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Why you must share your sexual insecurities with the rest of us I find incomprehensible. Why the "Flagbearer of Athens Alternative Music" would choose to print such stupidity I find even more so. Oh, the progressive mien of a progressive Athens artist and his equally impressive magazine. I am aquiver. Sincerely, Carolyn Davis Dear Tom Robertson, We are writing in response to a cartoon by Tom Robertson in the recent issue of Flagpole, a cartoon we consider slander against the character arid quality of our following. We don’t condone censorship but strongly believe that a club owner/editor such as Jared and cartoonist Tom Robertson have a responsibility to print the truth. The whole purpose of our music is to relate human experience - not experience particular to gender. People know this. That’s why our audience < J r tagpoCe 17 includes pecp'e from all walks of life. Music should transcend anything and everything that separates us from one another. The next time we have 300 people in a club to hear us maybe we should bring Tom onstage to tell everybody exactly what he thinks erf them. We are secure with ourselves, our music, and we are grateful to our following. Tom, let's let the focus of music be music. Peace, Amy Ray & Emily Saliers Indigo Girls From the Editor — I have always felt that the best cartoons help us to think about ourselves and to laugh at ourselves. Tom Robertson's cartoons held up stereotypes to the light so we can see them clear enough to study even the darkest corners. His approach to satire is often through black humor. As editor of FLAGPOLE, I do not believe FLAGPOLE Non-Commercial Content Only Just Fill Out Registration & Mail (25 words or less, please) Send to Flagpole Magazine • P.O. Box 1027 • Athens, GA 30603 NAME • PHONE# NFORMATION