[TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread akua
The name alone raised my hackles. I dislike intensely calling women girls -- especially in the media. Thank God newscasters haven't said that as most of the US Gold Medals thus far are from women athletes. And when I saw the cast, sigh, overly made up, bloom off the rose/hard, and crossed

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread Dalton Garis
You really hit it, my dear one, Akua; The superficiality, the set scenes and sequences, the uniformity of light, sound, of character interactions, all preprogrammed, that make it like eating spam. So sorry for your pain and additional mental burdens caused by this unrelenting superficiality and

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread akua
Thanks for grokking me, Dalton! Yes, real adults and genuine and lived-in personalities. This week has been full of joy, though. The heat relented --- we've had 50 degree nights after 80 degree days. I had company and got to share and show off new recipes (gazpacho and salmon fritters).

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread Mary Anne Egan
You raise some valid pointsmy daughter is ten she has been paralyzed since she was an infant. We met the youngest member of this cast and she was so excited. I appreciate that being on TV affords liberties the rest of us do not have. But to my daughter the name girls softens it for her to

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread akua
Auti is the former dancer who crashed after selling her body for money. She's a paraplegic. Angela, the quadriplegic, a former model, had those stem cell treatments in Panama ( I think) which restored she said lots of function. She had the money to undergo this back then -- about a decade ago.

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread rn11...@yahoo.com
Hi Akua,  Angela's husband (Dustin Nguyen)went back to Viet Nam  where he was born,mostly to do martial arts films She went with him,but decided to leave because anyone with a disability is treated poorly and looked down on. She left him by choice,then seemed upset when he visited and said he

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread Betty Clark
Akua, The public typically turns a blind eye when confronted with someone who is different, disfigured or disabled - if I don't see it, it's not there. To air it out in the open on national television puts it right there in their face... and it helps the curious understand a little better

Re: [TMIC] NSCIA Webinars/Choosing Wheelchair

2012-08-09 Thread Janice Nichols
Jim, I am not in a wheel chair, but I am really proud of what you are about to do! Take it slow and easy – the water is buoyant and will help you. Janice From: Cindy McLeroy Sent: Wednesday, August 08, 2012 9:17 PM To: James Berg ; a...@artfarm.com Cc: tmic-l...@eskimo.net Subject: Re:

[TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread akua
Where did you see that Auti sold her body? On the show. Not to belabor this, but it was Auti's description of what she did the day/night of her wreck, something she regretted… she seemed to suggest that her guilt about this, is what led her to the accident, that she was upset/ashamed and not

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread akua
Well you certainly have offended me! I wrote about A SHOW and you've resorted to character assassination. I said NOTHING about ANYONE'S PERSONALITY or situation nor unlike you, did I DEMEAN or CASTIGATE ANYONE! I don't know What ATTITUDE you talk about. Your passive aggressive nasty

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread Susan Kleinz
Akua: I don't write much, but, yes, this was a bit of a low blow. I couldn't read the whole thing, because I know it is a mistake to react that way on our site. The problem may be that that we are all kinda sick in the mind sometimes, and perhaps this person just goofed up. I hope you

Re: [TMIC] Push Girls

2012-08-09 Thread Betty Clark
Akua, Again, I apologize for offending you... having never walked in your shoes, I'm sorry your situation seems so desperate. I'm sure it's challenging to figure out ways around the inadequate services your area seems to have. But must you knock others for having them? You are certainly