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Writer Tries On Marilyn's Wardrobe • Vegetarian Cat Prefers Organic
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Gawd I am disgusted about it to this day and am reminded of it anytime I read about either of them. What an asshole thing to say.
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This made my heart sink, although I'm glad this might mean he's remorseful for what he did.
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I read the original story, and the hypothesis is that PPD may be a way of the mother reacting to a lack of support from her surroundings. Though the reporting doesn't sound sciency enough to me (yet), I will say that in my case, as soon as I started hanging out with other parents at a parent-child center, my mild case of PPD went away. One day I was truly certain that I would never be happy again -- was working on just accepting that new fact -- and then sometime soon after, I was ok.
Of course, a lot of women need much more than social support, but in my case, that was the magic bullet.
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For many people, something else is needed (therapy, meds, etc) before those chemicals can be set right.
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They will get very ill on a vegetarian diet. Animal Planet had a segment last week on one of its shows about cats that went blind because they were kept on a vegetarian diet. I don't know all the details but I imagine that ultimately they cannot survive and will eventually die of malnutrition on vegetarian-only diets.
Maybe Dante supplements the veggies with rodents or something when his owners aren't watching.
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Man, this makes more sense than almost anything else I've ever heard said about her. Also: D-E-A-D at her own hand! Her beauty was not enough to keep her alive! Choose life, fools!
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It's not about her. It never was. It's about a cultural frame of reference for body-type acceptance. And that is a very important discussion.
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it's awesome that she makes some people feel better about themselves,- definitely not arguing that. but in all actuality, she was way way over-idealized in all aspects of that whole argument. see above discussion, if you are interested.
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@kelsium: I think that's an equally valid point, although I see it more as being about fame (certainly a linked topic).
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I have very little work today, and as a result I am full of deep thoughts. Very few conclusions, though.
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/actionable, yet useless factoid.
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I also find it somewhat perverse that so many women look to her as a symbol of body acceptance or beauty when in reality Monroe's whole appearance was forcibly manufactured and constantly viewed with a critical eye, not to mention the fact that she was objectified to the point of breaking.
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But regarding your second point: I wholeheartedly agree.
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I fucking hate the death penalty. More costly for the system, inhumane, and ridiculous. Vengeance does not equal justice.
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