Letters to the Editor
Leeandra Nolting
Published Letters: 177 Editor's Choice: 10
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the little girl in the coppertone ad...
[Read the article: Roundup: Wikipedia debates child porn]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]was Jodie Foster, who of course got her big break playing a child prostitute in "Taxi Driver."
Then there's a buck-nekkid 11-year-old Brooke Shields playing a child prostitute in 1917 New Orleans in "Pretty Baby." One particular scene (she is posing for her photographer husband, who has married her to save her from the life) is quite disturbing, because we are forced to see her as the brothel clients see her, which is as simultaneously being both a child and a woman--which of course she is, because she's going through puberty.
I'm sure pedophiles rent both these movies to get their jollies, but neither of them were created for that purpose. And both Jodie Foster and Brooke Shields went on to be pretty successful, well-adjusted adults.
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stick with the marriage...
[Read the article: I'm a bisexual Christian husband and father]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Cary nailed it for once.
You say you love your wife, you say you want to stay married--and she wants to stay married to you. So hang in there. And don't go cruising on the internet or elsewhere for guys--it wouldn't be cool if a 100% heterosexual husband looked for other women.
No one person is going to be able to fulfill ALL of anybody's sexual wants. This is true of heterosexuals as well as bisexuals. But there are rewards for being in a committed relationship with another person. There's the old saying that to get depth, you have to sacrifice breadth--and vice versa.
A Christian is, by definition, someone who believes that Jesus was the son of God the Father, died on the cross for humanity's sins, and rose from the dead. Do you believe that? Then your sexual orientation (or your sexual activities, or really any activities) don't make a damn bit of difference whether you are or are not a Christian.
If it would help, talk with your pastor about what's going on. If it wouldn't help, maybe you need to be in a different congregation.
(side note to "chilifries": there is no one "Christian" denomination in the manner you imply. Some Christians and Christian denominations would say homosexuality is a person's fault, others wouldn't. My own denomination--Roman Catholicism, not exactly known for liberalism on sexual matters--is very clear that whatever causes homosexual desire, feeling that way is NOT a choice on the part of the homosexual.)
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are you sure the "banned dresses" slideshow
[Read the article: Should this dress be illegal?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is of the actual girls that were banned from the prom, and not just pictures from that same prom (but of girls that got in)?
I live not far from where this happened, and with the possible exception of the one dress that laced up the front, I've seen more revealing dresses on BRIDES here. (Brides coming out of church weddings, too.) I've seen some of the ho-tastic get-ups girls in Marrero can come up with--these dresses are NOTHING.
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thanks, lestat
[Read the article: Should this dress be illegal?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Exactly what I was thinking. So it covered more than a bikini? So what? IT'S THE PROM, NOT THE BEACH.
I don't get what was wrong with the girls in Louisiana's dresses (if in fact those are photos of the "banned" dresses). Most of those are quite classy, and they look like what most of us think a prom dress should look like--if the school had a "no cleavage, even at the prom" rule, that should have been made more clear.
But the Rick James-look alike? Come on, that "dress" was friggin' SEE-THROUGH.
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and iran is the evil empire?
[Read the article: Cross-dressing in Saudi Arabia?]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]Sheesh--not saying I would want to live there, either, but at least Iranian women can drive, hold office, attend college, work in most jobs, eat at restaurants, etc. And they can certainly walk around in public (or in front of their first cousins!) without veils covering their faces.
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not particularly offended, just rolling my eyes...
[Read the article: Skirt-chasing as sport]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]In my hometown at the county fair they have something called "Mud Bog," which is a competition to see who can drive their truck through a mud pit the fastest. During the middle of that, they have the "Dash for Cash," in which girls in bikinis race each other through the mud for (at least 10 years ago) $50 cash.
Next town over, during "Apple Fest," they have the "wife-carrying" competition, in which men have to carry their wives through an obstacle course (with 10-second penalties if they drop the ladies). I believe the prize is a gift certificate to a local bar and bragging rights.
Here in New Orleans, every spring they have the "STELLA!" shouting competition, in which men get to do their best Marlon-Brando-as-a-peace-disturbing-drunk-wife-beater and yell at a girl in a nightgown standing on a balcony. A five-year-old boy entered one year, to the amusement of all in attendance.
Ehhh...I just can't get that worked up over any of these things. If you don't like 'em, don't participate.
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also...
[Read the article: Skirt-chasing as sport]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]...anyone else ever see Monty Python's "The Meaning of Life"?
Scene: Man running like hell through the streets of some English city.
FREEZE FRAME WITH VOICEOVER: This is a man who is about to die. He has been sentenced to death and allowed to choose the method of his execution.
Scene: Gaggle of women clad only in G-strings and bicycle helmets chase man through the streets and off a cliff.
I wonder if they'll do something like this to promote bicycle helmets too...or something...
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um...
[Read the article: Skirt-chasing as sport]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]I was always under the impression that "skirt chaser" basically meant a ladies' man, not a man who LITERALLY chases skirt-wearing women down the street.
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my pet peeve
[Read the article: The ladies love street harassment!]
[Read more letters about this article: Here]is "Smile, baby! You'd look prettier!"
I got this six weeks after Katrina while walking from my old home in Mid-City to the French Quarter because that's where the nearest open grocery stores were.
This was a 2+ mile walk, each way, through a flooded-out neighborhood with search-and-rescue tags spray-painted on the houses (letting the world know how many bodies were found inside) and maggot-infested refrigerators left on the sidewalks for pick-up.
For all the "Smile, baby!" guy knew, I could have lost friends, family, everything I own. So I looked him in the eye, pretended like I was going to cry, and said "My mother just died."
He never bothered me again.
And my (very much alive) mother loves this story.