evolving portrayals of modern women (and things & stuff...)

[aethyrflux]

yesterday morning, i talked with a student of a st. edward's liberal arts course about the 1960s. she was writing an essay on media portrayal of women in that decade, which i enjoyed reading

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[queenofhalves]

wow. that's crowley in a good mood, right there. quite a change from -- what was it? -- "the majority of women should be chloroformed before the age of 35"?

cranky, cranky man.

pros and cons

[aethyrflux]

this reminds me of a conversation we had about dave sim, of cerebus.
and i know this is a rather rhetorical question, and all: but, why is it that certain individuals, who are otherwise intelligent beings, allow themselves to be conned into playing the blame game?
i suppose i have always thought that Harry, from the Boomer Bible, had the most humourous perspective on that behavioural conspiracy...
although much of the deck seems to have been stacked against crowley, in a freudian sense.
but, in his favour... crowley did make great efforts to allow women to be initiated in the oto. (although, the issue is somewhat complex) q.v. History @ U.S. Grand Lodge, Ordo Templi Orientis

Re: pros and cons

[queenofhalves]

but, why is it that certain individuals, who are otherwise intelligent beings, allow themselves to be conned into playing the blame game?

that's a good question. i wish i knew the answer too.

changing poison into medicine

[aethyrflux]

perhaps we can help them through practicing :::Tonglin::: or something similar?

You might also enjoy reading this book:

[sartael]

The Way Things Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia Trap by Stephanie Coontz

I went to a lecture she gave in Dallas and found what she had to say very enlightening on exactly the subject of what it was like to live in that era of post-WWII "return to normalcy".

precisely!

[aethyrflux]

i knew that book was out there...
i am glad that we share such literary familiarity!

i guess it proves that i'm a gen-x child o' the 70s;
but the more i ponder this subject, the more i am thinking:

"Calgon, take me away!"