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[dorian_is_i]

LINKING TIME!!!

This is an amazing article by Kate Harding, who also runs the blog Shapely Prose. It [the article, but also the blog in general] is really, REALLY well-written, and should be read by...I want to say pretty much everyone

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[music_stops]

This is interesting. I'm totally guilty of the "Fat Acceptance is cool but I still need to lost ten pounds" thing. (Although that may be an eating disorder thing, not a bad feminist thing.)

[dorian_is_i]

Well, I think [and, again, I'm so not speaking from experience here, and am therefore not the most qualified judge] that it's often really hard for a woman to not fall into the "...but I need to lose ten pounds" thing, because the ENTIRE CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT persists in telling women exactly that.

[blergg]

So this has nothing to do with anything, but have you read "The Alphabet Versus The Goddess" by Leonard Shlain? If not, you should, I think you'd enjoy it. It's basically about how written word killed the Goddess and led to patriarchy. I have to read it for school (remember by as-far-left-as-you-can-get-women-are-the-best English teacher I told you about?), and I've just started it. I'm resisting it a little so far because I've heard from a lot of kids who have read it that it's complete bullshit, but considering the subject matter, I think you'd like it.

[dorian_is_i]

Well, it sounds a little peculiar--I'm quite fond of the written word, myself, and it's hard to conclusively prove the existence of Goddess-worshipping societies (my understanding is that most primitive societies were--surprise!--STILL PATRIARCHAL). But it sounds like it would be quite an interesting read. I shall look into it!