I have had a mad crush on Jeff Goldblum since I was 13 years old. Yes, I was that girl. Everyone else can have their Johnny Depps and Brad Pitts of the world, I will take Jeff Goldblum. God, he still makes me drool. Have you ever seen him in an interview with a woman host? It's like there is no one else around, that…

This is just an exceptionally flowery frame for the basic concept, which is "he gets the final say because he's a guy." No matter how nice he is about it, he still gets the trump card. That is wrong. Infantilizing. Bullshit. And wrong. (I grew up there, too, and lo! it was bullshit.)

The majority of the books in the New Testament were not written by the people to whom they are attributed, and, in particular, both Ephesians (the source of all the 'submitting') and Titus (the source of 'women being keepers of the home') were written after Paul and not by Paul. Paul said that in Jesus 'there is…

If this was all 'submission' in the church meant that'd be different - but it's not. Men are in charge, men run the evangelical church. Women are NOT allowed to be in charge or 'teach' (unless it's children in Sunday school or a women's group. Can't be tellin' the men what to do now!).

Before marriage, men are so easily tempted by the sin of lust that it's all up to women to dress modestly and not tempt men, and to maintain their own purity. After marriage, men are the wise ones that are entrusted to make all the decisions that the wife must ultimately submit to.

It doesn't mean the husband wins.

Agree. I have heard this "dressed up" version of submission all the time. Evangelicals go on and on about how submission doesn't mean the women is weaker or less important, but then use that as an excuse for men to take lead in almost every aspect of the church. Not buying it.

This scenario seems a lot like a parent-child relationship.

That's how they dress it up, but it's still at heart, essentially making the husband in charge and the wife subservient. These same churches won't let women be in the top tier of leadership (ministers, elders, deacons etc) because it's not 'biblical'. They use all these 'spiritual' explanations for all their sexist…

oh no, I'm going with early 30's. I'm picturing a NiceGuy™ who still thinks he's not sexist because actually he "worships" women.

I appreciate the disclaimer, as I too now read these with serious skepticism.

If my parents had been the ones to adopt this dog, then found out what happened, there would have been an "I'm sorry, kids, the right thing to do is give this dog back to its owners." The fact that they're not giving her back means they are just as shitty as the people in the shelter who made the decision.

So...

If I wasn't busy enjoying my life and my not-found-in-college life partner, I would create a US Book Tour of "LET'S GO HECKLE" where everyone who hasn't been coast-to-coast since The Grateful Dead and/or Phish could get in a caravan and just follow her from state to state, drinking and heckling our way across the USA.

I really hope that she does a book tour so I can show up extra boozy and booby and heckle from the front row.

I dunno that that's true either, though, and it's awfully broad in its use. I mean, plenty of college grads were rational about risk/reward.

Thank you so much. I argue this point ALL the time. A college degree has become what a high school diploma used to be: the bare minimum you need to get by. Not only does this mean just graduating high school is now totally devalued, but it means people who get their Bachelor's now feel all the more pressure to go on…

I know you're joking, and I won't get into the specifics of why the American Dream is itself a load of bullshit, but I'm of the opinion than the "collegefication" of the job market is hurting average people as much as outsourcing has. By requiring post-secondary education as a minimum standard for even entry level…

Can we stop for a second and discuss how absolutely stupid it is that instead of trying to make a job market for non-college grads, we now try to cram everyone, regardless of ability or desire, into a college degree?