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- Loved it. As someone who had an abortion and always felt kind of weird about it, watching this was...just great! I'm glad to see some of the seriousness lifted from the "very serious issue" that it is usually portrayed as.
(posted to New Short Film Features Quirky Indie Lovers Dancing in Underwear, Abortion) - It would be really awesome of you to send a letter! And I second that I would sign a petition.
(posted to Should I write a letter to the book publisher?) - To be honest, the fact that people like that manifesto scares the sh*t out of me. It's absolutely ridiculous, illogical, the ramblings of a crazy woman.
(posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men) - Not the same thing in my eyes. The magazine you linked to is casual - one of the articles teased on the cover is "How to lunch with Laura." Bush's picture isn't run with an article attacking his political career.
(posted to sexist cover, accurate headline) - You're right, some of Palin's policies reflect her sexism. That doesn't mean she shouldn't be defended when others are sexist against her. And that doesn't mean I don't stand up for "our sisters who fight for what's right." And that
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Responses to Comments from abileen
- I suppose my reaction would depend somewhat on the intent of the author. I can't quite tell if this is intended as satire -- or whether the author is simply a seething misandrist. Even as satire, it is somewhat clumsy (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
- It makes me uncomfortable in all sorts of ways. Immediately because I am a man and thus right in the cross-hairs, secondarily because if taken literally it advances a kind of willing hatred and violence, and thirdly because it has (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
- Kind of scary but interesting seeing men so cruelly misrepresented for a change. I was particularly put off by the comment about men as fathers. My ex-husband is a wonderful father, very patient with our sons. He is a better (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
- How can anyone compare this to A Modest Proposal except in the vaguest of terms? A Modest Proposal was easily identified as satirical because of how plainly it stated its facts and how despite the plainness, the straight-forwardness, it was (posted to The Society for Cutting Up Men)
- Liberal republican = Exist. Bigfoot = Doesn't exist. You might want to do a little more reading before you shoot you mouth off. (posted to sexist cover, accurate headline)
