So this was my Facebook status the other day. Deliberately provocative, as you can see, and as I hoped, I got lots of responses. I am blessed with the most generous, thoughtful, wonderful friends ever, and they gave me the gift of their gut response (which was almost unanimously "No", by the way). Then they … Continue reading If I Told You …
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Feminism and Kim Kardashian
This unlikely juxtaposition comes because I’m thinking about scrutiny of women’s bodies. Somebody used that phrase the other week and I was somewhat perplexed. Not because I think women’s bodies aren’t scrutinized, but because it wasn’t in a context I would have expected. The person proclaimed that complimenting a woman on weight loss was offensive, … Continue reading Feminism and Kim Kardashian