”In 2022…Russia invaded Ukraine at the orders of President Vladimir Putin, who trafficked disinformation that the adjacent country needed to be demilitarized and ‘denazified,’ when it seemed plainly clear he was a conqueror who only wanted more territory. By October 2023, another violent conflict was raging around the Gaza Strip. Months later, more than 34,000 Palestinians were dead. Images of missiles dropping from the sky, bloodied children, and bombed-out hospitals were nightly news.”

There’s a pretty striking difference in the way these two events are described. Such a weirdly neutral way to describe the Gaza genocide. Was it perpetrated by anyone??? Or did 75,000 (I believe that’s the most recent number) Palestinians just somehow become dead????

"By Mother God's teachings, Jesus was a woman."

Alright, I'm listening...

"And she would know. Mother God had actually been Jesus. It was one of her past lives, and she had reincarnated 534 times. She had been the queen of Lemuria, but also said she had lived as Cleopatra and Joan of Arc and Pocahontas and Marilyn Monroe. Among others."

...oh okay nevermind.

"Jewelry or body art is trying to attract attention to that area, yet I can get fired for staring at your belly button or the small of your back. Thanks a lot." — Confessions of a Youth Pastor"

Right...I'm sure you'd get fired for that...because churches are really well-known for removing people who are actual sexual abusers...let alone someone just staring at someone's belly button ring...also you're right it's definitely that 13-19 year old girl's fault for having body art that makes you stare at her body...amen

Oh boy. So after spending the entire first 3/4 of the book talking about how actually showing any part of your body is gross and too sexy, Hayley DiMarco decides to have a chapter about how girls can also be too UNsexy. Great!!!

"When you dress like you just came off the basketball court, you bring a lot of things to mind: exercise, sweat, aggression...things that don't exactly exude femininity. Your form is hidden under the sacklike clothes you feel good in, so guys are not even beginning to think of you as a girl."

Every clothing choice, whether it's too sexy or not sexy enough, has to be catered to the male gaze. It doesn't matter if its comfortable, or fun, or part of your expression of yourself. The only thing that matters is what men see when they look at you. I'm ill.

"Dressing like a guy is telling the world you don't give a darn about your femininity. But the thing is, that femininity is how you were made. You were made a girl. A soft, sweet, yummy girl who has chosen to hide herself in androgynous clothing so as not to be noticed."

Bro if anyone called me a "yummy girl" you can bet I'd be hiding my body asap! WHY ARE YOU SAYING IT LIKE THAT