Julie Kallas
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On the article A First for Me: Pregnant In Suburbia
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On the article Not the Real Housewives of Hinsdale I Know
Julie Kallas
2:32 pm on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Thanks for reading, SM! It's great to hear that other young readers are interested in seeing what I have to say and sharing their opinions. I'm glad you enjoyed my point of view.
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On the article Not the Real Housewives of Hinsdale I Know
Julie Kallas
1:09 pm on Tuesday, April 19, 2011
Hi Kelly! I understand that you're going by the evidence of what your sister's experience living in Hinsdale has shown you, but I think it would be pretty hard to definitively say that a town is one way or another when you don't live there. The key word is "subset" - my problem with the RHOH is that one small group decided to claim that they were representative of everybody in Hinsdale. I'm not at all saying that everyone is Hinsdale is one way or another, I'm just offering up my own experiences in Hinsdale as an alternative to the viewpoint that was shared with the entire readership of the Chicago Tribune. I think all the opinions that were shared were vaild, but in any situation such as this, it's important to have more than one point of view at hand.
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On the article Not the Real Housewives of Hinsdale I Know
Julie Kallas
1:46 pm on Monday, April 18, 2011
Hi, "stopthismess." Actually, one of the reasons I wrote this article is because Hinsdale IS full of diverse backgrounds and opinions - and only one was represented in the TribLocal article. The RHOH's opinions are as valid as mine, I just didn't appreciate the fact that they found it necessary to speak for all Hinsdale housewives - which they did with statements such as "[All Hinsdale housewives] hang out at Starbucks religiously ..." I think that perhaps some of those things were said in jest and misinterpreted as serious, but that's the great thing about being able to debate and talk about these topics - everyone's opinion is worth discussing.
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On the article Not the Real Housewives of Hinsdale I Know
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On the article Not the Real Housewives of Hinsdale I Know
Julie Kallas
11:41 am on Monday, April 18, 2011
Hi TC! Thanks for commenting. I definitely get what you're saying, and while I think that a lot of things on the actual Facebook page are meant to be satirical (whether or not it comes off that way), I mostly took issue with the generalizations in the TribLocal article (like the ones I mentioned in my article). Thanks for reading and contributing - I bet you have your fair share of stories about the great people in Hinsdale (as well as the Kim G's - I'm glad someone gets my RHONJ obsession!)
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On the article Patch Picks: Five Local Librarians' Book Choices
Julie Kallas
12:49 pm on Saturday, March 5, 2011
I'm looking forward to reading "Clara and Mr. Tiffany." I loved "Loving Frank" (Terri von Loewe's suggestion), and period novels are always so much fun to read!
Julie Kallas
11:04 am on Monday, April 25, 2011
Congratulations, Kristi!