Who is "Digby" (for Fans)....to be Revealed Tonight.....and a Clue

[KoKo]

http://tba2007.confabb.com/conferences/22121/blog/87

THE CLUE:

This is what we know, culling from Digby's writings, what others said and her interview a couple of yrs ago with National journal or some other mag.

digby is a woman. (This will still be a surprise for some of the commenters at her site.)
She is in late 40's or early 50's.
She works in the film industry - not on the glamourous side, she said one time. She said she attends lots of meetings, taking notes, etc - meaning she is some admin type person maybe an executive asst to a studio exec. She comes from a military family (her father was in the airforce, I think). As a military family child, she lived in Asia, Germany, etc.
At one time, she wrote that "my spouse" was in Alaska on a job. So her husband works in some oil industry, or fishing industry or whatever. She lives close to the beach in Santa Monica. When Jane had her surgery, Digby was there by her bedside.

We will know more tonight, when she wins that progressive blogger award.
Tune into TBA website or maybe here.
ecoast | 06.19.07 - 3:24 pm | #

[NewJeffCT]

1. thanks

I didn't know Digby was a woman, either.

[TwilightGardener]

2. Digby's a very good writer, whoever SHE is (wouldn't have guessed!).

[Blackhatjack]

3. Maybe she will appear and 'accept on behalf of Digby' the award, retaining anonymity...

I kind of like the fact that she remains anonymous.

[KoKo]

5. I hope so too. I liked the anonymous.....

it kind of kept the personal attacks down on the site.

[BlooInBloo]

4. Next to Wolcott, she's my favorite writer on the web.

[Clark2008]

6. Who's Jane?

[KoKo]

7. Jane Hamsher of Firedoglake....has breast cancer. n/t

[rurallib]

8. First I've heard that. I love Jane Hamsher.

Hope she recovers and lives a long long life.

[KoKo]

10. She was diagnosed for third time right at the Libby trial...and she had

planned to go when the "girls" got the room in DC to be near the courthouse. I think she had a treatment and then managed to get there towards the end of the trial for a little bit.

She found out not long after Elizabeth Edwards had her recurrance (or it could have been just after Molly Ivans died..I can't remember which sequence)...and no one on the site knew that Jane had ever had breast cancer. She's a trooper.

[ewagner]

9. Digby is one of my favorites!

I never guessed Digby was female....

[KoKo]

11. ...

[ralps]

12. Here's Firedoglake's thread called "Ladies and Gentlemen, Digby"

http://www.firedoglake.com/2007/06/19/ladies-and-gentlemen-digby/
with a 13 minute google video of her speaking at the "Take Back the Media" conference
:hi: :loveya: :hug: :pals: :woohoo:

[cal04]

13. Digby In Person:video

Many of you read and admire Digby's outstanding, highly thoughtful writings at Hullabaloo. Here she is, and it's thrilling to hear her speak as passionately and coherently as she writes -- via FireDogLake:

http://noquarter.typepad.com/my_weblog/2007/06/digby_in_person.html