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Introducing: Quote o' the Month (Burrow at I See Invisible People)

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My colleague posted an intriguing quote, prompting me to post a quote of my own from a running series at my personal blog, Sour Duck.

I call the series Quote o' the Month, however, that is just a conceit; I frequently post four or five quotes in one month.

Here's the inaugural Quote o' the Month at BlogHer. Consider it an invitation to visit the feminist blog, I See Invisible People.

To appreciate the refreshing directness of this quote, you really need to read the original post as well as wade through the entire comments thread. But here we go:

All you people defending the patriarchal standard of hairless doll like women is just sickening.

Comment by Burrow at I See Invisible People’s piece, “I Am Woman, See Me Wax

(I nominated I See Invisible People's essay for The Carnival of Feminists, Issue 7, hosted by Lauren of Feministe.)

Related links: Sour Duck's Quote o’ the Month series.

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TW 5 pts

You are taken AND don't believe in marriage.

Denise 7 pts moderator

Ha can we say that here? I don't know but if you keep doing it I might ask you to marry me. Oh wait, I don't believe in marriage. Carry on!

~Denise

Melissa Gira 5 pts

... is popular in San Francisco, but then again that doesn't do much to challenge the original poster's tack re: homophobia as a possible motivator for (het) men asking their female partners to shave.

I wonder about shaving selectively? What does it say about one's politics to shave one's pits and a bit around the fancybits (can we say cunt here?), wax the brows, but leave the legs full and hairy? Or how shaving habits change over time, or depending on the kind of job or lovelife one's enjoying?

Denise 7 pts moderator

I surely like this quote better than Star's.

~Denise