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• Wow that sentence didn't even nearly make sense. I meant to say "...people arguing that MALE demands [I should have said 'the demands some men make'] on their partner's figure are some kind of paedophilia..."
  (posted to Ask Professor Foxy: Am I Weird Because I Have Pubic Hair?)
• Buffy actually had quite a few female demons, and a lot of the vampires are female. In fact, the first vampire to ever appear on the show was Darla, a female. Drusilla might be mentally disturbed, but she proves to
  (posted to "Bloodsucking is a Boys World")
• I still think Martina Navratilova is the best tennis player of all time. That's my opinion. And that's what is so annoying about everybody who's been talking about Federer as "the greatest". They state that as if it's a fact.
  (posted to The Greatest Tennis Player Ever?)
• Ok, ignore the fact that I obviously chose a poor title. What annoys me is that during the BBC's Wimbledon broadcasts, on the news, and in the newspapers, when they talk about "the greats" in the history of tennis, they
  (posted to The Greatest Tennis Player Ever?)
• I don't think it matters that Blue Rain is a little lighter than in the book. Paula Patton is still an African-American woman. Just because she has lighter skin and straight hair, doesn't mean she's automatically part of a white-saviour
  (posted to On Representation: Push versus Precious)

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• I saw this movie last night. It is excellent & everyone should see it. The realization of Blue's sexuality in the movie reads slightly differently than it does in the book. The passage quoted is nearly verbatim with the one (posted to On Representation: Push versus Precious)
• That tagline is on the IMDB page, wiki, etc. It's everywhere. Read the book, see the movie, that tag line wont spoil it for you. Prepare to blown away by the book and/or the film. Seriously, clear the rest of (posted to On Representation: Push versus Precious)
• this film comes from the independent film world. The same world that gave us, Frozen River, the Visitor, Namesake, the Station Agent, Towelhead, etc. It is clear that there are not nearly enough women working in the film industry. From (posted to On Representation: Push versus Precious)
• Lizh I can 100% honestly say that there is so much more to this book than that one line. Yes the sexual abuse is central to a lot of what Precious goes through and deals with, however there is so (posted to On Representation: Push versus Precious)
• I completely agree with you Tracey T. The same people saying it doesn't matter would be the first ones complaining when they cast a White person to play a Black person. Like you said, it's always a fairer skinned person (posted to On Representation: Push versus Precious)

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