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• Discussing a woman having healthy muscles would be disastrous, I suppose. A woman isn't supposed to be strong (as implied with 'healthy'). I think the worst is that this basically says that women should be healthy only to be beautiful.
  (posted to Vitamins fortify sexism, gender stereotypes )
• Coming at this from a shortie's perspective (I'm 5'1 and three quarters) I hate assumptions based on height! Short ladies are "cute" "sweet". I've routinely been told I'm "too short to curse" and it's hard to get respect because being
  (posted to Not Oprah's Book Club: The Tall Book)
• I go to an all-girls' Catholic school. I'm a bit of an outsider, as I have a Jewish last name and my mother is a lapsed Catholic. The Catholics I've encountered for the most part are people. They have different
  (posted to Catholic church punishes women for supporting female priests)
• The Catholic church has its problems, with gay and women's rights certainly, but you can't dismiss them entirely. The Church will probably progress (well - hopefully!) but right now it *does* do a lot of work for social justice, with
  (posted to Catholic church punishes women for supporting female priests)
• I'm going as Little Red Riding Hood, but I'll have the wolf's head in MY basket and my Very Own Axe. I'm considering painting the plastic axe pink and basically writing on it "Her Very First Axe!" but I don't
  (posted to Some Non-Racist, Non-Sexist Halloween Costume Ideas)

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• I am going as American Health Care Victim -- zombie make-up, patriotic decor I picked up after 4th of July on clearance tacked to my dress, and moaning "COOOO-PPPAYYY...." (posted to Some Non-Racist, Non-Sexist Halloween Costume Ideas)
• how is the kanye costume any more racist than the richard simmons costume? are they not equally famous? (posted to Some Non-Racist, Non-Sexist Halloween Costume Ideas)
• I love that you have narwhal on here. I've talked to too many people who think they're mythological and I love it when they're mentioned. I'm dressing as Mary Wollstonecraft. (posted to Some Non-Racist, Non-Sexist Halloween Costume Ideas)
• Last year, in a flurry of geeky genius, a bunch of classmates and I dressed up as life-sized contraceptives. We're all in a public health program, focusing on sexual/reproductive health issues, so it was appropriate. We all wore white t-shirts, (posted to Some Non-Racist, Non-Sexist Halloween Costume Ideas)
• There are many interesting costumes out in the market today, even your babies can join you too! And they will look very cute on those little costumes. On the other hand, some people may opt to "extend" their creativity to (posted to Some Non-Racist, Non-Sexist Halloween Costume Ideas)

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