Did you know that chastity before marriage is what all the cool kids are doing? Well, did you? Don’t feel bad. Neither did I. Obviously, most of us missed the boat on that particular trend- about 90% of us.
No, really, don’t feel bad, because here comes Dawn Eden! She’s the author of the new book, “The Thrill of the Chaste: Finding Fulfillment While Keeping Your Clothes On
“. In a new interview on Salon.com (daily site pass required), Rebecca Traister dissects the overwhelming wisdom of this re-virginated wunderkind. Hey, did you know…
“…the nature of sex is it’s a physically sacrificing act: I give myself entirely to [my lover]. If you’re giving your entire body to a person without giving yourself emotionally, you’re creating a dichotomy. You’re setting yourself up to compartmentalize all your relationships into transactions.”
No, you didn’t know that, either? Well, that makes two of us.
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Documentary directors Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady filmed “Jesus Camp” during one of the most tense political climates in recent history: the retirement of liberal Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’ Connor, and the nomination and subsequent confirmation of ultra-conservative New Jersey native Samuel Alito, Jr. to the bench as her replacement. Against all common sense, Dubya nominated an anti-abortion, big business-favoring male to replace a strong female role model. Why? Yeah, okay, the man has the intellect of a bag of hair (and not good hair. We’re talking old weave that fell out of a whore’s ‘do after a hard weekend). He was catering to his base - the newly empowered evangelical religious Right.
The film, set in flyover country (rural Missouri), is an eye-opening peek into the world of charismatic evangelicals. More importantly, however, it scars your mind with visions of writhing, bucking children lying on the floor; young, teary-eyed girls, speaking in tongues; a young boy saying that they felt there was “something missing in his life” at the tender age of five. This is a documentary showing the ritualized scarification of innocent minds that may never have a chance to see differently.
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