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Evan Rachel Wood says Vanity Fair made her feel like ‘meat’ | Fox News —- a message to young ladies everywhere

Evan Rachel Wood says Vanity Fair made her feel like ‘meat’ | Fox News.

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I sometimes come across online articles that make me ponder humanity.  I don’t know.  I guess I have little tolerance for haters.

This actress posts about how she FELT during a photo shoot.  Something that was very personal for her to share.  Yet people are attacking her saying that she should feel privileged and stop complaining about being on the cover of Vanity Fair magazine.

It seems to me that they missed the purpose of her postings entirely.

So she had to explain it to them.  I’ll let my readers peruse the article for themselves.  But a comment from me as a parent of two young ladies.

I applaud Miss Wood for coming out about this.  I can’t imagine living in a fish bowl such as celebrity would bring.  Let alone to be a female in that world.  It seems to me that life is hard enough for anyone at that age.

I give my girls props for being the strong independent young ladies that they are.  Standing for what they believe in.  Asking for help when they need it.

Thank you Miss Wood for sharing your personal thoughts on this subject, so that some other young lady can pursue their dreams with a hint of understanding about what they may endure.

It is a sad fact of our reality that such a message is even needed.  Thank you Miss Wood for sharing a piece of yourself.  To the haters, jealous much?

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If you are going to be nice enough to comment, please be polite.  I reserve the right to delete comments that I deem offensive.

 

thank you for reading.

Carl

This will be my final post on Lost and Tired » Lost and Tired – a farewell and thank you.

This will be my final post on Lost and Tired » Lost and Tired.

Dear readers,
No this isn’t me closing down my blog.  Our work isn’t yet complete.  This is a farewell to a friend in the blogging and advocacy community.

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I have known Rob and Lizzie for almost 5 years.  He was my introduction to  the facebook group Reality Autism.  He was the inspiration behind finding my writing voice here at whynotfathers.com and in a few other places such as Special Happens.

No one can fault Rob for his dedication to the world of Autism or his family.  The support he and his wife have offered so many for the past few years has been incredible.  I wish him luck in his future endeavors and hope that he knows he can count on me to help in any way that I can.

So for now as we bid adieu, we know it is not forever.

Thank you Rob, you set the bar quite high.  Now do what you need to do for your family, and for you.  I wish you all the success in the world.  I am honored to call you a friend.  When I needed an ear to share ideas with, or an explanation of some piece of Autism, you were there.  When I needed to understand the other side of being married to someone with a chronic health condition, you were there.  When I needed to voice my frustration with adoption processes, and the aftermath of loving children such as ours, you were there.  You hold no judgement on my thoughts and words, in many cases we shared similar opinions.

Even though you aren’t actively blogging, doesn’t mean that you walk away from your friends in the blogging world.  When you get a chance to breath again, to get things under some semblance of control, look me up.  And if I am ever in your part of the world, maybe we can get together for coffee.

Perhaps in the future you might consider writing for whynotfathers.

With warmest wishes for success in family and life.
Carl

 

Medicaid Redux – Needs to be seen by an in-state practitioner

Dear readers, many of you may remember a number of months ago when I discussed the termination of David’s Court Ordered Medicaid.  After many emails and phone calls that situation was corrected, however with a limitation.  Because David is in an out of state placement, he is considered as living independent of the family.  Doesn’t matter that he is 13.  He is responsible for paying almost 1000 a month toward his care.  This is called recipient liability.

Today, David’s mom learned that Medicaid is refusing to pay for dental and vision exams.  Why?  Because he has to be seen by an in-state provider.

Can ND Medicaid possibly mess up anything else?  David didn’t ask to be placed there, we didn’t ask for all in-state facilities to refuse admission, leaving us no choice but to go out of state.