Man Dates

[susandennis]

This morning I read a story that amazed me (amazed that it was in our paper) and then annoyed me and then pissed me off so I wrote to the editor.

Here's the story: Man Dates

Here's my email:

-----Original Message-----
From: Susan Dennis [mailto:susandennis@gmail.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 12, 2005 2:09 PM
To: features@seattlepi.com
Subject: Man Dates - give me a break

I don't know that I have ever been as offended by anything I've read in the
P-I as I was by your printing of this NYTimes article. One of the things I
like best about Seattle is that I can go about my daily life without -
usually - having my face rubbed in the homophobia that grips the rest of the
nation. Wrongo today. This morning I was slapped in the face by your 'oh
my god, they might be gay and how horrible would that be' stupid article.

Shame on you for running it and shame on you for obviously planning to run
your own homophobic Seattle version with your not at all cute little request
for man date stories.

--
susan dennis
seattle, wa
http://susandennis.com

Here's the email from Stephanie (who didn't bother to sign it and who's name I only found when looking up the actual bits behind the email itself.)

From: Features <features@seattlepi.com>
Sender: "Reid-Simons, Stephanie" <stephaniereid-simons@seattlepi.com>
To: 'Susan Dennis' <susandennis@gmail.com>
Subject: RE: Man Dates - give me a break
Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 14:56:41 -0700

As the editor who chose to put the story in the paper, I can tell you I am
honestly surprised that you consider its mere presence such an offense. I'm
gay myself, and considered it an illuminating view of the ways people
interact.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts.

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