I call my mom everyday because I'm a weirdo and she's one of the few people who will listen to every goddamn thing I have to say. I don't talk to my dad that much because he's kind of a '50s non-emotional dad, but he does drunk dial me monthly and since he upgraded his flip-phone to an Android (lol) he has…
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And this, boys and girls, is a wonderful example of conversational judo. It's not mean-spirited, but it does use your interlocutor's nasty-minded momentum against them. It's perfect!
It needs more cow bell.
"If I had breasts as small as you, I would have gotten a boob job a long time ago!"
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…
YES! More food for post apocalyptic fiction. Can't wait for the stories that will be created around this. In paperback. Or games running on shielded computer with batteries powered by fossil fuels.
- Put seed in dirt.
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…
DoctorDonna Noble. Poor, incredible Donna. She was literally the most important woman in the history of the universe, and she can't remember she saved it or else she'll die...not to mention the fact that when we first met her, she almost married a fraud using her to help an ancient race of spider beings take over…
Name: The Doctor
Elphaba, from Wicked
So tragic because : Wicked is nothing but the story of her ever-worsening alienation from everything and everyone she ever loved. Offered with no way back and no happy ending of any kind.
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…
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.