I've cut out bits here and there but the gist is there. I don't want to cut too much because she's a good writer (other than the actual thinking/tolerance part) and it's bad idea to ignore that fact. . . . romance isn't about just any "two people" celebrating "love in its many forms." Organizations such as the Man-Boy Love Association would certainly refer to themselves as celebrating love "two people" (or more) finding love in one of its many forms" . . . while they actively promote pedophilia. Think RWA can't go down that slipper slope? Think again. Under our present definition, we cannot exclude such "love stories" under the category of "romance". We, as a culture, seem to have forgotten how to say "enough is enough," but RWA can--indeed, must--do better than that. . . . And, please, spare us the arguments about "censorship" and "inclusiveness." Preference for "one man,...
It's hard out here for a pimp, ain't it?
ReplyDelete*adjusts feather in big-ass purple hat*
Okay, Selah, I owe you thanks. At long last I get the reason I'm rotten in pimping. I need to work on some image stuff ASAP. We're talking Pimp Disaster Zone:
ReplyDeleteI drive a silver Honda Civic (motto: we won't stop making these until everyone in suburbia owns one)
My only hat is a Bosnian knit cap.
My fanciest footwear is a pair of beat-up, second-hand timberland boots.
OBVIOUSLY
I need to work on the bad-ass issue, pronto. Where'd you get that hat and that attitude, anyway?
I nicked 'em from Caridad Ferrer.
ReplyDeleteSeriously.
I believe you and I wonder if she has any spare Glamor and 'tude left.
ReplyDeletesigh.
The Glamor I'ma not so sure about, although I'll bet there's a pimp hat or two wandering about. The 'tude I've been told I have in abundance. Over, even. *g*
ReplyDeleteFeel free to filch at will.