Submission and Slavery

Submission

It’s listed in the Bible and used as one of the greatest weapons against women/ men/ and Christianity. Women say that men use the word to enslave them, men say women don’t do as the Bible commanded, and non-Christians say that word IS what keeps the poor and dispirited - poor and dispirited…

Judging a Book by its First Page...

We are often told NOT to judge a book by it's cover, and completely understand the logic and sense of that. Both in literary works AND in people, but what if we judge them by their first page...? 

In any case, the hardest transition I made was going from books with pictures to books without the glorious representation of the written word. I can clearly remember thinking that nothing, NOTHING would be as exciting as my Berenstein Bear Books. To get us to start reading from the young adult sections, my Mom told us this sage advise, who her mother had told her at the same age,

Read the first page, if you can't get past that, then put the book down.

Sometimes I Lie to Myself

Our Nation's Supreme Court..I think

Yep, I said it. Sometimes, out of self preservation, I lie to myself. I lie so that I can feel better about a certain thing, or in order to get my way, or just because. And sometimes I do it accidentally.

Like the time(s) that I said that I hated my period, and that I wished that it would go away and never come back. Yeah, that was a lie. I mean at the time I said it though, I was bloated, and in pain. My lower abdomen felt like like little elves were jumping up and down on my ovaries using pitchforks. And worse, whenever I found a comfortable position, finally, I'd have to get back up and change my mini diaper for women or tampon because I was continuously leaking blood like a bad faucet.

Beauty and the Church

It's crazy, but I've been doing a Bible Study with a friend about Beauty and its merits, and it amazes me at how little this topic is actually talked about in Christian literature, outside the Bible that is. It's like those in the Christian world would rather not look at Beauty as being important in this world, because it cannot be quantified.

Gone But Not Forgotten

I know that it has been a while since I've been on here...and I'd say that I'm sorry, but in reality I just couldn't figure out anything else to talk about.

But then I got a question that almost stopped me in my tracks, how did I end up this way? As in what did my parents do to get me to stay a virgin through high-school let alone college?

It's Friday Night and....

It's Friday night, and there's no youth group meeting for me to be at, and there's no place I have to be early tomorrow morning, so I'm going to head out with my girls on the town.

Problem....this very Blog, the writing of it and everything, has convicted me to such a level that now I am wondering what I SHOULD wear as opposed to what I'd like to wear.

No man? No true success...

Today I was talking to my cousin, who is the American Black Chick in Europe, who is actually back in the States for a little bit.

As I talked with her, I realized that we both go through a lot of similar experiences with our families where it concerns men. She has just finished her Masters Degree while studying in London, and has also lived in France for the past three to six months, but what was the first question she got from her extended family who hadn't seen her in at least two years?....Well it wasn't "how was France?"or even "Congrats on your Masters!", or heck, "What do you plan to do now that you've finished Grad School?"

Not Quite Pointers...

I have been sort of guilt tripped into NOT writing anymore of my Pointers to being a Platonic Female...but that will only last so long. Let's be honest, I like passing on knowledge, and heaven knows that I know THAT subject the best :-)

Platitudes of the Platonic Female

Yesterday's question that I posed had a sad response that reminded me why I behave and believe as I do. And although I am trying to break myself of those bonds, I can't say that the bonds of being the ever Platonic Female has not had it's advantages in my life.

But as I am trying to be different, in order to grow, I was posed with a couple of scenarios of how I would respond with a guy I like, in order to see where my problems lay. Don't you know, my problem is the very thing I've been building up for as long as I can remember?

With Friends Like that…

A friend of mine recently told me of a radio caller, who told of her abusive relationship with a star player at her college.

The woman said that she had always been overweight and that the first time he punched her, he knocked a couple of her teeth out. When she went to her friends, they told her that she was lucky to even have him, and that what she was going through wasn’t new, they all got hit all of the time by their significant others…

Lockerroom Chatter

I had an intense conversation with a friend about my attitude where it concerned females and their attire.

Why intense?

Because it was pointed out to me that I tend to get snippy when those in my company get super flashy when we're going to be in the company of "eligible" bachelors.

Propositions "R" Us

A couple of months ago I went to Wet Willies with some friends. I had never gone before, so I actually thought we were going to a night club instead of a slushy bar/restaurant. This fact did matter since I put on quite an outfit for the occasion thinking that I was going to be dancing and such.

So, because I'm single, I want to steal YOUR man LOL!?!?!?!

Yeah......not really....

It's amazing what coupled off, insecure women will transfer onto confident single women. 

Am I really a repressed female for not having had sex?????

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry, about the title, but I was reading an article meant to give advice to female virgins about what they should know before they engage in the activity. And besides the advice being really bad, many who posted comments called virgins repressed and other crapola.(If you're not ready for sex...do not read this article, seriously)

Steve you're killing me!

So I was watching Tough Love-Couples, last night on VH1 and I was chagrined but also fascinated by something the host, Steve Ward, stated, "A healthy sex life is essential for a happy relationship."

Really?!?!?