The woman in question was sharing her own experiences. It apparently gives her satisfaction and others enjoy reading her. Who the hell am I to tell her what to post or not post? People who don't like her posts can not follow her on Twitter and not go to her blog.
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I have a bunch of health related issues that cause me daily pain. (Not cancer). Outwardly I mostly LOOK okay, so people tend to treat me a specific way if/when I do complain about how I feel, so I tend to keep my issues off of the internet. However there are tons of people that have my condition(s), and without…
False equivalence. Adams is a private person blogging on a free Twitter account and is subject only to the terms of service of Twitter.. Emma Keller is an employee of the Guardian, and per her employment contract is subject to the directives of the editors of the paper. The editors considered her column to be in…
It's not like anybody was forced to read their blogs. If it makes them feel better and nobody was harmed, I'm not sure where the problem is or why main stream media feels this is the "wrong" way for them to cope. Next they'll have an expose on people who unburden themselves on bartenders.
Oh my gods, you wish to highlight "the misuse of social media" and you pick on a CANCER PATIENT? Because coping with illness publicly is in poor taste? And American dollars are being wasted on keeping people alive? What the everloving fuck?
This is just my two cents; offered in drive-by format, since I can't make this my life... but:
Man, you can't listen to death-panel-loving commies.
"Is it wrong to use social media to talk about your illness?"
I can't see how it could be wrong to share your personal experiences so long as you are not misleading others or using it as a platform to push some other agenda that is unrelated to your specific illness. Every person who wants to share their story and perhaps help others with their experiences should be allowed to…
What a person wishes to share over social media is their concern. If someone says something you don't like you're not required to read it. Someone "overshares" you're not required to follow them. Clearly people appreciate Lisa Adam's social presence.
Gods, this. Is the concept that different people have different coping mechanisms so hard to fathom? And who exactly is forcing the Kellers to read Adams' feed?
Former cancer patient here: No. No it is not.
Certain illnesses still have an aura of stigma surrounding them that prevents their suffers from coming forth and speaking. People simply did not talk about cancer a generation ago. I say more power to those who talk about it because they're bravely risking judgment and shame for simply acknowledging the reality of…
I had to turn it off last night. I've written about rape in my own work, and I know it's a reality and I think it's an important subject to explore, BUT. As I said to my partner-spouse (husband feels super weird still, sorry) today, rape as a plot device simply to set up an emotional fallout—and, I agree with a lot…
Not rapes that were intercut with exquisite opera music to punctuate what a BIG DRAMATIC MOMENT the show was having. Fuck this show.
I read Anne Frank's "Diary" as a young girl, over and over again. When you get to the end, and you read the closing notes - when you find out that her life ended almost as abruptly as her diary - you feel a great sense of loss. Like you've lost a friend, somebody you'd grown to know and appreciate. A vivacious,…
My sweet Melissa McCarthy: Somebody finally styled her right.
This looks like what Andy from Pretty In Pink would wear if she had to go to another prom.