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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So now we may not criticize this bloggers body of work because she died? She shall forever be a vaunted example of female empowerment and a true literary genius?

I also had PPD. Twice. I didn’t turn to a blogger to help me in the moments of despair; I had real life interactions and contact with my therapist, my physicians, my sisters, a trusted colleague.

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Not everyone has that kind of access you did to resources/family/etc. [/quote]

Well no, but Dooce [i]did [/i]have access to those things. [/quote]

That's not the point. The point is that by posting about her depression online, it helped people who don't have access to those things. A lot of people felt less alone from reading her writing. This is a horrible, tragic ending, but it doesn't undo the good she did for others. People eater to trash her or put her writing down don't seem to understand this. You don't even personally have to like her writing. The truth is that she did help and inspire others. I hope her family knows that as they struggle to deal with this. Her suicide does not need to be the defining fact about her life.[/quote]

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