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11/12/09
How the hell does this make her a hypocrite?
This stinks of gleefully blaming the victim because you don't like her. She didn't release that fucking tape, some jerkwad betrayed her trust.
Her odious opinions do not make this magically ok. #sextapes
11/12/09
Earlier this year several teenage girls in Akron, Ohio were arrested for doing exactly what Prejean did. The point wasn't to send them to Leavenworth, but to inform the public that this is a serious offense. As we've seen, these images get passed around, and they often wind up in the hands of predators.
Prosecuting Preajean would go a long way toward combatting ignorance about this issue. Besides, she seems to be a good candidate for a lengthy period of community service. #sextapes
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Not only was it boring, but clearly staged and managed to turn me off sex for quite some time. #sextapes
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You mean honking the boat horn with his wang? #sextapes
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10/22/09
They both rock, and have never once suggested feminism sold them a pup, or that I should just keel over now. They ground me and keep me sane, but also give comfort and support when I need it.
What women like Gottleib seem to not get is that, yes, shit will go wrong in your life, because that is what happens. Her pronouncements about relationships going wrong and life not quite working out how you thought it would are, how do I say this, stating the bleeding freaking obvious. Only a blind rabbit that has been kept underground forever and fed a diet of happy endings wouldn't realise that life doesn't always work out the way you think it will. It's the tag line on a million romantic movie posters, for god's sake. #arrogance
10/22/09
10/22/09
"If you're of this age group and you have been lucky in life. . . don't think that it's because you are somehow more reasonable, loveable, worthy, etc. than the ones who lost out: you're not."
I don't think that - I think that I was lucky to grow up with a questioning curiosity, a healthy mistrust of authority and a lot of empathy for people less fortunate than I was, which politicized me at an early age. There is no way one could grow up in our generation and not be aware of the huge suffering caused by our rapacious capitalism around the world; once you are aware of it (as I became, at 17 or so), if you don't start questioning the system, you're either selfish or stupid. In the words of Frank Zappa: "If you end up with a boring miserable life because you listened to your mom, your dad, your teacher, your priest, or some guy on television telling you how to do your shit, then you deserve it."
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IMHO, that's why there are always seemingly insurmountable problems with those choices.
And no one seems to want to talk about that part. #arrogance
10/21/09
cuz if not, you know, you're probably just bitter.
signed,
Society. #arrogance
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Life ebbs and flows. Having choices is messy, but I'll take those choices and the ability to shape my own life over what you see happen to millions of people all over world who, through lack of opportunities, poverty, war, class, gender, or race, don't have any.
I mean, if you're surprised by the fact that life is sometimes disappointing, and sometimes you have regrets, and everything isn't a wonderful fairytale every second...then you missed something more than just being idealistic. You missed reality.
We're all going to get old and die. And you're going to be faced with choices and difficulties at every stage along the way. There's no magic wand that will make life awesome every second you live it. I think expecting that is a much larger problem than not "having it all". Which is different for each person anyway.
And frankly, if you spend all your time on "should haves" and regret, it's no wonder you feel disillusioned. Plus, life is not over after 40. My mother just turned 60, is going back to school, and just got her real estate license. If these women really do have all the opportunities, educations, and intelligence they say they do, then they're not nearly as stuck as someone who doesn't. #arrogance