babes! i hope never to see this headline, Devin: "White Girl in Heels Runs Through MacArthur Park After Midnight, Gets Shot". i will hold you responsible, even if it's not about you. but really, beyond poignant fantastic works, babes! i hope never to see this headline, Devin: “White Girl in Heels Runs Through MacArthur Park After Midnight, Gets Shot”. i will hold you responsible, even if it’s not about you.

but really, beyond poignant

]]> By: Katie http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-497 Katie Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:02:06 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-497 Devin, I do not know you, but I know your sister Kelly from UMASS. She "advertised" your piece on Facebook and I decided to take a look...and I am glad I did. I loved it and I wholeheartedly agree with the other girl who commented that she felt terrified by the end. This is of course good and bad for you--bad because this is where you live and what you experience on a daily basis. But of course good because you've written something powerful. Thanks for sharing. Devin,

I do not know you, but I know your sister Kelly from UMASS. She “advertised” your piece on Facebook and I decided to take a look…and I am glad I did. I loved it and I wholeheartedly agree with the other girl who commented that she felt terrified by the end. This is of course good and bad for you–bad because this is where you live and what you experience on a daily basis. But of course good because you’ve written something powerful.

Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: kelly http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-496 kelly Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:30:55 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-496 Two very powerful pieces, thank you both for sharing. Some of us now have a tiny window into your life and into your fear. Please, please be careful and mindful of living in the woods of your neighborhoods. After writing these personal tales, have either of you entertained the idea of moving out of your current homestead? I am curious to know. Two very powerful pieces, thank you both for sharing. Some of us now have a tiny window into your life and into your fear. Please, please be careful and mindful of living in the woods of your neighborhoods.

After writing these personal tales, have either of you entertained the idea of moving out of your current homestead? I am curious to know.

]]> By: Sarah http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-494 Sarah Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:28:34 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-494 Devin, I can feel the honesty in your writing as well as the wish that the truth were different. As I have said before, I respect your work and the intention that guides you. Thank you. Sarah Devin,

I can feel the honesty in your writing as well as the wish that the truth were different. As I have said before, I respect your work and the intention that guides you. Thank you.

Sarah

]]> By: erin http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-493 erin Tue, 15 Dec 2009 19:23:25 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-493 Beautifully written and provocative pieces! Beautifully written and provocative pieces!

]]> By: Alex http://macarthurparkmedia.com/2009/12/babe-in-the-woods/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Alex Tue, 15 Dec 2009 13:28:01 +0000 http://macarthurparkmedia.com/?p=444#comment-492 Wow! Two well written essays that bring an urgent intimacy to the experience of living in the MacArthur Park neighborhood! Thank you for sharing these, most people can become removed from the day-to-day problems this neighborhood faces and the fears that shadow them - these very personal essays bring the very personal realities to light. Wonderful! Wow! Two well written essays that bring an urgent intimacy to the experience of living in the MacArthur Park neighborhood! Thank you for sharing these, most people can become removed from the day-to-day problems this neighborhood faces and the fears that shadow them – these very personal essays bring the very personal realities to light. Wonderful!

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