tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post113705726831166125..comments2023-10-17T09:54:02.531-06:00Comments on flieswithoutwings: Laura Ingalls is the Devil's Handpuppetflieswithoutwingshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18220967264754854715noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-24730843591205443512007-04-19T20:00:00.000-06:002007-04-19T20:00:00.000-06:00Em grew up with a strong mother and he doesn't bel...Em grew up with a strong mother and he doesn't believe men are better. Often they are meaner. But he also grew up with his step-father that cooked and let his mother have more earning power (for a while).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-1137365001619118092006-01-15T15:43:00.000-07:002006-01-15T15:43:00.000-07:00Horay for the FSM! I hope you were wearing your o...Horay for the FSM! I hope you were wearing your official pirate garb when you typed that!ShootingStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737164610861912240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-1137279597562621982006-01-14T15:59:00.000-07:002006-01-14T15:59:00.000-07:00Let's just refer to IT as The Flying Spaghetti Mon...Let's just refer to IT as The Flying Spaghetti Monster and be done with it thenflieswithoutwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220967264754854715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-1137264637098911322006-01-14T11:50:00.000-07:002006-01-14T11:50:00.000-07:00Well.. language is everything (and I don't think i...Well.. language is everything (and I don't think it is JUST my bias as a writer that makes me say this). If we say HE exclusively when talking about the creative energy of the cosmos, our minds think that it IS a masculine energy--I think its inescapable. Young women everywhere (especially ones from religious households) grow up thinking that the thing that we say is best--the ideal (God) is ShootingStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737164610861912240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-1137230709466495432006-01-14T02:25:00.000-07:002006-01-14T02:25:00.000-07:00With all the crazy shit that gets attributed to Go...With all the crazy shit that gets attributed to God, I'd be glad to hand that role off to the other gender. Have at it.Gordonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14386130827877590759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-1137224985850300702006-01-14T00:49:00.000-07:002006-01-14T00:49:00.000-07:00I have no problem with the idea that a creator god...I have no problem with the idea that a creator god may not necessarily be a man, even a, eep... woman. I just haven't come upon a situation where it is purposeful to refer to He as She, aside from just being a stickler for cosmic-correctness or messing with peoples minds.flieswithoutwingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18220967264754854715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-1137187689286118262006-01-13T14:28:00.000-07:002006-01-13T14:28:00.000-07:00Also, I am sure you've thought of the irony of my ...Also, I am sure you've thought of the irony of my terrible spelling-- being as I'm an English grad student and all. But for the record I know coincidence only has one "O" i just mistyped.ShootingStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737164610861912240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-1137187228065674642006-01-13T14:20:00.000-07:002006-01-13T14:20:00.000-07:00So, I know I should have something to say about th...So, I know I should have something to say about the PM's, yet somehow stories of women who decide to live out their lives as 2nd class citizens always just make me sad. I had a VERY independent and intelligent woman say to me "I choose and LIKE being vice president in my house." What do I say to that? Of course I wanted to say that it seems a bit convenient that a male-dominated religion that ShootingStarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05737164610861912240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17946627.post-1137087514748363652006-01-12T10:38:00.000-07:002006-01-12T10:38:00.000-07:00I've been visiting your blog for awhile now and de...I've been visiting your blog for awhile now and decided to quit lurking quietly to say "Down with the Prairie Muffins!" (of which I'd never heard of before.) <BR/><BR/>Thanks for the laughs, but also the insight! Loved the post on Little House. Like you and your older sister, I watched my fair share of it growing up, too, and agree that, while it was sometimes bizarre, it's nothing short of Catherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00234102836517506471noreply@blogger.com