It was also the time of the Comstock laws. And these “Christians” (I use scare quotes to be less offensive and give some True Scotsman wiggle room though I really don’t give a fuck about their feelings) want to bring it back. Ohio is the next Bible Belt.
Alluding to the current anti-government protests sweeping the country, Ms Qolian writes: "In the fourth year of my imprisonment I can finally hear the footsteps of liberation from all across Iran.
I wonder how many guys in the morality police are being fed crushed glass and benzos by their housekeepers.
Her father previously said that he had not given his consent for the killing.
That is not a sentence that I would have expected to read. It implies that he was asked for consent and just casually said ‘nah’ but didn’t really care enough to do anything about it and later forgave the killer.
Living a lifetime among people like that sounds pretty horrible even before you get to the crime.
Non zero, but fewer than deserve it?
This woman is one of my heroines.
That’s how I feel about my own face. If it itches or hurts, I’ll want to do something about that. The headline doesn’t have the whole quote, which I love
“I just don’t give a shit. I think I look rad. I think my face represents who I am. I like it.”
And, I like her face too, it looks like a face that has smiled a lot.
In one of Erma’s writings, she mentioned how Dolores Del Rio had been asked how she maintained her smooth complexion in an interview; the reply was, “By not smiling”. Erma said it was the crying lines that caused wrinkles more than laughing. I think it’s a combo.
I basically don’t care any more either. Although I wouldn’t mind having my acne scars smoothed over, but that would be it.
It wasn’t acid, so I guess that’s progress.
I learned about being Jewish from “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret.” I learned a lot of other things from her other books, too; mostly about coping with growing up and not being like everyone else.
