tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post116973696385190814..comments2024-03-24T09:36:51.494-04:00Comments on delagar: Time To Get In Line!delagarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1169839257705042182007-01-26T14:20:00.000-05:002007-01-26T14:20:00.000-05:00you know, she's doing pretty good, that kid.you know, she's doing pretty good, that kid.CBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03782575576596337344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1169826704472194662007-01-26T10:51:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:51:00.000-05:00I doubt the host would ask why. This is the South...I doubt the host would ask why. This is the South. But I've talked to the kid, and we've decided she can go. I didn't have to point out all the patriarchy issues -- she brought them up herself, and told me she wasn't sure she wanted to go to the party, because of them. But she decided she would go, and not do the make-up and hair part, because she didn't want to support the oppression of women. But she would put on nail polish, she said, if it was purple nail polish, because she does like purple. She asked me if she should tell the little girl why she wasn't doing the hair and make-up. I told her she should follow her heart. (I thought about saying yes, of course she should, but the kid is, after all, only eight. She can start the Revolution when she's 12, maybe.)delagarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18197857250240640822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1169825859857683602007-01-26T10:37:00.000-05:002007-01-26T10:37:00.000-05:00I think she'll be fine, too. If, however, you do d...I think she'll be fine, too. If, however, you do decide to say no, I hope, when the host asks you why, you tell her the truth--that your family considers this type of submission-to- the-patriarchy indoctrination immoral. Community Bible church people need to hear that from us.Dianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07124489754017593105noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1169770600745048102007-01-25T19:16:00.001-05:002007-01-25T19:16:00.001-05:00The Kid will be fine. She thinks for herself and s...The Kid will be fine. She thinks for herself and she writes fine poetry. Even if she comes home from this party looking like a tarted up member of the new Hitler Youth, she won't be taken in by the crap thinking behind all of it. At least not for long. Besides, like it or not, the Kid has to live in this town. She's going to have to mingle with the natives.<BR/><BR/>-LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1169770587605415752007-01-25T19:16:00.000-05:002007-01-25T19:16:00.000-05:00The Kid will be fine. She thinks for herself and s...The Kid will be fine. She thinks for herself and she writes fine poetry. Even if she comes home from this party looking like a tarted up member of the new Hitler Youth, she won't be taken in by the crap thinking behind all of it. At least not for long. Besides, like it or not, the Kid has to live in this town. She's going to have to mingle with the natives.<BR/><BR/>-LAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8340684.post-1169755043452003882007-01-25T14:57:00.000-05:002007-01-25T14:57:00.000-05:00I wonder whether there's something you could say b...I wonder whether there's something you could say beforehand. I guess this is really a question about your daughter, and I'm curious (as the father of a two-year-old girl) whether it's possible to "plant a seed", as it were; to set her up to think about it in her own way rather than merely taking it as given. If not, then the lecture afterward!Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.com