So, I work for this national media outlet and this story was proposed as a possible item for broadcast. This made me uncomfortable. When the idea was floated, everyone in my meeting said things like, "Hey, that's great!" and "What a great story, we should totally do that."
Am I alone in thinking that the concept of using one person to represent an entire community of people is perhaps a flawed way to combat stereotypes, as this program is alleged to do? I was certainly alone at my table of coworkers.
In other news, if you are the type of person to worry about what you haven't yet done in life or could be doing better, check out the random link of the week as a little kick in the pants for more worrying.
that's actually not such a bad idea, methinks.
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I'm ashamed -- I used to be the "librarian" for loaning out gays to large classrooms at my uni -- head of the speaker's bureau. Oh well ... it seemed like a good idea, until you ran up against a room full of religious zealots armed with Bible verses.
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