My friends and I were SO obsessed with that song in high school. Like so obsessed. I had totally forgotten about it until news of their comeback started to stir the memories up!

Having suffered years of sexual abuse from my own father and being too afraid to tell anyone, the fact that this young woman had the strength to tell a trusted adult speaks VOLUMES about her. I wish I could hug her and tell her how brave she is.

Xena’s hardly butch.

I think what would have been WAY more awesome is BISEXUAL Xena. I LOVED LOVED LOVED Xena growing up. I was ages 9-14 during its run and I remember shipping (before the term came about) both Xena/Aries (God of War) and Xena/Gabrielle.

Wrong. There is no scenario in which that is “braver” or more impactful. That would make zero impact.

There are plenty of non-lesbian friends on TV. We need to have a lesbian relationship where one of them doesn’t get fridged for the plot line.

no.

Gee, if it weren’t for her history of unflinching support for LGBT rights, I’d find this whole issue pretty worrisome.

And this woman was so insufferable to the other adults that if any other parents ever try to bing up similar concerns, even if they do so as politely and kindly as possible, these people will immediately think that they’re in for another pretentious lecture and get defensive.

Totally agree about the librarian. And I can't help but wonder: does this library have a committee or friends group or whatever? Why not join that? And encourage book purchases without subtle sexism? After all, books have to retire at some point, and replacements have to be purchased.

I agree - it seems like her message was “that’s not something friends do”. But, that’s exactly something friends do! Not even like, that asshole friend - I have very fond memories of weekends watching horror movies and trying to make each other scream in the bathroom during/after! (The Shining + creepy basement…

I think there can be a lot of educational value to be gained from racist, sexist, homophobic, etc. books. You learn a lot about the cultures and attitudes that produced those books. (Like, if you’re a historian specializing in Nazi Germany, you’re gonna have to read Men Kampf.) I see what you’re saying, though. There…

yeah this is fucking psychotic. ‘burn the book’. look i realize the author was kidding but libraries also function as an archive. weeding should be best left in the capable hands of librarians (an overwhelmingly female profession, i might add) and not some new mom who’s stumbled upon third wave feminism. hands off the…

Especially if kids read classics, they’re going to run into all kinds of sexist and racist bullshit, and outdated attitudes. When I read the chronicles of Narnia, my parents took the time to talk to me about CS Lewis and his attitudes, and the historical context so that I could enjoy the story but also think…

...but there is no evidence that that is going on HERE. I get that the general trend is to excuse boys’ aggressive behavior but not girls’, but we’re talking specifics here, and we have no evidence that this is going on. We DO have some indication that the school is very aware that the bully in question isn’t doing…

Totally agree. Censorship isn’t the answer. The world is full of harmful, ugly, horrible things and denying that they exist doesn’t protect us from them. It’s much better to give options and show that eliminating ignorance is the key to overcoming malignant forces.

Yes, thank you! I work in a library and wanted to say the same thing. Even aside from the slippery slope of removing objectionable materials (shuddering just thinking about that can of worms—what’s objectionable? To whom?), the whole point of libraries is equal access. We can’t cater to one person’s views because…

I was just typing out this comment! Actually this whole soundtrack was fire, and the movie itself was highly underrated.

Amazing - I was so in love with their song Pure Shores... Its a trip down memory lane for me!