2005-12-16

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2005-12-16 03:08 pm

Uh, what?

You know, sometimes I spend a lot of time thinking over my own personal social and political philosophy, responding to things I read or attempting to reconcile conflicting feelings. Sometimes, it's even difficult for me to understand why I believe the things I do.

And then sometimes, I get this.

I was talking to a dear friend of mine about T Shirt Hell and how we found it generally amusing. The shirt on the Olson twins was brought up, and we chuckled. I then said how I felt bad for them, considering from a relatively young age they were famously the masturbatory fantasies of a large proportion of men; that there was literally a website (so I've heard) that was counting down until they became legal.

He responded: "That's gotta be the world's biggest compliment to them."


(from a a post on [insanejournal.com profile] feminist)

I keep thinking this stuff should be obvious, but ... )