I wanted to yell at Francis and Don: Child and spousal support is not a favour, it's a legal entitlement! P (posted to Mad Men Mondays: I've had a tough year)
Buffy the Vampire Slayer. You've got a female lead who is both strong in a traditionally masculine way - a physically strong, decisive leader - yet does not put down traditionally female traits like being interested in fashion and dating. (posted to What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire....)
Re: Meyer ... makes it seem sweet that he invades her home and watches her sleep without her permission This makes me think of Buffy the Vampire Slayer (a work of fiction that dealt with the vampire-as-forbidden-love theme a lot (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
When I started law school, it was surprising to hear "she" used as the default pronoun, as many of the profs do. A little bit disconcerting, even; it shocked me out note-taking mode every time I heard it. Especially when (posted to Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing)
Hmm, you raise some interesting points about differentiating discrimination between the PSAT/SAT and GRE. However, I disagree with you about what graduate students should know when going into grad school. Graduate school programs tend to be concentrated in one subject, (posted to Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing)
I didn't think that the abuse was meant to be erotic to the reader. It was portrayed as horrific and something that needed to be ended. Never did Bishop try to convince you that this was okay, that sexual abuse (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
I work at a book store. Yes the Twilight hysteria is as bad as it sounds. Yes young girls and adult women will defend the creepy/abusive aspects of Twilight as romantic. And yes when 'Breaking Dawn' was released the girls (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
I think alot of people are missing the major point of alot of these tests. It doesn't matter how relevant the subject matter is - what matters is can you LEARN something, remember, and do well on a test for (posted to Racism and Sexism in Standardized Testing)
