It's especially stupid when you consider the quote is by Deanna Marcum, Associate Librarian for Library Services at the Library of Congress.
Up until the punching, it was a real nice party.
Kaylee ,'Shindig'
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Glamcookie - Mar 08, 2007 10:54:57 am PST #9558 of 10001
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
Aims - Mar 08, 2007 10:56:31 am PST #9559 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Aimee, it sounds like you were not the one misunderstanding the various terms under discussion.
Maybe, but she's psychologist so she knew what that term "cutter" meant and said it was different.
Atropa - Mar 08, 2007 10:57:17 am PST #9560 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Hey Jilli...I was talking to my friend last night and asked me if "emo" meant anything to me and I laughed and said, "yeah". Then she asked if "cutter" meant anything. I said, "Well, the peolpe that cut themselves to feel pain etc etc etc." and she said no that it was a goth thing. I'd never heard of it. Have you? Can you shed light?
Oh for the love of Bela Lugosi, no, cutting is not a Goth thing. Or an emo thing.
(I'm not exasperated with you, Aims. Please don't think that.)
Cutting is pretty much what you said it was; people who do it usually do it so they can feel in control of expressing their emotions. Many people assume cutting is a Goth or emo thing, but it isn't. If someone is cutting themselves, it's not because they're part of a black-clad subculture, it's because they've got some issues they need to deal with.
(Woooh, rantycakes button!)
Connie Neil - Mar 08, 2007 10:58:15 am PST #9561 of 10001
brillig
so she knew what that term "cutter" meant and said it was different
Maybe she's channelling librarian training and remembering that the Cutter is the part of the call number that comes after the main categorization number.
Or not.
Atropa - Mar 08, 2007 10:58:35 am PST #9562 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Maybe, but she's psychologist so she knew what that term "cutter" meant and said it was different.
rolls eyes forever
She may be a psychologist, but that doesn't mean she's well-informed.
erikaj - Mar 08, 2007 10:59:03 am PST #9563 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Not to be a pain in the ass, but could you call Ms.Marcum and ask her to elucidate? I would. (Maybe I am a PITA.)
Aims - Mar 08, 2007 10:59:08 am PST #9564 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Then Sean might be right that she misunderstood something. She was pretty adamant that is wasn't the self-injury thing.
So how 'bout them perky-goths? They're pretty awesome!
vw bug - Mar 08, 2007 10:59:22 am PST #9565 of 10001
Mostly lurking...
Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit! Shit!
I think I'm about to be set up on a blind date!
Nora Deirdre - Mar 08, 2007 10:59:48 am PST #9566 of 10001
I’m responsible for my own happiness? I can’t even be responsible for my own breakfast! (Bojack Horseman)
by whom?
Aims - Mar 08, 2007 11:00:11 am PST #9567 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
She may be a psychologist, but that doesn't mean she's well-informed.
No, I get that. It was a term her son used and she was just asking me about it.
t slinks away