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Re: Mailbag (for IED himself...)

From: MTARR@EAGLE.WESLEYAN.EDU
Date: 14-MAY-1990 22:34:04.04
Subject: Re: Mailbag (for IED himself...)


Greetings...

>    Furthermore, IED hopes that everyone understands that IED is in
> full agreement with both Meredith and Vickie in re their respective
> most recent postings about the issue of Kate's appearance. As a Kate
> fan who is eight months _older_ than Kate herself, IED fully sympathizes
> with Vickie's point about the absurdity of some younger Love-Hounds'
> occasional criticism that Kate "looks old". The idea that age in and
> of itself can be viewed as some sort of deficiency, rather than a
> process of nature which we should welcome in an artist of Kate's
> calibre, is manifestly absurd. And Meredith, IED is as saddened as you
> are by the fact that society's pressures still induce Kate to make
> concessions to commerce and stereotype when approving images of herself
> for publicity purposes. He hopes that all notes of discord between
> us can be ended now.

Thanks, IED- I was worried I'd put my proverbial foot in my proverbial mouth
yet again... I'm glad I didn't piss you off, too!  I don't want my hiatus from
.gaffa (:() to start on a sour note.


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Meredith Tarr			"Looking for a moment that'll never happen
mtarr@eagle.wesleyan.edu	 Living in the gap between past and future"
Wesleyan University						-KaTe Bush
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