Burning (m)A(n)pathy
I’m watching Project Runway right now, and they just showed a ‘portrait’ blurb of one of the contestants. She’s from Liberia. She left with her family as a teen, following the 1989 civil war. They left Africa to escape the human rights atrocities, emigrating to North America to follow their dreams of freedom and the pursuit of happiness: which took them to Canada. Yeah, it is a cynical reality that what used to be the
“Nina: You okay?”
Today I’ve received a number of emails from friends and past colleagues, all asking this question… caught-off guard seeing my name appear in our industry’s equivalent rag to “The National Enquirer.”
Short answer: yeah, for the most part, ok. Frustrated that a stressful and upsetting personal situation has been broadcast in Valleywag and other blogs… thus only dragging-out and somewhat escalating what I’d sought closure on, last week.
Violet Blue- the other person involved-
