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Comment on Tamales On The Run by The cure for the journalism blues « The Media Optimist

The cure for the journalism blues « The Media Optimist — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:25:39 +0000

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Comment on Babe In The Woods by Britt

Britt — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 19:56:25 +0000

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!

Comment on Not in Kansas Anymore by Kathy H

Kathy H — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:56:27 +0000

Latinos have been in Kansas for a long time. My husband’s family hails from Arkansas City and Wichita, and we attended a Hernandez family reunion in Wichita several years ago. His grandparents left Mexico when Pancho Villa was around, and both of his grandfathers worked on the railroads. His parents faced lots of discrimination, and weren’t allowed to swim in the public swimming pool, drink from the Whites Only drinking fountains or attend college.

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Kathy H

Kathy H — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 23:47:08 +0000

Thanks for this honest, insightful post. I wish all neighborhoods were as safe as the one you grew up in.

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Matt Erickson

Matt Erickson — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:59:38 +0000

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.

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Corey P.

Corey P. — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:02:40 +0000

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!

Comment on Babe In The Woods by alex

alex — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 06:39:19 +0000

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

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Katie

Katie — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:02:06 +0000

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.

Comment on Babe In The Woods by kelly

kelly — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 14:30:55 +0000

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.

Comment on Babe In The Woods by Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 23:28:34 +0000

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