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Dear Editor,
I am writing in response to Gary Moffat’s column, “Izzy’s may be History, but 160 Club prevails” (Sentinel, Aug. 10 edition). I don’t know where he was schooled in “journalism,” but as a freelance writer with a degree in journalism, I know the difference between reporting and sensationalism. The last paragraph in his column clearly insults the intelligence of the women of Auburn.
I grew up in Auburn and I have many friends and family who still live in this town. Obviously, Mr. Moffat doesn’t realize that word of mouth spreads quickly in this tight-knit community.
As the co-owner of Carpe Vino, Mr. Moffat obviously did not utilize his
common sense skills when he wrote this column. Did he forget that a
large majority of his wine-drinking customers are female? Also, if a
woman who “briefly and provocatively unveiled twin attributes of which
she has every reason to be proud” displayed her “attributes” in Carpe
Vino, she would be asked to leave. However, Mr. Moffat has no qualms
with this same “friendly” woman baring her breasts in other bars.
I have patronized the 160 Club, the Smoke Shop, and the now-closed
Shanghai and not once did I bare my breasts. I really don’t appreciate
Mr. Moffat’s inaccurate stereotype of seedy, drunk “Girls Gone Wild”
women who frequent Downtown Auburn bars.
I was ashamed to read this article as it only reminds me of the
negative aspects of this town. I was hopeful that Auburn was actually
changing with modern times and that sexist, pompous male business
owners were a thing of the past. Obviously, Mr. Moffat has proven me
wrong. Instead of reporting on the intelligent, female role models and
business leaders, Auburn town news now consists of reporting about
women’s physical attributes and evening apparel.
This column is a joke—this is a tabloid-style article about a man
ogling younger women in a bar. The last time I read the Sentinel, I
didn’t think it had turned into the “Auburn Inquirer.” If Mr. Moffat
wants to make a positive contribution to the community, he needs to
remember that the women of Auburn aren’t brainless, drunk bimbos who
flash their bare breasts in the 160 Club.
I have a very special fondness for my hometown and I will not allow an
“outsider,” who didn’t even grow up here or contribute to the Auburn
community over the years, to demean and portray the women of Auburn as
bare-breasted harlots. Check your calendar, Mr. Moffat, because it’s
not 1955.
Therese M. Pope, Auburn
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