I've changed my pull quote on the sidebar, as you may notice, from a Bible verse to a Mark Twain quote. I've got no problems with people expressing their religious beliefs as motivating factors for their work- in fact, I think it's a good thing as long as people aren't prostelyzing. But I just thought I should make it clear that my work isn't motivated by a Christian perspective, which the Bible quote may have suggested. I am motivated to reclaim religious language from the fundamentalist right, though. But anyway... what actually motivated me was a trip to the mall, specifically Forever 21. I was kind of disgusted as I walked in at how much their close infantilize women. Not that this--and the obvious sweatshop-quality workmanship--kept me from buying stuff (It was on sale! For $10!). The off-kilter feeling continued, however, when I got home and found "John 3:16" printed on the bottom of the Forever 21 bag. As evangelizing goes, pretty subtle, so I can't argue with that. Just a disturbing juxtaposition, cheap slutty clothes and a New Testament Verse.
Today I joined not one, but two social networking sites-- Pownce and Ravelry . I'm geeking out, even though I'm on dial-up, and am probably going to end up spending the entire weekend adding my knitting projects to Ravelry. Oh, I didn't mention is was a knitting network? Yeah, I meant it when I said I was geeking out. But not before I finish Harry Potter...
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