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  • The Prolem with the Article

    Erica S. Perl, did a stack of comics fall on you as a small child? Why the arrogance in this article? Comics, as have been alluded to many times by other posters, have started many great readers. They have built a multitude of stupendous vocabularies. Yes, I am trying to show mine off. Getting down to brass tacks, the attitude presented ...
    Posted to Family by danhenneke on July 24, 2008

  • Thank you for writing this!

    ... this story is heartbreaking and infuriating. Of course the elderly are full human beings, have an evolved sexuality, and should have full access to their sexual rights. If our legal and familial institutions are not set up to handle these realities, they need to change. Many cultures have either formal or 'look the other way' valves to ...
    Posted to Family by commentator245 on June 14, 2008

  • Re: Agree and Disagree

    To second some of Inquisitor's sentiments: Judd Apatow isn't completely off base with his depictions of killjoy women and perpetually adolescent men. It's unfortunate that we are so often polarized into these roles, but I do think that men, moreso than women, buck against the realities of taking on adult responsibilities. I am married to a man who ...
    Posted to The Highbrow by cat park on December 11, 2007

  • Re: female chauvinists

    @ ''I noticed, too, that you live in an ‘affluent Connecticut neighborhood’ - what the hell are you complaining about? You are a partner in a law firm, have two children, live in a self-described ‘affluent’ neighborhood and yet you bitch? ... You are actually the poster child for the fact that women have come a long way!'' First of all, I see ...
    Posted to The Highbrow by tmc on December 6, 2007