Huh.

[bjarvis]

Every now & again, I read the "Dear Prudence" advice column on Salon.com. A large percentage of her responses to pleas for help usually contain no advice at all, instead pour abuse & scorn upon the correspondent. Until recently.

I've read two columns back to back in which Prudence agreed the correspondent had a valid issue and provided useful advice. In my experience, this is nearly a record run for her. I wonder if they have a guest writer this week.

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[tdjohnsn.livejournal.com]

I liked the previous writer of Dear Prudence. The current one not at all.

Though in fairness, a lot of the problems she is answering can be answered with, "grow the fuck up and get a life." I think that about a lot of the people who write to Dan Savage too. At least he calls them on their shit I. A way that helps everyone in a general way.