Molly Ivins
Jan. 31st, 2007 11:19 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
naomikritzerMolly Ivins spoke at my college while I was a student. She was big, brassy, loud, Texan, and hilariously funny. I was familiar with her column before I heard her speak, but I enjoyed it even more afterwards, because I could hear it in her voice.
I remember the column a few years ago where she revealed that she had breast cancer (it finished off with a plea to her older female readers to GET THE DAMN MAMMOGRAM) and since I'd heard it had gone into remission and had missed the news of the recurrence, I hadn't even realized she was sick.
It makes me so sad to lose her. There are very few political columnists who write that passionately without being obnoxious. Molly Ivins was passionate and funny. She was funny and articulate. She could turn a phrase beautifully and back it up with facts. I am really going to miss her.
I remember the column a few years ago where she revealed that she had breast cancer (it finished off with a plea to her older female readers to GET THE DAMN MAMMOGRAM) and since I'd heard it had gone into remission and had missed the news of the recurrence, I hadn't even realized she was sick.
It makes me so sad to lose her. There are very few political columnists who write that passionately without being obnoxious. Molly Ivins was passionate and funny. She was funny and articulate. She could turn a phrase beautifully and back it up with facts. I am really going to miss her.
