There are stars whose light reaches the earth...

[anomilygrace]

When I'm already in an edgy mood, I probably shouldn't go to ontd_political and actually comment. Especially on articles about Episcopalian priesthood. Um.

Instead I'll listen to this song on repeat some more.

It's the 100th Anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire which people far smarter than I have already talked about (including roz_mcclure who has

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[christinenj]

There are still 4 Sunfire romances on my bookshelf. Back in the day I think I had the first 15 or 20. I don't remember if I read Rachel, but I do remember reading a similar one that took place in the mills of New England.

On one hand, they were cheesy, on the other, they did give a fairly age appropriate overview of that particular moment in history.

[anomilygrace]

Ooh, yes, that was the one about Lowell! They were so cheesy, but absolutely perfect for sparking little girls' interest in history. I always liked them more than the American Girl books which I read at about the same time. They were more "real."

[anomilygrace]

Eh. Did you see this article about a priest in St Louis who decided to adopt Islamic rituals during Lent as an attempt to gain a deeper understanding of the Islamic faith? There are a ton of ways to view that, and I can see a lot of the points brought up, but some commenter was going on about how Christians just blindly perform the actions of the church because of family influence so obviously this priest was too stupid to think about what he was doing and maybe he should have engaged with his own religion more.

And I just...I in no way think that every priest is amazing or anything, but the utter over-simplication of that remark made me so mad! It's hardly an easy path to priesthood in TEC, and nearly every priest I've met is a thoughtful and critical thinker - I don't always agree with them, but I can't imagine anyone who's just wandering blithely through ritual getting through the discernment process let alone being ordained!

[snowywolfowl]

"When businesses self-regulate, people die."

Yep, that about sums up why regulations exist.

That song was kinda cool. Thanks for posting it.

[anomilygrace]

And - I wish I could make everyone see that! But no, it's all "government regulation is terrible!"

Yeah, her work is oddly catchy, huh?

[snowywolfowl]

I don't get that worldview. Government regulations allow people to live in houses that don't collapse when you sneeze on them, drink water that isn't full of chemicals, work in conditions that won't cripple you by the time you're forty, and take medications that actually contain what the packages say they contain. I seriously wonder at the short memories of some people since if you look back at the "why" of a rule their is usually a tragedy.

It is oddly catchy. I'll check out some more of her stuff.