But the thing about those article (and anyone who reads the Smart Bitches Who Love Trashy Books blog will realize I'm repeating myself--I can only have so many original thoughts in a day) is that these people are completely serious, and it's scary. I heard the same argument made, minus Pottery Barn absurdity, in my InterVarsity Christian Fellowship chapter in college during a talk on lust. The women were advised not to read romance novels of any sensuality level because it creates unrealistic expectations and you'll be disappointed when your husband isn't able to sweep you off your feet like that.
Yeah, whatever. Problem is, at the time I believed it, and I think I delayed learning the really important lessons on handling relationships in a mature manner in accordance with my values, my faith, and the general ideal of respecting myself and others, because I was so busy slapping my brain down every time I had a sexual thought and avoiding the evil temptations of a Regency romance.
And while I
do
think it's possible to get too involved in a fantasy world if your romance reading or gaming or whatever causes you to neglect your real-life responsibilities, I think it's a lot more risky and damaging to condemn imagination and daydreaming of a better future altogether--which IMO that article comes all too close to doing.
I really don't like these people and what they're doing in the name of my religion.
My mom and I watched "Serpico" together once. I leave it to others to define the chick flick.
What's wrong with a little fantasy?
What Susan Said. All of it.
Can't imagine.
I do think it's possible to read a good book and find your life wanting a little, though.
And you don't want to put up with this goob any longer? Shocked! Shocked, I am!
t sits bobblehead on desk facing towards computer as neck is tired nodding so emphatically
Jeez o peas. How does a development project end up being more than 10 times as much?! Now THAT I would feel guilty about.
This. This is the power of the JackAss. A cluestick would burn from the stupid if you hit him with it.
New deals and good recommendations are good. I hope he throws massive amounts of money at you at the end of next week.
pornography – 3: the depiction of acts in a sensational manner so as to arouse a quick intense emotional reaction
Huh. So it really is racing porn to me. And everyone thought I was exaggerating at least a little.
Huh. So it really is racing porn to me. And everyone thought I was exaggerating at least a little.
I feel pretty confident that no one here thought you were exaggerating it. (esp Trudes)
Dylan claims any movie featuring a good-looking actor in period costume is a chick flick, no matter how testosterone-laden the storyline is. The Sharpe movies? Total chick flicks. It took some persuading to get him to see Master & Commander with me because that's such a classic Susan chick flick set-up.
There's a difference between woobifying action heroes and chick flix.
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Busted!
I think, actually, that this is the most insulting part of the "female porn" article:
The result of exposure to this kind of fairy tale is obvious, at least to us. When a single woman leaves a steamy chick flick only to return home alone to her cats and tub of ice cream, a part of her breaks—the heart part. And she feels more alone than ever.
Embrace the stereotype of the lonely single woman with her cats and her Ben & Jerry's!
My heart doesn't break when I come home from a chick flick, because I know how to separate fantasy from reality, and I'm not as simplistic as that article seems to think women are.
You people are talking about porn on the same afternoon I invoked Potter Stewart's name in a discussion about web accessibility.
Not perfect synchronicity, as the porn discussion was two hours after the meeting I invoked Judge Stewart's name, but still.
