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    Or Maybe Sandra Tsing Loh Is a Drag

    Posted Tuesday, June 16, 2009 4:51 PM | By Abigail Pilgrim
    I found myself gagging at the first line of Sandra Tsing Loh's article where she says, "Sadly, and to my horror, I am divorcing." Something about that horror part got under my skin—that she was trying to convince us, her readers, that divorce was something that "just happened" to her, outside of her control. And that was only the beginning of the pity-party. Having an affair, she confesses, "was a surprise." Her decision not rebuild her marriage: "heart-shattering." Words to induce our pity, to absolve her responsibility to her committment, her husband, her friends, and her children. The whole article, to me, read as ... (To read the rest of this post, visit our new website DoubleX.com!)
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