It's been zipping through my flist. I went blind at the line "They were awesome breasts, worthy of being touched" and therefore will not have anything to say (except great, add the joy of being judged by strangers to the loss of bodily privacy, gosh, win-win!) I did see your earlier comment here and that's pretty much where I am at — except being angry is bad for me, so I'm trying to turn away.
the-red-shoes takes a short swipe and talks more in several extensive posts from April 21 and 22 in her own LJ, see here and earlier (and probably later by the time you read this.
Copperwise doesn't linger on it long, either, but points to a friend who concluded "the whole thing just strikes me as several steps further on from exhortations to 'Give us a smile, love!': because women are there to make life and their surroundings agreeable for men."
Speaking for myself now, "Smile, honey!" used to drive me into bleeding-eye berserker rage in a single millisecond.
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Date: 2008-04-24 10:56 am (UTC)McKennl brief comment on good writing inspired by rage
the_xtina's brief clarifications
Fearsclave mentions the kerfuffle
the-red-shoes takes a short swipe and talks more in several extensive posts from April 21 and 22 in her own LJ, see here and earlier (and probably later by the time you read this.
Copperwise doesn't linger on it long, either, but points to a friend who concluded "the whole thing just strikes me as several steps further on from exhortations to 'Give us a smile, love!': because women are there to make life and their surroundings agreeable for men."
Speaking for myself now, "Smile, honey!" used to drive me into bleeding-eye berserker rage in a single millisecond.
Not from my flist, but this short remark by pleonastic works for me with the Bambi, butterflies, Heinlein references.
Also not my flist, but you can't miss Misia's OSSKTB Project.