Comments on: Woman Live Tweets Abortion

By: Lilith

Lilith — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:39:29 +0000

As opposed to Twirlit riding on Angie Jackson’s 5 minutes of fame (that they so don’t approve of) to bolster their site’s own notice with a dime-store commentary hoping to increase their hit count with link-ins from other sites. Your downplay commentary of what she chose to do is a shallow excuse for sucking on the teet of web trends to improve your exposure.

By: V

Wed, 10 Mar 2010 05:37:55 +0000

Drew, your comment here suggests to me that you have never experienced an abortion. While there is a culture of shame, it is more the physical pain, the gore (and with the abortion pill there is a horrorshow of it), and the psychological after-effects that women would like to keep private. And yeah, it definitely looked totally attention-seeking, as does the live tweeting of nearly anything tragic.

By: Katie

Katie — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:46:03 +0000

God have mercy on your soul as he embraces your beautiful baby in Heaven.

By: Drew

Drew — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:40:38 +0000

I followed the entire thing, from before it even started really. To suggest that Angie did it to gain publicity for her blog is grossly ignorant. While it perhaps wasn’t the most insightfully presented, what she hoped to accomplish was demystifying the procedure – to send the message that abortion isn’t something you have to be ashamed of and hide. Which is exactly the message you are sending. Keep it to yourself, hide it away, pretend it didn’t happen. Would the live-tweeting of any other medical procedure garner so much controversy? No. The politics surrounding this debate are very clear here when you read the criticisms on Salon, Newsweek, etc. Essentially, people want the right to choose and also want to keep that right as covered in shadow as possible. Your post here suggests to me that you implicitly approve of this culture of shame surrounding abortion.

By: kendra gilbert

kendra gilbert — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:14:07 +0000

So sad. What a gross stunt. Way to make abortion a spectacle, Angie.