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• Marilyn Monroe had her teeth fixed and her chin and nose done. Natural? Debatable. Determined by her genetic makeup? No.
  (posted to How to respond to the claim of jealousy)
• I had to make a similar decision. What was hardest for me was that I could see his potential. If he would just do A,B,C, things would be great. But I couldn't make him, and though it took me a
  (posted to Help me: my feminist boyfriend paid for a 'happy ending')
• I stopped saying the pledge of allegiance in school as soon as I understood what it meant, about sixth or seventh grade, though I still stood up so no one noticed. I just wasn't comfortable pledging allegiance to anything, it
  (posted to What We Missed)
• 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))

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• I continued standing for and reciting the pledge but in junior high I stopped after "one nation." I remember thinking, "Under God doesn't belong in here, I don't think we're indivisible, and we definitely don't have liberty or justice for (posted to What We Missed)
• I find this slightly troubling. It's fine to be more or less interested in one region or period of history (for example I am an early American historian) but it is strange to say that you don't care about the (posted to What We Missed)
• That 10 year old is hands down AMAZING! At such a young age to be sticking up for his beliefs, most kids that age haven't even begun to discover their true ideals. That's exactly why people need to talk openly (posted to What We Missed)
• I wish we had an Independent Bookstore Week in the L.A. area. My boyfriend and I are about to close our independent bookstore because our community would rather drive 10-20 miles to go to Borders or Barnes and Noble than (posted to What We Missed)
• 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))

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