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• When a woman makes a choice, as an individual, how to define herself and her identity for the broader society, I believe that is invariably a feminist process. In reality, by your reasoning, no choice in this case can truly
  (posted to What's in a name? (A lot))
• I want to throw in a quote from Teresa Medeiros, a popular romance novelist, which I think speaks to some of the deeper issues at play here. The link to her entire piece is here and I would recommend reading
  (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
• If you are hoping to introduce yourself to Romance novels though, please don't take Twilight as an example. Look up Gabaldon, Seton, Georgette Heyer, Dorothy Dunnett, Loretta Chase, Joanna Bourne, Karen Ranney, Lauren Willig or go to www.ripmybodice.com (my favorite
  (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
• I think you need to give young women a lot more credit. I read "Wuthering Heights" at 15 and thought it was extremely romantic. However, I was also fully capable of differentiating that that was fiction and that however much
  (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
• Two things: first, I saw a comment on the NYTimes that I agreed with. A woman wrote in and said that if it would save the life of another woman, she would be more than happy to take the anxiety
  (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)

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• Isn't it recommended that you get a baseline screening at 35? Then when you get your first screening at 40, you can see if there were any changes. Are we supposed to skip that too? (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)
• 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))
• The only recommendations I know of for screening before age 40 is a very strong family history, very high personal risk, or getting diagnostic mammograms (due to pain, finding a lump, etc.) If your mother developed cancer in her 40s, (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)
• Scare quotes are very fashionable these days. It's nauseating. (posted to Mammograms Starting at 50. What?)

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