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06/13/09
I'm sorry. I couldn't resist temptation. Yeah she needs help blah blah but come on - this is delicious.
06/12/09
Sorry, I got nothing.
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According to the blogs I've been picking through, folks who claim to know Beccah say that she actually never was a social worker, that she'd never actually lost a child (she'd had a miscarriage, which is also a terrible experience, and I can understand why someone would have a difficult time grieving that loss.)
The blogs also say that instead of writing "for a few friends," Beccah blogged and Twittered pretty voraciously, ostensibly trying to drum up a great deal of support.
There's also a sentiment among the folks involved that helping Beccah was not meant to be a pro-life "statement." They just thought she was a woman in need, and they extended their prayers and well-wishes to her. The Flying Spaghetti Monster himself only knows what Beccah was thinking.
Why yes, I do love Internet drama! How did you guess?
06/12/09
This was over 9 years ago and I am still pissed about it. I understand that perhaps the woman had some form of mental illness, but other people willfully defending her, even after it was clear that she was bullshitting everyone was just so odd and wrong.
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She was "pregnant" again by October and then claimed that the baby had some kind of immune disorder (which a doctor on the board said can't really be detected in utero). She finally got found out after she claimed that baby was born premature and died. She used pictures pulled off other sites and was found out. I was off the board by then but a friend alerted me and that was one huge shitstorm. I was just glad that there wasn't a real person who had suffered all of thsoe losses, and assumed she was mentally ill.
06/12/09
It INFURIATES me that anyone would fake a pregnancy and birth, for any reason or platform at all.
Yes, this girl seems to have some mental health issues. But she deserves all the hate mail she gets.
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I'm pro-choice, but thank you, Sadie, for pointing this out. This woman does not represent anyone except herself.
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06/13/09
One of my good friends doesn't believe in abortion (needless to say, we disagree), but she is angered with stuff like this because it makes all of them look like terrible people. And though I may disagree with her on this, she's one of the kindest people I know.
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I don't understand how pro-lifers can be so self-righteous in their religious beliefs but then do things that are so disgusting.
I highly doubt that God approves of lying about such serious matters.
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Also, I just looked at the Reborns website and I need someone to TALK ME DOWN. Seriously. Some of them have "breathing mechanisms" so their chests rise and fall. They come with diapers and onesies and gaaaah.
06/12/09
That being said, I wrapped a show once that had one of these, and having to lock the trunk it was stored in was the weirdest thing ever...