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		<title>.P&amp;P.: &#8220;Suburbs of Stepford&#8221;</title>
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I forget fuchsia.  Something that screams “I’m trying too hard!”  Tacky plastic heel pink.  Barbie’s dream house condensed into one gendered message and reguritated over my fingernails.
A generic Friday night.  This color.
It’s a step above an impulse purchase like gum; seediness slightly better than truck-stop restroom condoms. A clear indication of intention.  The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1265&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>.too much to love.</title>
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The feminist blogosphere is (rightly) up-in-arms over the mockery o f the women on the FOX spectacle “More to Love”.  There is nothing revolutionary about fat-mockery or bigger men chasing big women.  What strikes me as most fascinating about this show is how the women’s preferences are still never considered.  Like other [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1251&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com/2009/08/11/too-much-to-love/</link>
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		<title>.Something.of.Substance now accepting&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;POETRY and PROSE (P&#38;P)!!
Lately, I&#8217;ve returned to my original writing roots of poetry and have even attempted a few short stories.  Beating my way through tacky metahors and other bad poetic devices made me realize that not all substantial media is non-fiction or even linear.  So, I&#8217;ve created a new section on this site to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1247&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/something-of-substance-now-accepting/</link>
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		<title>.the problem with palin.</title>
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Now that the election dust has settled and the campaign smoke has cleared, I feel I can finally fully-address my level of sheer repugnance for Sarah Palin.  I’m only doing this because she refuses to pack it in and give it up.  I had figured that if she won, I was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1237&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>.wl.: the cult of babies</title>
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And, in yet another fit of retro-inspired, socially-conservative feminist backlash, you can now reproduce online!  No kidding. The past decade has already been detrimental to the equality progress of women. The third-wave sexual revolution has been used as an excuse by women to objectify themselves. Shows like “Desperate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1232&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com/2009/04/15/wl-the-cult-of-babies/</link>
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		<title>.full of denial.</title>
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When we see pictures of people in other countries looking as skeletal as Tori Spelling does in the one at left, we are usually asked to send money to help them build a well and buy rice.  But we aren&#8217;t in another country; we are in America.  And, here in America, when we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1224&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com/2009/04/14/full-of-denial/</link>
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		<title>.conscious people do it better.</title>
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Why do Seth Rogan’s characters seem to always have to get their dates black out drunk to have sex with them? In “Knocked Up”, Rogan and an (initial) one-night stand Katherine Heigl were both so drunk they couldn’t communicate the condom issue which landed them in the title mess.  In [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1208&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com/2009/04/11/conscious-people-do-it-better/</link>
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		<title>.WL.: the new hit teen trend</title>
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.authored by something.of.substance.
(originally published 2/22/09 on WL  + addendum added  3/8/09)
The horror of intimate partner violence, as demonstrated by celebrity music couple Rihanna and Chris Brown, is in no way glamorous.  Or, so you&#8217;d think. Yet, teenagers interviewed by the Chicago Tribune not only supported Brown&#8217;s actions but started coming out as members of intimate [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1169&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com/2009/04/07/wl-the-new-hit-teen-trend/</link>
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		<title>.WL.: blame the bikini</title>
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.authored by something.of.substance.
(originally posted 2/12/09 on WL)
A Princeton University psychologist has just announced the results of a study concluding that men view women in bikinis as objects.
In other news, nudity makes men think of sex.
Feminists have long pointed out instances where women are objectified.  After enough time, society became a believer to the point where, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1172&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com/2009/04/06/wl-blame-the-bikini/</link>
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		<title>.if you can&#8217;t beat them, BFF them.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[.authored by something.of.substance.
 
And, in case you weren&#8217;t sure that feminism was all but dead, Facebook is bringing back Party Barbie with a technological vengeance.
 
As I logged into my Facebook.com home page today, one of the perpetually pervasive ads in the right-hand column caught my eye. Forget that the &#8220;ads&#8221; are placed there based [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com&blog=4235784&post=1151&subd=somethingofsubstance&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://somethingofsubstance.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/if-you-cant-beat-them-bff-them/</link>
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