TO THE EDITOR
STUPID ARTICLES
I am stunned that the EW editors would
choose to print not just one, but two poor
quality reports on the Magaña case, both
written by Alan Pittman. “Blow Job” (6/10)
reads like some teenage boy’s attempt to
write a dirty story. It may have been clever
for the prosecutor to prepare jurors for the
thousand repeats of that phrase, but Pittman’s
choice to use it as a theme served only to be
painfully hilarious. It was possibly quite de-
grading to the many survivors/victims of sex-
ual assault. I once volunteered three years as
a crisis counselor at Rape Crisis Network. I
also taught for three years at The Child
Center in Springfield, which provides treat-
ment for severely disturbed children, many of
whom have been sexually abused. In all the
intake reports I have read, and in reading
news articles, survivor stories, etc., people
have always used professional language in
describing the actions and/or body parts. It is
only appropriate to use trashy slang in a di-
rect quote.
In Pittman’s second attempt, “Rape by
Cop” (6/17), he cleaned it up a bit, but still
missed the boat in my opinion. It reads like a
hasty attempt to save his job. And he still
doesn’t get the language issue. “Butt” may
be less innocuous and less graphic than
“blow job,” but it is still trashy slang for a
body area. And why does the reader, or any-
one need to know about Magaña’s erectile
dysfunction? Mr. Pittman, I suggest you do
some homework before your third attempt.
On the other hand, you could take it to the
extreme — throw in a little more degrading
terminology, maybe a few Viagra jokes and
you might just have success at the entertain-
ingly stupid articles that are typically printed
in EW.
Amy Gaudia
Eugene
CRIMINAL ASSUMPTION
Why I do not shop at St Vincent De Paul
Society of Lane County: They fingerprint
you if you write a check for purchases. I find
this act intolerable. After a long discussion
with them about this policy, and their admit-
tance that they have lost customers over this
policy, none of the offered rationales for this
act hold water. I, therefore, choose to support
other nonprofit societies that do not assume
you might be a criminal when paying by
check for purchases.
Darlene Schanfald
Eugene
RESPECT PERFORMERS
I also attended the May 26 Jolie Holland
show and would like to offer a different per-
spective of the situation (letters, “Be Good
Jolie,” 6/17). Being a performer is not al-
ways an easy job and there are off days. The
fan in question requested Be Good Tanyas
songs a few times. Jolie tried to politely ig-
nore her. When performers have carefully
constructed a set it can be incredibly frus-
trating to be asked to perform songs from a
band they are no longer with. Paying any
amount of money to see a show should not
entitle the audience to ownership of a musi-
cian’s creativity. I certainly do not condone
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telling anyone to fuck off. However, we are
not privy to the experiences of the performer
that led to this faux pas. There are the frus-
trations of bad sound, the exhaustion of
weeks of traveling and performing that take
an enormous toll.
I thoroughly enjoyed Jolie’s performance
and would love to see her again. I would en-
courage anyone who has not experienced her
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who deserves another chance to make an im-
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Eugene
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