SERIOUSLY. I miss thinking that all my tween/teenage idols were awesome, smart, compassionate, progressive people.
Gross and stupid. Why do people feel like it's appropriate and acceptable to comment and speculate on other people's gender (and medical issues)? There is just such a profound lack of boundaries there that is really perverse.
God, that is ridiculous. LOVE Anna Maxwell Martin and Bletchley Circle, too! (But have yet to see Philomena.)
Hmmm. I think it is empowering in the sense that women have (or always should have) ultimate ownership of their own bodies (which is why I found the play Lysistrata empowering when I first read it as a girl). However, there does exist the stereotype that woman generally use "sex as a weapon," as Rebecca pointed out,…
+ 1 million for the Lysistrata reference!
Wow, that is so lovely! What a great gift for yourself. Congrats on the bar!!! That's wonderful about your hair, too. :) Jo was such a great role model (and Winona Ryder in the '90s was everything).
Oh, your poor friend! In my case, it certainly does! I feel much more secure knowing that I have a pretty reliable and effective way to keep nausea and vomiting at bay. I also keep a six-pack of 7up on hand in case I must vomit (if I am able to drink anything while in the throws of nausea). Vomiting is much more…
Thank you so much for the resources and for sharing, rentaduckie! *recovering emetophobe fist bump!*
Right?! I also saw it in the theater (as a tween) and promptly fell madly in love! Such a wonderful film and adaptation of the novel. The focus on the inner beauty and character of the March women was certainly influential in shaping my conception of myself as a human being that happens to be female gendered.
YES. I tried to find a clip of that, but to no avail!
Oh, I am so sorry! That is awful!
Ha! Seriously. But, aw, they're not really so bad! They just need to listen to some L7! :D
Thirded!
"If you feel your value lies in being merely decorative, I fear that someday you might find yourself believing that's all that you really are. Time erodes all such beauty, but what it cannot diminish is the wonderful workings of your mind: Your humor, your kindness, and your moral courage. These are the things I…
Watermelon is wonderful for rehydrating. Also, as long it is not contraindicated, an anti-emetic such as Promethazine (OTC in most countries but by prescription in the U.S.) can be a lifesaver for persisting nausea after vomiting, or for preventing vomiting altogether.