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Friday, September 3, 2010

“And really? ”Full figures are making a comeback?” That’s why “we love her”? Is that so. Maybe what’s really happening is that women are finally getting the fucking point that you don’t know what the hell you’re talking about, that you’re making shit up as you go along and we are onto you. We’re sick of being marginalized into cookie sneaking, yogurt loving, shoe obsessing babymakers who can never, ever manage to fit the ideal of even one season of whatever is “in,” body-wise. Maybe we’re just done with you. And maybe? Maybe women like Christina Hendricks and Beth Ditto are sofa king inspirational to us precisely because they just don’t give a damn about you fashion people. They’re not afraid of you and they’re showing us with class and grace that we shouldn’t be afraid of you, either.”

W Magazine’s “Chic Cliques” Guide Makes Fat & Sassy Cool Again! | MamaPop™ - Celebrity Gossip and Entertainment News From Hollywood For Parents

See? I told you.

Simple Answers to Difficult Questions - O Me of Little Faith

For my Tumblr peeps who enjoy the religious stuff I’ve been posting lately, I think you will get a chuckle out of this Q&A.

For my Tumblr peeps who are not so into that, I apologize for the recent volume of godstuff, and promise to return to your regularly scheduled program of cute animals wearing inappropriate headgear and risque nerd innuendo soon.

“In light of this belief, the purpose of social influence for Christians is not to favor their own faith; it is to serve a view of universal rights and dignity taught by their faith. It is not to advance their own creed; it is to apply that creed in pursuit of the common good. This is what turns religion into a positive social force — a determination to defend everyone’s dignity.”

Michael Gerson - In mosque controversies, some Christians undermine their own faith

There were a lot of chunks of this column I wanted to quote, but this one in particular is my favorite. Read the whole thing, as they say.

Tuesday, August 31, 2010

“The sad thing is not that she listens to this quiet voice, but that she can’t admit it’s her own. She has to label it God’s voice in order to take it seriously. In my time as a professor, I’ve met a lot of young people like this who don’t believe their own feelings matter, that their own thoughts are worth paying attention to. These young people need to learn that it’s important to listen to their own feelings. Even though they’re not always right, feelings tell you things you need to know.

When a young person has to label the voices in her heart “God” in order to believe they’re worth listening to, she doesn’t really believe it’s OK for her to be perceptive about her situation, that it’s OK to realize her boyfriend is bad for her and do something about it. In short, she doesn’t realize she has a right to be a morally responsible adult. This new theology has undermined her sense of responsibility and self-knowledge—not to mention her faith in God as a real person who exists outside her own thoughts.”

RELEVANT Magazine - Is This God’s Voice or Mine?

This guy nails with more eloquence than I could muster what always drove me nuts about the phrase “God is telling me to…” that I heard so often in college.

Monday, August 30, 2010

Inspectors find unsanitary conditions at egg farms

People wonder why I’ve gotten so picky about buying my food directly from the producer. It’s because I can see whether the hen house is “bulging from manure.”

Penny Arcade! - Remove Sandals (0/2)

Bwahaha!

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For Tiffany.

I need to start a Tumblr with this title. It combines my love of Jules Winnfield with my love of grammar and usage.

Friday, August 27, 2010

“Obama is not a brown-skinned, anti-war socialist who gives away free health care. You’re thinking of Jesus.”

Greg

What? You thought Jesus was white? Let Undercover Nun remind you that he was born in the Middle East. Know how you hear about the West Bank on the news? Yeah, there.

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