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    "Witchcraft School": For Mature Students Only

    Tears For Fears

    After The Flood

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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    10/07/09

    In reply to "Witchcraft School": For Mature Students Only
    Also: damn you, Sadie, for writing a headline that gave me a glimmer of hope that there was a Hogwarts out there that would welcome my 26 y/o ass...
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    Image of LaComtesse LaComtesse
    10/07/09

    In reply to "Witchcraft School": For Mature Students Only
    But does this really address the fact that witchcraft in modern Paiwanese society is obsolete? Is having more witches going to increase the demand for traditional rituals if people aren't following these rituals to begin with? I will be curious to see how this goes.
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    Image of Dauphine Dauphine
    10/07/09

    In reply to "Witchcraft School": For Mature Students Only
    This is awesome. I love cultural revivals, especially in the face of the mono-culturalism of globalization.

    And polytheistic religions that have strong female roles? Are the most awesome.

    Trufax: one of my athro. profs told me to go off and become a shaman. The academic advisor didn't think that was a viable career path, alas.
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    Image of HarpMadness HarpMadness
    10/07/09

    @Dauphine: Hee -- that's a great story. I also love the revitalization of cultures and traditions like this. It really freaks me out to think of losing things like that just due to the passage of time. I know that's just what happens, but when you think about it, it's sort of disconcerting. I'm glad these women are doing what they can to preserve what they know before it becomes lost.
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    Image of Dauphine Dauphine
    10/07/09

    @HarpMadness: Even the difference of only a century can change so much! It's strange reading ethnographies from the beginning of the 1900s and then seeing articles on the same cultural groups today, and how much has changed. I'm very thankful for programs like UNESCO's one to help catalogue and save endangered languages, especially when 417 are extinct now.
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    Image of HarpMadness HarpMadness
    10/07/09

    @Dauphine: Yes, it feels like things are just slipping through our fingers. I know that some people feel that it's no big deal and that things always change/adapt, which is very, very true. Certainly, part of any living culture, but I just can't help but feel its a loss for a language to die out. I even think a lot about just the way we live day to day today that will be unknown in a few years -- because things change so quickly and we're not really paying attention ... Maybe it doesn't matter, but it seems like it does to me. :)
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    Image of NoraFusus NoraFusus
    08/17/09

    In reply to Tears For Fears
    i must say - the snap judgments you provide - the bits of very human moments take my breath away and take me out of my private white bread yard. these photos touch my heart. thank you!
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    Image of ihateyourescalade ihateyourescalade
    08/14/09

    In reply to After The Flood
    Waiting for the redneck Jesus contingent to say God is punishing the Taiwanese for stealing all the manufacturing jobs from America.
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    Image of nyc-caribbean-ragazza nyc-caribbean-ragazza
    08/14/09

    In reply to After The Flood
    Is this story receiving a lot of coverage in the States?

    The devastation is heartbreaking.
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    Image of nora charles nora charles
    08/14/09

    @nyc-caribbean-ragazza: I heard about it a couple days ago, but that was on NPR--I'm not sure that it's getting much attention in the major TV/print news.
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    Image of Flackette Goes Retro Flackette Goes Retro
    08/14/09

    @nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Sadly, I only heard the death toll this morning. We are too busy yelling at each other about healthcare it would appear.
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    Image of GoonerGirl GoonerGirl
    08/14/09

    @nyc-caribbean-ragazza: Not really. My brother moved to Taiwan last December to teach English, and on Saturday, I was desperately searching for news about the typhoon, since I had a few tense hours when I couldn't get in touch with him (He's okay, thankfully). The only news stories I could find on the web at that point were all from foreign news agencies.

    Truly, the American media right now is only interested in crazy people yelling at Senators and who might get custody of Michael Jackson's kids.
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    Image of sympathyforthebasementcat sympathyforthebasementcat
    08/14/09

    @nora charles: I don't know about tv, but I read the newspaper every morning, and they've been following it closely.

    I think the tv news has a tendency to focus on hysteria/non-news (ie birthers, etc) because it gets ratings, rather than dealing with real issues facing the wold.
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    Image of dcdulce dcdulce
    07/22/09

    In reply to Total Eclipse Of The...
    put your specs on! you'll burn your eye out kid!
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    Image of Skinny lips, killer lashes Skinny lips, killer lashes
    07/22/09

    In reply to Total Eclipse Of The...
    There's a Bonnie Tyler/Total Eclipse of the Heart joke in here somewhere, but can I find it? No.
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    LindsayC: dissertations are overrated. promoted this comment Skinny lips, killer lashes was starred Skinny lips, killer lashes was unstarred
    Image of Gabberdoo Gabberdoo
    07/22/09

    @Skinny lips, killer lashes:
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    Image of LindsayC: doctoral hilarity ensues LindsayC: doctoral hilarity ensues
    07/22/09

    @Skinny lips, killer lashes: Dude, I can never find them. The cool kids take them and keep them all to themselves.
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    07/22/09

    @Gabberdoo: Fonzies been cloned is my new favourite way of saving myself if I start swearing in front of my mother!
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    Image of NefariousNewt NefariousNewt
    07/22/09

    In reply to Total Eclipse Of The...
    "There's no dark side of the Moon really... Matter of fact, it's all dark..."
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    Image of jeepgirl jeepgirl
    07/22/09

    In reply to Total Eclipse Of The...
    I'm doing allright,
    Getting good grades
    The future's so bright,
    I gotta wear shades
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    Image of CurtCole CurtCole
    07/22/09

    In reply to Total Eclipse Of The...
    damn it, I want to be in Asia right now!
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    Image of par3 par3
    04/07/09

    In reply to Christian Louboutin Creates Sky High, Obscene, Snake Stilettos
    i like the design a lot... but i don't like that it's snake maybe if it was like bright blue satin- mmmm.
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    Image of Flintstoner Flintstoner
    04/07/09

    In reply to Christian Louboutin Creates Sky High, Obscene, Snake Stilettos
    Girls, save your money and buy real estate, or diamonds. Like a luxury car, once these babies hit the pavement, their value drops by half.
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    Image of RobertaFisk RobertaFisk
    04/07/09

    @Flintstoner: Diamonds have terrible resale value.
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    Image of tomatoheart tomatoheart
    04/07/09

    In reply to Christian Louboutin Creates Sky High, Obscene, Snake Stilettos
    I just want to hug lindsey...i hope she pulls herself together.
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    Image of Gretchen is a new kitten mom! Gretchen is a new kitten mom!
    04/07/09

    In reply to Christian Louboutin Creates Sky High, Obscene, Snake Stilettos
    Oh no, not Stila!! I love love love their "color push-ups"! What am I going to do??


    *blip* went my 24-hour portable cardiac monitor! I'm gonna have to write this down to explain to the doc tomorrow:


    1. Looked at hideous python shoes with a 3k pricetag

    2. Found out Stila was going under

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