I think you are right about this. Misogyny runs deep in the country, and so does racism.

About a decade ago I watched a documentary about poll workers and the shift to electronic voting (I can’t remember the title and can’t find the film anymore), and one of the arguments of the film (besides the emphasis on the demographics of an aging polling workforce) was that digital voting is eminently hackable.

Hey, on your recommendation, I watched The Wolf of Snow Hollow last night. I thought it was pretty good, and I loved the addiction story and gender politics (all the angry men are angry because women in their lives haven’t loved them sufficiently, and the movie doesn’t let them off the hook about their destructive…

That was pretty damn scary.

yeah. I generally appreciate Roeg as a director.

you can only work farm jobs when you’re fourteen.

As I get older, I’m more convinced that exploitation is the main ingredient, and anything resembling feminism is a garnish.

OMG, I was obsessed with her after watching Logan’s Run. Then I watched AWIL, and I was complete in my fandom.

The Eclipse features such strong performances: Ciarán Hinds, in particular, is wonderful.

I’m old enough to have signed on to detassle corn with large groups of teens who would be shipped off to various mega farms and work for a few weeks at a time.

and it’s CHEAP/INEXPENSIVE.

LOL. picking pumpkins sucks, but de-tassling corn is still the worst. The absolute worst.

I’m find with the argument that everybody’s behaviors are culturally constructed as long as we acknowledge there is no “outside” and “original” anywhere—we are all products of cultural forces—which means all of us are equally inauthentic.

it was such a relief from regular heat indices of 103-114 the last few months!

I love how the podcast has evolved from a strictly true crime obsession to: an honest discussion of Karen and Georgia’s struggles with anxiety and addiction; the honoring of victims of various crimes by providing details about the victim’s lives and families; and a robust discussion of social justice issues such as …

as will the IUD and any form of hormonal invention (implants, patches, vaginal rings). . .

When you point out that birth control pills prevent ovulation and therefore there are no eggs to fertilize, they will tell you that you are wrong. And there is no arguing with them.

I thought it was amazingly well done.

Yep.  It’s Wisconsin, but Kansas.

“ZackSnydersConscience”--LOL