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Love the Column; Thanks for the Mention | open postmark
Hey Stephen, I was just reading your column [“After a Fashion,” Arts, Dec. 7] and was shocked to see a link to my Always Maxi Pad letter. Also shocked to see that it supposedly won PC Magazine's editors' choice award … I think they forgot to tell me. Anyway, I wrote this last February as a humor piece for McSweeneys.net, and it's taken on a life of its own. The good news is that Proctor & Gamble no longer puts "Have a Happy Period" on their adhesive strips. I'm taking full credit for that one. Love the column and thanks for the mention!

Best, Wendi Aarons


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It sure takes the bite out of your funny letter to find out it was written for the always-great but always ironic mcsweeney's. It was so much better when I thought you were actually inspired by truest anger.

Now it feels like sniglets, and I just feel taken in. 12-14-2007

bummer by guest | hide/show
Me too. 12-15-2007

 
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