Me too. Dirty secret: Though I believe spirituality exists on a spectrum (like many other things), I still miss being Catholic. BUT, the reason I'm no longer Catholic is because I felt I couldn't have ANY conflicting beliefs with being (posted to Jimmy Carter leaves Southern Baptist Church, cites sexism)
LOL at 'feminists.' Reminds me of the blog of unnecessary quotation marks: http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/ Now if you'll scuze me, I have feminist power mongering to attend to. (posted to Anti-feminist Mailbag: "Please Stop" Edition)
I would love to go, and I'm only a few blocks from there now, but I'm too sick and just want to crawl into my bed. Ironically, I called PPNYC yesterday to schedule my annual pap. They didn't have any (posted to Support Planned Parenthood (and see me speak) tonight!)
update: http://blog.al.com/live/2009/11/lesbian_couple_prom_alabama.html As long as her gf passes the "screening process" they will be able to attend. Let's just hope they don't try to find some random unrelated reason not to let her go. This makes me so mad. And (posted to Alabama principal prohibits lesbian couple from attending prom)
I've read a few pieces on the vitriol sent towards Twihards lately. One on The Frisky comes to mind, first. I find it problematic that young girls are stereotyped as squealing, mindless, boy-crazy teenyboppers. What I find more problematic is (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
Oh, definitely. Bronte certainly did not intend for us to think favorably about Heathcliff and Catherine. I've read it three times since my sophomore year of high school, and I've never been able to feel more than contempt and annoyance (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
I trash it, because they can do better, I know that they still print Phillip Pullmans books and that Terry Pratchett does wonderfull YA books, hell I loved reading wee free men and nation. So the Question is why are (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
sorry dude, your examples don't come close to how often women are conditioned to believe abuse is romantic in media. Too many Twilights, not enough Burning Beds (posted to Let's Talk About Twilight (Just One More Time, I Promise))
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))
