So, going back, I dunno. 1 in 5 abused teengirls in relationships seems really high to me.
I liked the book, FWIW.
Don't belong. Dangerous, like you. Can't be controlled. Can't be trusted. Everyone could just go on without me and not have to worry. People could be what they wanted to be. Could be with the people they wanted. Live simple. No secrets.
River ,'Objects In Space'
We're Literary 2: To Read Makes Our Speaking English Good
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Kat - Dec 03, 2003 9:47:28 am PST #7 of 10002
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Frankenbuddha - Dec 03, 2003 9:47:29 am PST #8 of 10002
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Curses - foiled again.
Glamcookie - Dec 03, 2003 9:47:59 am PST #9 of 10002
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
I agree, Kat. That seems really high. I hope it's incorrect.
Betsy HP - Dec 03, 2003 9:48:30 am PST #10 of 10002
If I only had a brain...
Oops. My last Crusie post wound up on the old thread:
Betsy HP "Literary Buffistas: Don't Speak Latin in Front of the Books" Dec 3, 2003 11:47:36 am PST
Nutty - Dec 03, 2003 9:49:33 am PST #11 of 10002
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
She said that 1 in 5 teenage girls has been abused in a relationship, according to JAMA which I found shocking
This strikes me as fuzzy statisticking. For one thing, "teenage" should by rights cover 13-19 inclusive, and of these, how many have dated, and of these, how many can be called in a "relationship"? What's a relationship, in this study?
Not that JAMA has free archives, or anything. Feh.
Consuela - Dec 03, 2003 9:49:53 am PST #12 of 10002
We are Buffistas. This isn't our first apocalypse. -- Pix
Top 11!
Maybe.
erikaj - Dec 03, 2003 9:50:19 am PST #13 of 10002
Always Anti-fascist!
I like the darker stuff in the Crusie books. I know you're shocked.
Katerina Bee - Dec 03, 2003 9:50:43 am PST #14 of 10002
Herding cats for fun
(grabs comfy chair, drops off pile of old books, starts rifling through the bookshelves for good stuff).
scrappy - Dec 03, 2003 9:52:10 am PST #15 of 10002
Nobody
I wonder what the definition of abuse is? I mean, I thought it was almost murder when Walter Ludwig broke up with me junior year and started seeng someone who was at the SAME BUS STOP AS ME, who I had to see every morning and afternoon. Also, she wore shorts over tights, which was hideous.
Luckily, that's as bad as it got for me, although I certainly knew some friends who were in more unhealthy relationships. Only one of all the girls I knew had a relationship which went into the realm of abuse...that I knew of.
Phill - Dec 03, 2003 9:53:07 am PST #16 of 10002
I like to talk about politics with people that agree with me, and I like high class places.
Jesus Christ! Shorts over tights?