blog flog: "Happy Halloween!"
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Title: "Happy Halloween"
LKH in boldface. Emphasis added is my own.
I'm wearing all the costume I'm putting on tonight; a black t-shirt that says, "I leave bite marks!" I may put on more make-up. Probably. Though every time I put on base and red lipstick on Halloween, no matter what I'm wearing, people always think I'm dressed as a vampire. It's the dark hair and pale skin, I guess, because the people saying it have no idea what I do for a living.
MORE make-up? Is that possible? Maybe people say she looks like a vampire because the make-up makes her look inhuman. And *gasp!* There are people who don't know what she does for a living? Again, how is this possible? She is her own pimp; I can't see how anyone in her county DOESN'T know what she does. Especially considering her "research".
And then, of course, there's the obligatory "oh, I'm so down with the Goddess" spiel, letting us all know, AGAIN, how cool she is because she's pagan/Wiccan/whatever, and we all know that all the cool13-yr-olds who read her books kids are Wiccan, right?*
Meh.
(* ETA: This should be obvious, but in case it's not: I have no problem with Wiccans in general or principle. I have a problem with wannabe Wiccans. Or wannabe Buddhists. Or wannabe Christians. Whatever the case may be. I did not say Wiccans, in and of themselves, were bad. I'm saying I that I don't buy LKH's Wiccanness.)
Title: "Happy Halloween"
LKH in boldface. Emphasis added is my own.
I'm wearing all the costume I'm putting on tonight; a black t-shirt that says, "I leave bite marks!" I may put on more make-up. Probably. Though every time I put on base and red lipstick on Halloween, no matter what I'm wearing, people always think I'm dressed as a vampire. It's the dark hair and pale skin, I guess, because the people saying it have no idea what I do for a living.
MORE make-up? Is that possible? Maybe people say she looks like a vampire because the make-up makes her look inhuman. And *gasp!* There are people who don't know what she does for a living? Again, how is this possible? She is her own pimp; I can't see how anyone in her county DOESN'T know what she does. Especially considering her "research".
And then, of course, there's the obligatory "oh, I'm so down with the Goddess" spiel, letting us all know, AGAIN, how cool she is because she's pagan/Wiccan/whatever, and we all know that all the cool
Meh.
(* ETA: This should be obvious, but in case it's not: I have no problem with Wiccans in general or principle. I have a problem with wannabe Wiccans. Or wannabe Buddhists. Or wannabe Christians. Whatever the case may be. I did not say Wiccans, in and of themselves, were bad. I'm saying I that I don't buy LKH's Wiccanness.)
