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going off what my sister said..

so after i read my sister's article about disney movies being sexist and wanting to teach her son about it. i remembered i had read a good article on my favorite website The Frisky named "22 things women can teach their sons about women". when i read it the fisrt time, i think i sent it to my sister, its filled with a mix of relationship advice and sex advice from the perceptive of women in their 20's that have had bad relationships. i agree with 100% of what they say, here's one of the list:
"Saying “You’re being crazy” is never an appropriate response, unless you want her to go postal on you."
which i totally agree with, i told my boyfriend that i really don't like that phrase. the statement imply that when a woman speaks her mind, she's really just saying nonsense, it's also a way of controlling a woman by way of shaming her.
here's the article:

Might be played out but……………

Okay so I know it’s been done before and I definitely will not be the last to talk about sexism in Disney movies. First, let me start by saying I love Disney movies. But now that I am a mom and a little older (just a tad bit) and wiser ( I hope ) I see things that I didn’t see before, and hear things I didn’t hear before. So of course we all know that all Disney movies are filled with stereotypes and clichés up the you know what. But I wanted to post a cute quote from the movie “The Little Mermaid” (one of my favorite Disney movies) on my facebook………well much to my chagrin I stumbled upon a quote made by Ursula. “On land it is much preferred for ladies not to say a word” WOW! Unfortunately, there is some truth to what she says, our sexist society would prefer that woman look pretty and speak as little as possible. In thinking about this quote I began to think about the entire song that Ursula sings and the things she tells Ariel like she can make him fall in love with her body language. Ugh! My main epiphany about the whole things is not to not watch the movies but maybe to watch with my eyes and ears a little open. I don’t want to be the person who finds something wrong with everything. But I do think its really important for me to discuss these things with my son ( and future children). Not just to ignore it and let it seep into his unconscious.

Obama is at my school today..

he's here to talk about health care. i'm in class so i wont be attending, but there are plenty of protesting. a few girls in my class said they saw protesters and one sign saying "obama is death!" i'm going to try and take pictures later after class.

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another good one..from stumble!

thanks again stumblies! this one is funny, i feel like ive seen it before but i thought i'd share anyways.
via The Daily Shite
http://dailyshite.com/2010/03/how-fairy-tales-really-end/

probably my favorite picture from the article:


Princess Jasmin (from Aladdin)

look at all the pictures, some are funny and others are kind of sad but overall its an interesting concept making all the characters into real people with real conditions.

good article..thanks stumble!

i love stumble..but sometimes it sends me random website. sometimes, it sends me pretty sexist website but this time it sent me a good one.

http://thehathorlegacy.com/if-anything-makes-women-hate-men-its-not-feminism-its-patriarchy/

here's a great quote from the article:

"Feminism, based on critical thinking, does allow you to question patriarchal assertions about men"

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Christina

Life.......

"The longer I live, the more I realize the impact of attitude on life. Attitude, to me, is more important than facts. It is more important than the past, the education, the money, than circumstances, than failure, than successes, than what other people think or say or do. It is more important than appearance, giftedness or skill. It will make or break a company... a church... a home. The remarkable thing is we have a choice everyday regarding the attitude we will embrace for that day. We cannot change our past... we cannot change the fact that people will act in a certain way. We cannot change the inevitable. The only thing we can do is play on the one string we have, and that is our attitude. I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% of how I react to it. And so it is with you... we are in charge of our Attitudes.” - Charles R. Swindoll

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