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more about #lucindarosenfeld more comments → 18thfloor: The comments on that thread make me want to punch Santa Clause. #lucindarosenfeld more » LBB: Apparently someone did what I considered and sent the original letter to Sarah over at Tomato Nation. Interesting response, and discussion in the acc... more » sangmo: "P.S. The day I rely more on a boyfriend than on a best girlfriend is the day I lose hope for womankind." Amen to that! And Rosenfeld needs to be fi... more » ZombieApocalypse: I would never have friends, male or female, that I couldn't rely on when I needed help. It sucks that this girl had such friends but it sounds like sh... more » dirtybee: My best friend took me to the hospital in the middle of the night during my worst cutting period - no questions asked. I did the same for her when she... more » Aesop's Foibles. YES.: Oh yeah! I read this this morning. I was really impressed with the restraint she showed. I'd be all profane and noisome, had someone treated me that w... more » Benevolent_Dictatrix (patently absurd): This woman sounds smart and awesome. Hey, I'll be your friend. #lucindarosenfeld more » formergr: I wonder if her "friends" have heard about all this and figured out they are the ones in the story. #lucindarosenfeld more » braak: You are, as usual, completely correct.: What...what kind of insane bullshit is that? I would pick up ANY of my friends in the middle of the night if they needed it, whether or not they'd be... more » LovelyHue: Ugh. After reading the whole letter, I'm even more horrified at the friends. I mean, are they in high school? They were angry because she DANCED wi... more » Sputnik_Sweetheart: I just read the whole letter (as much as I hate to click over to Double X) and it was a thing of art. I don't even know who this woman is, but I'm so ... more » Mary McCarthyite: Oooh, look who got told! #lucindarosenfeld more » drinkwater: This is not the world I want to live in. I have long felt that our society is becoming more isolating and selfish. And now with people like Rosenfeld... more » samethingwedoeverynightpinky: This apology makes me feel a little sorry for Lucinda Rosenfeld. there's no excuse for not having a clue what roofies are used for, but this woman obv... more » carinamarie: she writes this in her "apology": I know many of us assume we would jump out of bed after that call. But how many of you would actually, honestly get... more » -
#backlash
Roofied Letter-Writer Tells Off Advice Columnist
"For the record, I really was roofied, ma'am. [...] P.S. The day I rely more on a boyfriend than on a best girlfriend is the day I lose hope for womankind." — Friend Or Foe letter-writer [Double X] -
#ignorancebliss
Advice Columnist Doesn't Know What Roofies Are For
Lucinda Rosenfeld is shocked that her readers think a woman who was roofied might also have been raped, and deserved a more serious response. Rosenfeld says, "I have to admit, I did not think of that at the time." [DoubleX] -
#withfriendslikethese
Relying On Friends: How Much Is Too Much?
Recently, a woman told Lucinda Rosenfeld, novelist and author of the intermittently obnoxious advice column 'Friend or Foe', that her friends had ditched her when she got roofied. Rosenthal's response: get over it.
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#consumerretorts
Advice On Advice: Rating Internet Advice Columns
Advice columns are a little like cats: they may not actually do much, but they're fun to look at. Also like cats, not all advice columns are created equal. After the jump, we grade a few of the major players.
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#bookreviews
Are All Female Friends Really Frenemies?
I'm So Happy For You, a new novel by novelist Lucinda Rosenfeld, makes female friendships seem like a supremely unpleasant, never-ending status game.
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