dear jennifer..from someone who was there.

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: dear jennifer- : not only was i at the umass thing, i was unlucky : enough to be 4 or 5 seats down from THAT kid. i : mentioned this in an earlier post, but i never : attended college so i don't really get that whole : alpha male thing. plus i'm older and have a family : (read: i'm a grownup). it takes a lot to offend : me, but i was just embarrassed when that happened. : i expected some off-color behavior, considering i : was venturing onto a campus that has been dubbed : "zoomass". the kid who took it all too far : couldn't have been more than 18. he didn't even : have facial hair, for chrissake. i hope he dates a : woman like you who will kick his skinny little ass : into shape. here's the ironic part. amherst is : part of what we locals call "the happy valley". : right over the bridge is northampton, which is : (according to the enquirer) the lesbian capital of : america. northampton is ULTRA liberal and the home : of smith college. it's a very comfortable place to : be if you're a woman, and the safest place i've : ever lived. amherst is just a wierd town. all : those horrible things happen on umass, and then : they ban "west side story" from being performed at : the high school because some people found it : offensive. people are fucked. it makes me sad on a : daily basis, and angry enough to be vocal about : it. i'm glad you are such a strong, beautiful : woman, jennifer. there are too few of us out there : because most women keep their mouths shut for fear : of being labeled a bitch or a dyke. if i only had : a dime for every time..... : next time you venture up this way, come to : northampton. i know kevin was here a coule times : last year (words and pictures, pleasant st. : theatre). please don't let umass color your : opinion of an otherwise hip valley. the people who : live here year round HATE those little putzes. : -holly post : easthampton, ma : : Hi everyone! : : Someday I am going to drop by the board to say : "hi" just for the hell of : : it, unfortunately my posts are usually triggered : by some grave injustice : : and today is no exception. As you all know, : Kevin and I visited UMass last : : night. We were having a wonderful time till some : incredible assholes : : embarrassed themselves by screaming out that : beating women up in various : : ways while fucking them was cool. We were : disgusted that anyone thought : : that this was remotely socially acceptable. : Kevin treats women with the : : utmost respect (I would know) and anyone who : doesn't feel the same is not : : welcome at this board. By the time you all read : this, the posts referring : : to this situation will have been yanked. Bear : with me. I know that the : : members of this board are predominately male and : I am certainly not trying : : to alienate you. Believe me, I'm doing you a : favor by not allowing this : : sick behavior that just embarrasses your gender : to reside here. These guys : : made themselves look like TOTAL pricks. So much : so that after like ten : : minutes of their ranting people in the audience : walked out because they : : were do disgusted. During the signing : afterwards, countless classmates of : : theirs apologized for these moronic few : embarrassing their school. This was : : when we found out that recently several women : had been brutally attacked on : : campus. Just yikes. Guys, violence towards women : is simply not cool. : : Ladies, speak out against anyone who thinks that : bashing you is a joke. : : Because you know what, one in three women are : raped?! And that's just not : : funny. : : To the rest of you who would never condone such : disrespect, the Smith : : family sends you all of our

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