It's Oh So Telling

Word. Aren't they nearly theonomist too?

Don't ask me how, but somehow or other my parents got on the Vision Forum mailing list. With the exception of the calligraphy set, the stuff in the "girlhood" collection made me want to vomit (and don't get me started on Elsie Dinsmore--why we should want girls to emulate an abused child with zero self esteem is beyond me).

Why is this stuff always from the 17th-19th century? Is stereotypical masculinity/femininty impossible in this century or something? If it is, then why would anyone want it? If it's not, what's the deal?

What's also really funny to me, is that on an aesthetic level its like they've managed to transcend kitsch right back into kitsch. I mean, in the 1950's kitsch was all the crap kids toys etc. done up in a colonial or western style. Now they're ripping off the kitsch from that era, generating a whole new level of kitsch.

Anyways, check this video out.

New levels of creepy.

Elsie Dinsmore is such an awesome name. It sounds like a vile street urchin from a Dickens novel. The very vowels suggest "dingy." People should set aside portions of each day to create potential names for new VisionForum characters. Here's mine: Lucius Codwater.

This reminds me of how Douglas Wilson says feminism is the result of ungodly men not doing their jobs. I'm not saying he's wrong, but in order for feminism to rise in the 60's, the 50's--that gleeful, wholesome time of prosperity--had to happen. Isn't this kind of nostalgia asking for the same thing to happen again?

Mesh,

Arthur Trumpbottom
Lance Hood
Emily Shuttlecock

Hey Josiah. Looks like you are doing well – so glad. I share your problem with this weird "reductionistic objectification of women." I know a lot of these folks through homeschooling, and it's as if they think the solution to increased secularization is through a time machine, rather than more difficult, complex thinking about how our faith and values can be successfully and relevantly translated in a new time and a new culture. Par exemple: ladiesagainstfeminism.com. It’s interesting, hilarious, and infuriating. By the by, I’m not sure modesty of dress is properly exemplified by 18th century, Jane Austen-esque garb. Was I the ONLY one who noticed all the cleavage in Pride & Prejudice?

Cleavage Prejudice would also be a good name.

Ciao, il mio amico! It is me. Though, after a long and exhausting argument with my dear spouse about the merits of keeping one's maiden name, I am now, officially, somethign else. :-(. Email me sometime -- I'd love to hear how you're doing.