There was a brief item in the paper a few weeks ago about domestic violence. It was written by a woman who was working with women who'd been abused and they started a program of reading the Bible together. Now, a number of these women had been told - by the men abusing them, by their priest/pastor/minister, by their parents - that the Bible supported the abuse, that they were supposed to be subordinant to the men in their lives and that the men were justified. After actually reading the Bible they were discovering that there were other messages - being partners, respecting and loving each other and such. Seemingly it was a source of strength for the women.
These kids ... sigh ....
I have to say this here so that I do not say it to my friend's business partner.
Camille Paglia may not be conservative by any means, but she is by all means, as Molly Ivins once said, an asshole.
From Nora's link:
The results of the survey, conducted by the Boston Public Health Commission across the city and equally among boys and girls, are startling for local health workers who see a generation of youths who seem to have grown accustomed, even insensitive, to domestic violence.
That "generation of youths" phrasing reads oddly to me. Are today's youth more accustomed to domestic violence than previous generations? There's probably no good way to measure it, but from what I've read and seen, it seems like domestic violence used to be treated much more casually than it is now. Like, I can't imagine "To the moon, Alice!" being played for laughs on a sitcom now, and I was just reading that in the late 1800s, the slang "Irish beauty" meant a woman with two black eyes -- aside from the slur on the Irish, it seems like a really casual attitude toward domestic violence. There's certainly a long way to go, but framing this as a "youth" problem seems problematic.
Two Lumps amuses me today.
Thanks to Two Lumps, I've started referring to the cats' food as "gooshyfood."
t tangent time!
So, if I were to record some 2-3 minute videos about Things To Know About Goths, what should some of the topics be? These videos would be used to promote the GCS book. (This is at the suggestion of my marketing person, and sweet zombie Jesus, I have a MARKETING PERSON OH MY GOD.)
t /tangent time!
t however, not closing the invisible-but-there freak-out tag, sorry
Thanks to Two Lumps, I've started referring to the cats' food as "gooshyfood."
The term gooshy food was used in a Daily Kos diary talking about cats, or pooties, as the parlance has it over there.
It amuses me to track the currents of pop usage.
what should some of the topics be?
1. I am not a Satanist.
2. I am not cutting myself.
3. I am not going to shoot up the school.
4. I can find you great deals on cool clothing.
Mos def the "Goths are not cutters/suicidal/Satan worshipper/depressed (I mean, I suppose they can be, but no more so than anyone else)/serial killers in waiting" thing
Jilli's going to be on the Today show or Regis, I know it.
I don't need a piano, even if someone's selling one on craigslist, right?
