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A new book questioning the historicity of Jesus has just come out, with academic contributors of some esteem: Is This Not the Carpenter? The Question of the Historicity of the Figure of Jesus (a publication of the Copenhagen International Seminar: Equinox, 2012), edited by Thomas Thompson and Thomas Verenna. Neither Thompson nor Verenna are deniers of historicity, but historicity agnostics. They believe the question of the historicity of Jesus needs to be seriously examined and not dismissed as an exercise only for cranks. They also agree that historicity is more questionable than is usually claimed. This is a review of that book.
Is This Not the Carpenter? is an anthology, with scholarly contributors on both sides of the debate (the last time this was done was back in the 1980's, whenn R.J. Hoffmann and Gerald Larue [eds.] brought us Jesus in History and Myth, which is now very outdated). All the contributors to Carpenter hold or have held professorships or the equivalent in their respective fields, except Verenna, who is a history student at Rutgers (his contribution was peer reviewed by other contributors). The introduction to the book alone is of great value, as it summarizes some of the key problems that make historicity a viable topic of debate–including an excellent, and well-sourced, list of all the different and contradictory "historical Jesuses" that are proposed today, demonstrating a bewildering lack of agreement among historicity proponents, which I myself have noted gravely calls into question the validity of their methods (Proving History, chapter 1).
In addition to that valuable introduction, the book is organized into three parts, the middle one more valuable than the rest; and the first one, the least. In order:
Part I: The Backstory
Part I has essays by Jim West (who makes a brief case that the Gospels, like the historical books of the OT, are not even attempts at recording history, and from this conclusion takes an overall agnostic position), Roland Boer (who discusses the origins of Jesus-myth thinking in German scholarship, in particular Feuerbach, Strauss, and Bauer, and concludes the quest for the historical Jesus is "somewhat futile," and that "it is a good time to return to a more sceptical position," taking mytho-political readings of texts like the Gospels more seriously again), Lester Grabbe (who summarizes the evidences for Jesus outside of Christian sources, far too briefly and uncritically to be of use in my opinion, nevertheless concluding that they are sufficient to confirm historicity), Niels Peter Lemche (who provides a brief summary of the history of hostility from even secular historians toward increasingly minimalist readings of the bible, which readings nevertheless tend to win out in the end, but the most I can make of his position is that hostility to Jesus-historicity-deniers is irrational, regardless of whether in the end they are wrong), and Emanuel Pfoh (who calls for more attention to how the literature of that period and region was actually composed, noting how mythic construction was far more commonplace than usually acknowledged, and he provides considerable support for Thompson's whole project in The Messiah Myth; Pfoh's own position on the historicity of Jesus is firmly agnostic).
With the exception of Grabbe, these essays are all interesting in respect to demonstrating agnosticism and skepticism are more common in the field than scholars like Ehrman would have us believe, and for filling us in on the history and logic of why. But none of them are essential reading, IMO.
Grabbe's essay, by contrast, is not worth reading at all. It makes too many mistakes to be useful. For example, he says things like Tacitus is "the only Roman writer to mention Pilate (though we have confirmation of his existence from an inscription)," failing to mention that we have confirmation of his existence from his contemporary, Philo of Alexandria, as well as in the historian Josephus, who was, as a Roman citizen, a Roman writer. More importantly, Grabbe's discussion of Whealey's refutation of Pines on the Arabic of the Testimonium Flavianum (TF) is flawed to the point of being wholly useless. Whealey demonstrated that the Arabic derives from Eusebius, not Josephus, through a Syriac intermediary; she argues that this proves the manuscripts of Eusebius originally read differently than ours now do, which is implausible but a crucial point Grabbe misses, since he seems to think she argued that the Arabic derives from Josephus independently of Eusebius. In all, his entire treatment of Josephus is rendered obsolete anyway by my forthcoming article "Origen, Eusebius, and the Accidental Interpolation in Josephus, Jewish Antiquities 20.200" in the Journal of Early Christian Studies 20.4 (Winter 2012). His treatment of Tacitus and other authors is similarly weak, and unoriginal. I would recommend you simply buy and use Van Voorst on this subject, and ignore Grabbe.
Facts aren't his only weakness, either. Grabbe's conclusion that the "independent references to Jesus [in Tacitus and Josephus] make it very likely that such an individual existed and was known as the founder of the Christian sect" is simply illogical (such late attestations certainly would prove he "was known as the founder of the Christian sect," but would not prove either author had any source independent of Gospel-influenced Christian tradition). His claim that "Tacitus probably obtained his information from a document or archival source" is given without argument or evidence (demonstrating how badly historicists struggle with even basic logic), and his claim that "Josephus'
source of information is more uncertain" is evidently made in ignorance of the demonstration that his source (or rather, that of the TF) is probably the Gospel of Luke: G.J. Goldberg, "The Coincidences of the Testimonium of Josephus and the Emmaus Narrative of Luke," The Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 13 (1995), pp. 59-77. (The other reference in Josephus, to the death of James, was almost certainly never about Jesus Christ originally, but a completely different Jesus and James, as I demonstrate in "Origen, Eusebius, and Accidental Interpolation," cited above.)
Part II: The Epistles of Paul
Part II has essays by Robert Price (who provides a very good précis of the Jesus myth theory, with an emphasis on the Epistles and their relationship to the Gospels), Mogens Müller (who argues the Epistles confirm a historical Jesus), and Thomas Verenna (who argues the contrary). These three essays are required reading for anyone who wants to examine the question of historicity in greater depth, especially to argue for or against historicity, as their arguments would have to all be taken into account in any such project.
There are points where I might disagree with Price or Verenna, but I agree their arguments need at least to be addressed before being dismissed. With regard to Müller, though, we can see the fatal flaws in his reasoning from his concluding summary alone:
If we only had the genuine letters of Paul, we would not know much about the earthly, not to say the 'historical', Jesus. We would know that, the night he was delivered, he held a Passover meal with his disciples, during which he instituted the Eucharist, that he died on a cross and was buried, but was believed to have risen from the dead. We would also know that he gave commandments (in spite of the evidence being very slender). [p. 127]
He here commits the fallacy of reading into the Epistles what we are told in the Gospels, which is a circular argument (presupposing the historical veracity of the Gospels, and thus the historicity of Jesus, in order to argue for the historicity of Jesus). For Paul never says Jesus' last supper was taken "with his disciples" (nor even specifically that it was a Passover meal, even if it was understood as such), and Paul cites as his source a revelation direct from Jesus (1 Cor. 11:23, cf. Gal. 1:8-12 and 1 Cor. 15:3-8), not human testimony, and Paul appears to imagine Jesus talking to all Christians (through Paul) when inaugurating the Eucharist (1 Cor. 11:23-36). And that Jesus died, was buried, rose, and gave commandments is in agreement with the mythicist hypothesis (which is that all these things occurred in the heavens and were learned from revelation and scripture). Thus from these facts alone it is not possible to argue for historicity in any definitive way.
However, Müller did earlier reference the passages in which Paul mentions "brothers of the Lord" (one of them named James: Gal. 1:18-19; cf. also 1 Cor. 9:5), and that is and remains the best argument for historicity. Indeed, it is in my opinion the only argument for historicity that carries any significant weight (Verenna responds to it on pp. 157-58). But there are some other arguments from the Epistles that carry at least some prima facie weight that Müller does not much address, but which are presented in Gerd Lüdemann's chapter on this same topic in Sources of the Jesus Tradition (though Lüdemann, unlike Müller, recognizes that 1 Cor. 11:23-26 is not a historical tradition). Though Müller's chapter is a must-read (as much as Verenna's and Price's are), so is Lüdemann's. For the Epistles are the main battle ground for Jesus myth theory, and thus consulting the best scholarship on their relevance to historicity is essential.
Part III: The Later Tradition
Part III has essays by James Crossley (who argues very effectively against Richard Bauckham's attempt to claim that the Gospel of John is an eyewitness account of what really happened; Crossley defends the wider mainstream consensus, that the Gospel of John is a fabrication and of no use in reconstructing the historical Jesus), Thomas Thompson (who gives one extended example of what he argues for the whole of the Synoptic Gospels in The Messiah Myth: in this case, a detailed analysis of how the temptation narrative was invented and constructed and how it operates as allegory, in Mark, Matthew, and Luke), Ingrid Hjelm (who does the same for a couple of scenes in the Gospel of Luke), Joshua Sabih (who analyzes how the story of Jesus came to be transformed and interpreted in the Koran, intriguingly surveying a lot of recent scholarship on the question by Muslim or Arabic specialists), and K.L. Noll (who argues that the quest for the historical Jesus is a waste of time, because "even if a historical Jesus existed and made an effort to found a movement of some kind" this "is irrelevant to an understanding of the earliest social movements that evolved into the religion now called Christianity" [p. 233] and therefore we shouldn't have to declare any definite opinion on the subject of the historicity of Jesus–Noll assumes historicity simply because it's as convenient an option as anything else).
These chapters are valuable but not necessary reads. Crossley's chapter, for example, is required reading for anyone who does not already find Bauckham's thesis absurd on its face (requiring, as it does, that the miracles of Cana and Lazarus actually must have occurred!), but I suspect all sensible and informed people already find Bauckham's thesis absurd. Nevertheless, if you want a definitive take down of it, this chapter is it. Likewise, even most historicists already concede the Temptation scene is myth, so Thompson's chapter on it is not required reading, unless you want to see a good survey of the aims and methods behind its construction, which turn out to be the same aims and methods used to construct every entire Gospel (thus casting every scene in as much historical doubt as this one). And so on.
However, of these, I think Noll's chapter is the most useful of all: he constructs his argument by proposing a very plausible model for how and why the Gospel Jesus came to be invented (in disregard for any historical truth about him, but nevertheless aiming to market what they said as historical truth) as a Darwinian strategy to win arguments (by inventing an authority figure to cite in defense of their claims), and then by showing how the Islamic development of the Hadith exemplifies exactly that model, providing a firm proof of concept. (Supplementing and supporting this part of his case is Robert Price's development of the same analogy in Sources of the Jesus Tradition, pp. 109-17.) Anyone who has ever wondered, about the Jesus myth hypothesis' proposed transformation from cosmic to earthly Jesus, "How could that have happened?" will want to read this chapter.
Is This Not the Carpenter? is an important example of what we need more of: serious scholarly examinations and debates on the historicity of Jesus and what methods to use in resolving it. It includes papers that for specialists are required reading on this topic, as well as others that are less required but nevertheless interesting and often useful, and only one of its chapters is too poor to have been included. It does not resolve the debate either way, and contains nothing definitive, but it shows the respectability of historical agnosticism and the possibility of alternative explanations of the evidence. But for it's unreasonably high list price, I would recommend it to those who have a deep interest in the subject. Everyone else might want to wait for a more approachable, thorough, and consistent summary of the Jesus myth theory.
One Final Note: I am adamantly against the trend (which I see especially in Europe) to price books beyond the reach of almost anyone. I find this elitist, and an abrogation of the responsibility of scholars to communicate their findings to the public. If you can afford it, and want a complete collection on your bookshelf of the latest in historicity research, I still recommend acquiring this book, or at the very least formally asking your local university library to acquire a copy (and certainly click the link on Amazon for requesting a kindle copy from the publisher: European academic publishers also have a bug up their ass against digital distribution, and the more letters they get requesting they join the 21st century, the sooner they will).
But I hope in future publishers will see reason (and that scholars will select publishers who see reason) and price books to what they are actually worth, which in a case like this is no more than $50, and arguably should not exceed $40 (it's only around 280 pages, after all). A list price of $110 is, in my opinion, an outrage. In a world where PODs can produce hard cover books for virtually nothing, a publisher is extremely inefficient if it has to charge that much, and extremely greedy if it doesn't have to but does anyway. Either way, the fault is on them, and that needs to change. [NOTE: praise be to the faerie lords of Ka, the paperback has now come out at a reasonable list price of about $30.]


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Sept. 20, 1997
BYU Tops Sun Devils in Defensive Struggle
|Lenzie Jackson
The Arizona State Sun Devils, in their final non-conference game of the season, lost to the Brigham Young Cougars, 13-10, in a defensive contest before 62,376 fans at Sun Devil Stadium. ASU falls to a 2-1 record while BYU improves to 1-1.
ASU head coach Bruce Snyder said after the game, "To hold BYU to 13 points is an accomplishment. They are used to scoring 53 points. Every part of the team contributed to the loss, including my coaching staff and myself."
The Sun Devil secondary was tested by a pass-happy BYU offense. BYU went for the often, accounting for 328 yards through the air. The ASU defense, however, was not about to let the Cougars have their way. The Sun Devil defense limited BYU to only 11 yards rushing in the first half and 99 yards for the game. The Sun Devil "maroon zone" defense was even more impressive, forcing the BYU offense to fumble away a touchdown and blocking a field goal attempt inside ASU's 20-yard line during the third quarter. Time and time again, BYU marched down the field and was turned away inside ASU's 20-yard line.
ASU's offense once again distributed the ball evenly. They had 92 yards on the ground and 153 yards in the air. The tandem of Michael Martin and J.R. Redmond were held in check by BYU's defensive front-line, with Martin gaining 43 yards and one touchdown and Redmond rushing for 66 yards. Ryan Kealy held his ground against a fierce BYU pass defense. Kealy found himself having to thread many passes through a thick secondary. He finished with 153 yards, completing 12 of 29 passes and no touchdowns.
Kealy kept his chin up, stating, "We wanted to be undefeated, so one of our goals is lost. By no means is our season lost, though. We still want to make it to the Rose Bowl."
|Criston Rance. (Click photo for larger version)
The first half saw sloppy play from both teams with both teams fumbling twice. BYU fumbled the ball three more times in the second half for a total of five fumbles for the Cougars. Neither team was able make more than 40 percent of their third down conversions. BYU had the first chance to score, but kicker Owen Pochmani's 42-yard field goal attempt sailed just left of the uprights. ASU marched back down the field to set up their first score of the game, a season long 44-yard field goal by Robert Nycz. BYU had another chance to pull ahead again, but Pochman sent a 48-yard field goal attempt wide right.
The second quarter started with a BYU touchdown, capping a ten-play drive from the first quarter to push BYU ahead 7-3. The Sun Devils came back though, recovering BYU's first fumble, a mishandled punt by Aaron Roderick. ASU drove down the field and broke through to the end zone on a 1-yard Michael Martin run to take the lead again, 10-7. ASU's second fumble, a ball knocked loose by Brad Martin on a Ricky Boyer reverse, allowed BYU to come back down the field and tie the score with a 45-yard field goal by Owen Pochman. The teams entered half-time knotted at 10-10.
The intensity rose during the second half, as both teams scratched and clawed to get ahead. The third quarter saw no scoring as both defenses smothered the opposing offense. ASU's defense came on strong in the third, trying to give the Sun Devils some momentum with a big play. ASU strong safety Damien Richardson forced running back Brian McKenzie to cough up the ball at the ASU two-yard line. Linebacker Stephen Trejo quickly covered the ball.
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Later in the third quarter, ASU defensive tackle Albrey Battle blocked a 31-yard Pochman field goal attempt, which was subsequently recovered by defensive tackle Vince Amey. ASU has now recorded a block in four of its past five games. However, despite the intense defensive play by the Sun Devils, the tell-tale statistic for the half was passing yardage, as BYU blitzed the ASU secondary for 125 yards in the second half while ASU was only able to muster three yards in the air.
The only score during the second half came in near the end of the fourth quarter. BYU kicker Owen Pochman made up for the missed attempts earlier in the game by pushing his team ahead 13-10 with a 32-yard field goal.
ASU was unable to capitalize on its following possessions and BYU ran the game clock out to win the game.
BYU head coach LaVell Edwards said, "I had no second thoughts about kicking at the end. Our kicker is a fine kicker and he is going to have a fine career."
The loss is the first regular-season loss and first loss at home since November 24, 1995, when the University of Arizona defeated the Sun Devils 31-28. The game also marks the lowest point total by an ASU team since September 30, 1995 when ASU was defeated 31-0 at USC. On a more personal note, kicker Robert Nycz has connected on 73 straight extra points and 99 of 100 in his career. He has also made 28 of 38 field goals in his career.
The Sun Devils looked for positives out of the loss. Running back J.R. Redmond said it best after the game.
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Liberty School News, December 3, 2010
Lil Huffstatler Grisham welcomed the 45 attendees to the Nov. 16 meeting of Liberty School. Charlie Sappington gave the invocation and blessing prior to the covered-dish dinner.
In the business session Joanne Gaines read minutes from the Oct. 9 annual school reunion and Joyce Fitzgerald gave the financial report. Ms. Grisham stated that the Huffstatler family had given the school a donation.
E.M. "Boots" Herring thanked everyone for their calls during his and Jean's three-month absence from the meetings. He and Jean also donated a framed picture of George Washington to the school.
Recently Daphnia McMillen donated a picture and teaching certificate of Mrs. Mamie Skinner Carter to the school. This completes the school picture display of teachers who taught in the present Liberty school building.
"Classic Country" presented the entertainment for the evening. Members of the group: Terry McClusky (Ripley) drums; Charles McKee (Falkner), guitar and vocal; Kevin Mullins (Walnut) bass and vocal; B. L. Shaw (Tipplersville) lead guitar; Johnny F. Shoffner (Walnut) guitar and vocal. Included in the musical program: "Good Hearted Woman", "Folsum Prison Blues", " Tennessee Flattop", "I Turned Twenty-One In Prison", " Branded Man", "Diggin' Up Bones", "Truck Driving Man", "Heartaches by the Number", "Troubles by the Score", "North to Alaska", "Carroll County Blues", (lead guitar solo), "I'll Walk the Line", "Wildwood Flower", (instrumental), "Get on that Horse and Ride", "Working Man Blues", "If We Never Meet Again". Thank you "Classic Country" for a wonderful evening of entertainment.
Visitors for the evening were: "Classic Country" band members, Destiny, Katie and Cody Hester of New Albany, Mary and John Hogue of Keownville, Patsy McKee of Falkner, Chiaquita, Kristin and Katie Mullins, David Leo Roach, and Eloise Shoffner, all of Walnut.
We were glad to welcome Carolyn Brooks and Juanita Lowery back to the meetings after their extended absences.
Nov. birthdays were: Frances Dunson, E.M. "Boots" Herring, Bob Gaines, Gerald Gaines, Etoyce Pilcher, Jewel Rowan, Ruby Harris Tyer.
November anniversaries were: Patsy and Charles McKee of 42 years. Sympathy is extended to the families of James Dye, Sherman Gilley and George Sloan.
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June 23, 2011
Drought Gardening
Though it is nearly time for the monsoons, the rain is not here. Everything is exceptionally dry. The Forest Service has placed the New Mexico forests (and their residents) on some pretty severe restrictions and tens of thousands of acres of forest has already been consumed by fire this season.
Prohibitions include smoking except inside enclosed vehicles or buildings, possessing fireworks, operating chainsaws or other internal combustion enginepowered equipment, welding or operating torches with open flames, taking vehicles off Forest System roads, fires, campfires, charcoal, coal, wood and stove fires.
We have an incredible amount of brush to clean up and burn after harvesting firewood last fall, but this is not an option right now. Hopefully it will be before long because last year the snow was on the ground before we could finish cleanup and we truly hope that there will not be two years worth of branches and brush to deal with next year on top of the many weeks of logging, chucking and splitting.
The good news is that our gardens are mostly planted!
In the ground we have four varieties of locally grown potatoes, four varieties of frost tolerant Siberian tomatoes, chickpeas, black beans, contender bush beans, pole beans, summer and winter squash, black zucchini, slicing and pickling cucumbers, two kinds of beets, two kinds of carrot, two kinds of onions, radishes, broccoli, celery, kale, lettuces, spinach, bell peppers, jalapenos, several varieties of peas, and a few I'm surely forgetting. Everything we planted is either heirloom, or heirlooms bred to withstand low temperatures, frost and short seasons.
We have both flint and sweet corn grown here in the Taos Mountains and are trying to decide which one to plant today.
In the herb garden we have Basil, Sage, Thyme, Greek Oregano, Chives, Cumin, Dill, Sweet Basil, Cilantro, Holy Basil, Motherwort, Boneset, Heartease, Marshmallow, Horehound, Dandelion, Chickweed, Chaste Tree, St. Johns Wort, Catchfly, Calendula, Red Clover, Marigold, Chamomile, Borage, Yarrow, Valerian, Flax, Fennel, Lemon Balm, Clary Sage, Feverfew, Love in the Mist, and California Poppy :) We also have some wild daisies, Columbine and Irises.
Growing wild we have Chokecherries, Gooseberries, Currants, Strawberries and Raspberries. Around town you can collect apples, apricots and cherries. I was hoping to make some dandelion wine and rose petal syrup this spring, but we had a truly pitiful crop of wild roses and dandelions. Next year we are hoping to learn more about harvesting Piñon nuts. At $12/lb at the organic grocer it would be great to learn to get them ourselves since Piñon is abundant here in Norther New Mexico.
The deer fence around the vegetable gardens will be finished by the end of this week, and we're going to attempt a willow branch fence around the herb gardens in the front of the house.
Sometime this summer we will finally build the chicken coop and start researching goat housing/milking stations. And if we can get to it between the firewood collection we'll be building crosscut log paths in and around the gardens.
4 comments:
- Clay said...
I like those cross cut log paths! Do they get really slippery when wet and/or grow moss on them? If so, how do you plan to clean them?
- June 23, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- happygirl said...
The crosscut log paths are beautiful. Are they buried very deep? Praying for rain.
- June 23, 2011 at 9:43 AM
- Cage Free Family said...
The logs will be about 9 inches deep, placed on top of the many small rocks we have and then back filled with dirt. I've never found logs cut this way to be slippery, and because we are in the high desert it would be hard for moss to grow on anything. We have to water our gardens no less than four times per day to keep them from drying out completely and beginning to crack. We don't even have moss on the logs rotting in the forest :)
- June 23, 2011 at 12:34 PM
- megg said...
I've just been overwhelmed with a wild, fierce desire to go there.
I will hold rain in my heart for you and yours.
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The relationship gurus at How About We helped us create a list of 10 dos--and 10 don'ts--so you can navigate their site with ease
... no matter how silly they may seem. It's your only chance talk directly about yourself in your own words.
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Dates that have a clearly stated agenda, such as eating at a specific restaurant or doing a specific activity, are 40% more successful than their more ambiguous counterparts.
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Make sure to at least cover the 3 main types:
The Attention Grabber: Pick a main photo that indicates your interests and gives others a reason to click-in. We see a lot of success when members use a shot that isn't just a portrait, such as travel photos (showing a well-known landmark or picturesque scenery) and hobby photos (like playing your guitar or rock climbing).
The Portrait: We need to see what you actually look like. Keep it real. A nice shot of you smiling in a natural setting is perfect. Try not to use a photo where you've cropped friends out (it's abrupt and unsettling), and opt for a solo shot when possible.
You Being You: Daters look for photos that say "I can really see myself in a relationship with this person" – and that includes everything from movie night at home to out and about on a Friday night to the office holiday party. Photos that reflect this show you doing an activity that others can imagine being a part of.
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Dates with the words "jokes," "funny," and "laugh" are more successful than the average date. The ability to laugh and make others laugh is a universally attractive trait. For example: "How about we have a staring contest in the park and see who can make the other laugh first. Loser buys a round of drinks after."
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Dating is supposed to be fun. Drop the expectations and assumptions - just go out, be you and have fun.
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Men respond very favorably to dates with the words "explore" "wander" and "find a new". It shows you're fun, interesting and up for new experiences.
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Long messages get fewer responses, period. "Hello, nice to "meet" you, I've read your profile, and I think you sound nice..." is way less engaging than "What?! You like Friday Night Lights but not the West Wing?! I'm appalled. What's your argument?"
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The ideal date proposition is 120-140 characters. Though there are exceptions to both extremes, dates that fall into this window get the most responses. Here's an example of the ideal length: "How about we grab a sandwich at Torrisi then go for a walk on the Westside bike path."
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Wednesday is the best day to ask someone out on a date. The worst day to propose a date? Sunday. However, we've also found that Saturdays are ideal for proposing same-day dates, such as "How about we go see the show at Joe's Pub tonight? I have tickets!"
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Most people can tell if there's chemistry within the first 15 minutes of meeting someone. That's why the top 60% of the most responded to dates are two-fold: a short, active first part followed by a more intimate second location. The rationale? An activity eases the awkwardness of a first meeting and helps create a more positive experience. Then, if you hit it off, you can go someplace more intimate for the get-to-know-you conversation. For example: "How about we see a photography exhibition and grab tea or a drink afterward."
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...or vague with your profile information and date ideas. One-word answers don't provide any insight into your personality. Instead of simply answering "What's an awesome place you've visited?" with "Italy," describe something that you loved about Italy. The same is true for dates. Dates placed in the catchall "out & about" category are the least likely to be responded to. Your answers also give visitors a reason to stay on your profile as they work up the courage to message you. Give them something to bite into.
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Be yourself, whether that's a nature-loving outdoor nut or a high-heels and mini-skirt loving shopaholic (or whatever lies between). Choose photos that reflect your true self and post dates that you'd genuinely want to go on.
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Members with at least three photos get twice as many messages as those with only one photo. Like the rest of your profile, you want your photos to showcase the many things that make you who you are -- so make sure to diversify.
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Respect your date and make a good impression by arriving on time. According to singles, anything more than 15 minutes late is considered extremely rude.
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Forget about stereotypes concerning who should initiate: Men and women have equal success proposing dates. In fact, ladies are at a slight advantage. Dates proposed by women get an average of 5.4 responses each, whereas men get about 4.9.
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You're all there to meet someone. If you're interested, show it!
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In a stream of bright colors, you're less likely to get clicked on. Also, if all your photos are B&W, he's going to wonder if something strange is going on. It's just not as attractive.
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You're a catch! It's a fine line between just enough and too much, but a little bit of bravado goes a long way in boosting your sex appeal online.
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Chemistry doesn't happen in front of a computer. Message prospective dates to the point that you'd feel comfortable meeting in person and then get out there, in the real world. Most HowAboutWe.com members prefer to send no more than 4 messages before meeting up. As you would for any new encounter, take necessary precautions by meeting in a public place and telling a friend where you're going.
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In the near future, the Krinar rule the Earth. An advanced race from another galaxy, they are still a mystery to us - and we are completely at their mercy.
Shy and innocent, Mia Stalis is a college student in New York City who has led a very normal life. Like most people, she's never had any interactions with the invaders - until one fateful day in the park changes everything. Having caught Korum's eye, she must now contend with a powerful, dangerously seductive Krinar who wants to possess her and will stop at nothing to make her his own.
How far would you go to regain your freedom? How much would you sacrifice to help your people? What choice will you make when you begin to fall for your enemy?
WARNING: This book contains strong sexual content and explicit language and is not suitable for listeners under 18.
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"If you're looking for some sexy summer reads, you'll want to check out the new book series, Krinar Chronicles. Author Anna Zaires brings you a kind of 50 Shades of Grey meets Star Trek tale . . ." (Marie Claire)
"For diehard fans of the paranormal romance genre, author Anna Zaires's risqué new book could be your next guilty pleasure. Zaires's most recent read, Close Liaisons, combines a love story with science fiction in the tale of Mia, an unassuming college student whose life gets suddenly entangled in a dangerous, otherworldly affair." (Woman's Day)
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I don't usually like books without answers, the ending or arrogant/disrespectful male characters... But this book not only kept my undivided attention, but I also listened to it twice in a row. As of right now, this author is on auto download for me. I really hope the same narrator will continue with the series. I will look for other books narrated by Kathleen Godwin, she did an excellent job. I really think this book should be included in erotica section.
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The narration was good, Ms. Godwin did a great job with both male and female voices. The storyline was plausible, for fantasy, and I liked the conflict the main character went through the love/hate dichotomy. Looking forward to book #2.
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It was mysterious, kept me guessing, and pretty freaking hot! Nice twist on a fantasy love story.
"I Enjoyed This One Very Much!"
A very interesting twist on "War of the Worlds." I found Korum to be a fascinating character and Mia to truly be naïve. Because Mia is so inexperienced, she does not think to ask questions that she should and it could have cost her a great deal. This story also shows what can go wrong when your "Allies" don't give you the whole truth about things.
There are many things that were left unexplained in this book, but that give me a reason to look forward to the next in this series. I do hope that Anna Zaires continues with Korum and Mia's story and more about the Krinar.
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The entire story..it was fresh and original
It is an erotic tale .. So if you are like reading erotica then you will enjoy this story
Enjoyed it so much, part 2 is out in print and I picked up a copy .. yet to read but can hardly wait
I like sexy erotica with a good storyline. Fantasy or sci-fi or just something that captures my attention right away.
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This is one of my all time favorite authors! Her stories never disappoint me! The Krinar Chronicles are the most uniquely written storylines I have ever read. The main male character is so arrogant and bold and over the following two books you see him turn almost human. The sensuality of the sex scenes is so intimate.....and incredibly illustrative. You cannot stop with the first book. This makes Shades of Gray boring!
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Yes, if you read Erotica books this was something different.
Not A Lot I can compare to do to it is Unique Love Story.
I cant pick just one scene I like, they all were great, but if I had to pick i say the end of the book. Which I will not state because do not want to ruin the book. I would be terrified if that was me in the corner =) You will know what i mean when you read the end.
Just have to loved a New Unique Love Story and was a pleasure to Read and cant wait for the other book.
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This book was better than I expected. I was not sure what to expect from the whole alien theme but if you are a fan of paranormal romance you will enjoy this series. Great character building. I am definitely looking forward to the continuation of this series. Worth the credit!
"Great story, so-so performance"
Mia Stalis is an ordinary college senior at NYU when her life is forever changed after an encounter in the park. Earth has been taken over by the Krinar, a race of humanoid aliens who for the most part leave humans alone. However, when Korum, a powerful K (as the Krinar are called), sees Mia in the park, he decides he must have her.
As a general rule, I don't ordinarily read science fiction. Paranormal I like, but this isn't my usual preferred genre. That being said, the science fiction elements in this book are great. The world building is fascinating, and I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed these aspects of the story. There are suspenseful elements related to the science fiction, and the book ends on a bit of a cliff hanger.
Of course, the main focus of the book is the relationship between Mia and Korum. I use the term 'relationship' loosely, I feel that 'dictatorship' more accurately describes their interactions. There is a fine line between Alpha Male and a$$hole, and unfortunately, Korum crosses over to the a$$hole side much more than the Alpha side. Mia is given no choice in this situation. Korum wants her and what he wants, he gets. Mia goes along with this, for the most part, with very little protest (any protests she makes are entirely ineffective), mainly because of the intense sexual chemistry the two share. The sex scenes are quite steamy and for mature audiences only. The author uses some clinical terms for body parts, which is a bit jarring, but still, the scenes are good. One in particular - SPOILER ALERT - the scene in which Mia loses her virginity, is very detailed and gut wrenching, and listening to it really brings that point home.
Since the story is so good, the deficiencies in the performance seem all the more glaring. The reader has a breathy style, which I didn't particularly care for, and her dialogue readings didn't have the right inflections. She makes Korum sound like a robot most of the time and since the author made the point that he speaks perfect, unaccented English, that didn't sound right to me. This is especially glaring when he says her name. She has him pronounce it as "Meeeeee-ya" instead of "Mia." Also, the interactions between Mia and her peers sound a bit off as well, especially in the first part of the book. This does improve a bit toward the latter part of the reading, maybe because the reader was getting a better sense of the characters.
I definitely recommend this title based on the story alone. It is so good that the performance aspects can be overlooked. I also highly recommend the second title in this series, Close Obsession, although it isn't available as an audio book. I purchased it as soon as I finished Close Liaisons because I was dying to know what happened next!
I really enjoy the world of books! Narration just add layers to that world... don't u think? :)
"Pretty good story, narration could use some work.."
I really got into this story. I usually don't do Alien romance because it is never done right...but this was done pretty good. I read all the reviews and I am glad I didn't past this one up. The narration was well... after like chapter 2 you just kinda fall into it. You just don't notice the same female voices and the same male voices. I liked it actually. I really did. Maybe book 2 which is due to come out in August will have another narrator...but I if not, I think I will still pre-order. This was simple a great listen. Nothing spectacular...but a great story none the less. I really want to know what Korum is gonna do, after he got all betrayed on! LOL.... Plus I really want to see what the Alien compound is like... Book 2.. is definitely on pre-order lock down..
Good credit. Save your money...It wasn't that great due to narration...but great great credit.
A civil invasion, a 2000 year old alien, subterfuge, in a precarious situation, college student Mia finds herself torn between the resistance and a very powerful lover who pulls her into a world where there is no escape.I was kind of creeped out by the total roughshod approach of this K. The moral and personal dilemma Mia finds herself is in what drew me in. A definite favourite of what I have read so far this year, very pleased that Anne Zaire put pen to paper... loved the dark twisted under currents, the clever nano technology, world and premise and of course the very freaky tense relationship.... a must read for those who like tense, erotic, psychological thriller/science fiction.
I'm really not sure why I've continued with the series.
The Sci-Fi elements are poorly described and for some reason, are completely unbelievable. Since the point of Sci-Fi is to make extraordinary technology commonplace, this book is quite ridiculous.
Its attempt at Erotica is banal, bland and boring.
The plot is pitiful. Any potential it has is poorly executed and flat. Any anticipation fizzles out with no punch.
The author has a bash at 50 Shades (billionaire, great lover; a naif in awe but quietly strong) but with worse writing. Given how poorly written 50 Shades is, it's amazing to read something worse.
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When my friend Ronnie was moving out of her apartment, not only did her boyfriend help her pack, but he arranged to get the rugs cleaned without being asked, and texted her: carpet guys coming Friday 9 a.m.
"Whoa!" I thought and nearly spit out my fried rice when she told me. "That's not normal male behavior. Is he terminally ill or something?"
"Nope," she said and chomped on her sushi. "Healthy as a horse."
Arranged to get the carpets cleaned! That is so sexy. My buddy Bernadette puts it more succinctly when she shares pretend conversations with husbands or boyfriends: "Hey pal, don't play with my nipples," she'll say. "How 'bout you warm up my car on a February morning? Huh? You wanna get laid? Try being nice."
Also, please fix things. It really is that simple. Just be nice to us, and fix stuff, and we're more likely to want to have sex with you. When I gave this simple formula to Cowboy Bob nine years into our relationship, he furrowed his brow like a Cro-Magnon man.
"Be nice?" he said, looking confused, and then: "You wanna feel my biceps?"
"No, I don't want to feel your biceps. Nice means doing things without complaining or without a big flourish or without being asked."
"Sounds hard," he said and dragged his knuckles downstairs to watch war movies.
I've known Clara for decades and she still smokes and somehow makes it look cool. When we'd waste time in man conversation she'd say stuff like: "He complains all day and scratches his balls in front of the TV all night. Then he crawls into bed lookin' to get laid and acts all put out because there's no porn sex waiting in the marital bed. For the love of God what is wrong with them?"
Ah, the unanswered question. It gets worse as you get older. Sex just seems, well, kind of stupid from time to time, and your hormones stop working and you grow fat and hairy (women, that is). Guys start panicking because Mr. Happy goes on vacation from time to time. An older friend recounted a conversation with her BFF of 40 years who called her up and said: "I gotta ask you something. Is David's penis broken yet?"
"Just about," my friend said with a sigh. "We got some last gasps going on."
I read these articles about people in nursing homes wanting privacy to have sex and how old people stay sexually active into their 70s and 80s, and I'm sorry, but that's just plain gross. Have you looked at your old ass in the mirror lately? When Bob and I hit a turning point a few years ago, he made me watch this AARP video of old people getting laid. It was horrible, and sort of gave me nightmares worse than any remake of The Exorcist. When feminism busted things up in the '60s women felt empowered but realized shortly that it only meant that we still had to work twice as hard for half the pay, go home, and do all the house work, and still be expected to act sexy at night. Before feminism women stayed home and did housework and at least got to pop Valium. Post-feminism we get to work full-time, raise the kids, and then act sexy when the guy gets horizontal. Mostly, I think, feminism has just made us more tired. Things change. Of course you have sex like rabbits at first, and things are all aglow, but then someone has to put out the recycling and the car needs an oil change. It's not that men are lazy. It's just that they're unaware, generally, of everything that needs to happen to make life run smoothly. They are often lost in their fantasies of great food and naked women and can't tell when the trash needs to go out.
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I had to laugh today when I saw an email from Tabu Nightclub in downtown Orlando with a subject line "ORLANDO HATES SAGGY PANTS." The email may have a silly subject line but the author is quite serious about its contents.
Turns out the club is turning away customers who wear pants hanging past their hips exposing their boxers, a fashion trend made popular mostly by young, African-American men. The club is also against "baggy clothes" as well according to co-owner John SanFelippo.
When I asked him if the club was a accused of racism for the move, he said that is the "number one defense mechanism" from folks being turned away for their fashion-don't.
"We're the most culturally diverse Friday and Saturday night in downtown [Orlando]," says SanFelippo. "When I hear that I say look around you, we're definitely not racist."
SanFelippo says Tabu's patrons are 50-60 percent African-American and he's also talked to customers thanking the club for pushing the new dress code. He said originally they let the look go because the club wants to be about what's hot and trendy and they "fell for it" thinking that was the 'in" look. They soon started hearing it was a "prison look" and Tabu didn't want to be associated with it.
"We started the crusade, for lack of a better word, eight or nine months ago," says SanFelippo. In the first weekend alone he said they turned away between 500 – 700 folks in line.
The numbers of folks at the club on a given Friday or Saturday since the initial move haven't gone down but they haven't gone up, he thinks the club is replacing people with people.
He said for the most part friends of those not adhering to the dress code are giving them a hard time too if they're called out in line. The club is so serious about the move, they're also including "NO SAGGY PANTS!" in their advertisements as well.
And do folks still try to sneak the look once inside? According to SanFelippo, certainly. But they get one warning to pull their pants up, which he says works 50 percent of the time, the other 50 percent are asked to leave.
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The temperature is pushing 100 degrees at the Marion County Fair in Knoxville, Iowa, and the air reeks of farm animals. Michele Bachmann's staffer is soaked with sweat, but his boss hums with cool energy. Pushing open a gate, the candidate steps into a pigpen for a closer look at a pair of hogs, which twin girls are busy squirting with a spray bottle. "You mostly keep 'em cool?" Bachmann asks cheerily. "That's a full-time job, isn't it? Good luck to you!"
In a button-front dress, long gold necklace, dangling earrings and strappy sandals with two-inch wooden heels, Bachmann looks less like a Washington politician out glad-handing voters in Iowa than like a suburban mom on a lunch date. She smiles for a photo, then sidesteps piles of cow dung as she moves through the barn to a goat-judging contest. There, she chats with Miss County Fair, who—decked out in a tiara, pink frock and brown cowboy boots—is the only other person wearing a dress for miles. Wherever Bachmann goes, she speaks in exclamations: "Hi there! I have to say hi. Nice to meet you!" "Now we're going to check out some livestock!" "This has been so much fun!"
I jot in my notebook that this is a woman who is not afraid to touch people, physically. She pats children on the head, doles out giant hugs, rubs voters' backs as she grins for the camera. On one of her constantly moving hands, I catch a glimpse of a diamond so giant that the weight makes it slip around her slender ring finger. Up close you can see that her makeup is TV ready and perfect, baked smooth by the heat. And that's when it hits me. While some consider Bachmann's political views extreme, her presentation as a woman is decidedly not. I'm witnessing something that didn't seem possible only four years ago: a woman running for president who is neither playing up nor tamping down her sexuality.
Back in 2007 and 2008, I followed Hillary Clinton's presidential bid at stops along these very same lush Iowa back roads. When Clinton hugged someone, it felt strained, forced; events staged in front of haystacks seemed manufactured. Clinton carried herself with hawkish bravado, avoiding references to her gender and all but burying her femininity beneath a wardrobe of plainly tailored pantsuits. Even when she announced her candidacy in a January 2007 Web video, she passed up the chance to mention that if elected, she'd be the first female president. On the campaign trail, she sometimes discounted her gender. "I am not running because I'm a woman," she would say. "I'm running because I think I'm the most qualified and experienced person to do the job that has to be done."
I was in New Hampshire the night before the state's crucial 2008 primary, and I watched as two radio pranksters interrupted Clinton's speech in a Salem auditorium, chanting, "Iron my shirt! Iron my shirt!" For Clinton, who'd lost to Obama in the Iowa caucuses four days earlier, the primary was make-it-or-break-it, and she was feeling the pressure. Just a few hours earlier, a female supporter had asked, "How do you keep upbeat and so wonderful?" and Clinton had teared up. That scene played on network television all day. Back on the stage in Salem that evening, after the iron-my-shirt interruption, Clinton's voice got sharper and louder as security ushered away the two men. Then she paused, and though I couldn't see her from the back of the room, it sure sounded as though she was smiling when she said, "Oh, the remnants of sexism—alive and well!" The crowd jumped to its feet and hollered in support. "As I think has just been abundantly demonstrated, I am also running to break through the highest and hardest glass ceiling," Clinton reminded them. The next day, she won the primary.
If Clinton the campaigner came across as a woman disguised as a man, then Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin was the flirtatious Annie Oakley—the girl who could best any guy at huntin' and who still managed to look feminine and flirty in slimy, fish-covered overalls. Her shapely bare legs, accentuated with red pumps sold under the Naughty Monkey label, were featured on the front page of the nation's newspapers and generated dozens of fashion knockoffs, as did her rimless glasses. The Alaska governor seemed to relish her hottie image, flaunting it with red lipstick, formfitting skirts and leather blazers; she winked at the nation's voters during debates, blew kisses on the trail, was dubbed a "MILF" by Male Voters.
Palin and Clinton both approached the inconvenient truth of being a woman by going to visual extremes. Four years later, a different kind of woman entered the race. While it's impossible to completely separate Bachmann's personal presentation from her beliefs, her gender from her far-right, Tea Party politics, in her behavior as a female candidate, Bachmann can be described as middle of the road. Is Bachmann's gender being treated any differently by voters or the press as a result? I hit the campaign trail to find out.
This morning, Bachmann is speaking from the pulpit during Sunday services at the First Assembly of God church in Des Moines. She's talking about finding Jesus Christ, but it's her candid conversation about motherhood that most obviously connects with the crowd. Bachmann introduces two of her daughters, Sophia and Elisa (she and her husband have three, as well as two sons; they have also raised 23 foster children, all girls). Her daughters are sitting in the pews in front of her, and Sophia is with a group of friends from church camp. Bachmann opens up about her own mother, who was forced to sell off her wedding gifts in a garage sale after her divorce. "The beautiful things that were in the hutch, they were all on the table, and everything had to go because there was just nothing anymore," Bachmann says. The crowd nods sympathetically as she recounts her mother's financial troubles and giggles when Bachmann describes how crowded her house in Stillwater, Minnesota, became after Bachmann and her husband started taking in foster children. "We had nine kids at this point. We couldn't get them all around the table," Bachmann says, "so we had to blow a wall out in our kitchen to make the kitchen table bigger! But it was all worth it." In the church lobby later, Bachmann tightly grasps the hands of women who come up to praise her sermon.
As I watch Sophia and Elisa, off on the side, talking casually with voters, I remember how differently the Clinton campaign handled the former first daughter, Chelsea: Clinton fiercely protected her from the media, just as she'd done during eight years in the White House. When the Clinton team finally decided to put Chelsea out there to stump for her mom, the events were tightly controlled. Even Clinton's closest friends say the campaign failed to showcase the senator as a heroic working mom or allow her to bond with other women over "soft subjects" like parenthood. "We foolishly believed that women would be there for her no matter what because the concept of a female president was just too powerful," says Patti Solis Doyle, a longtime friend who served as campaign manager until February 2008. "We didn't want to be too 'I am woman, hear me roar,' or we were going to alienate the men."
By contrast, Palin wore her motherhood like a badge of honor, placing all her children—even the infant with Down syndrome, even the unwed pregnant teen—on display. The New York Times asserted in 2008 that "no one has ever tried to combine presidential politics and motherhood in quite the way Ms. Palin is doing" and that "she is also making motherhood an explicit part of her appeal, running as a self-proclaimed hockey mom." If common wisdom was that mommy talk would brand you as unserious, Palin deliberately upended that view. Far from ignoring motherhood, she used it as the raison d'être for more women to become politically involved. "Moms kinda just know when something's wrong," Palin said in an early campaign video, a truth that electrified a groundswell of conservative women voters who would eventually dub themselves the Mommy Patriots.
"In the 1980s, being a mother would have been held against a candidate running for elected office because she faced the question of 'Who is taking care of your children while you are out campaigning?' " says Ruth B. Mandel, director of the Eagleton Institute of Politics at Rutgers. "Palin complicated that image of women as mothers because she came up with the mama grizzlies and defending your cubs. The fighter is here, but she's fighting to protect her children. That's quite a different emphasis from fighting for the issues or fighting the opponent."
Bachmann benefits from the shift and adds her own nuance. She doesn't hide her children but doesn't use them as props either. Bachmann's daughters were often pleasantly smiling in the background as she campaigned this summer. "She shows her female strengths," says presidential historian Doris Kearns Goodwin. "But she's not running around with her children all the time. She has the freedom to say that motherhood is a positive thing that she's done." In debates, Bachmann has returned repeatedly to her identity as a mother and learned to use it as a weapon against the male candidates, even when she doesn't have crucial facts to deploy. "I'm a mom," she said before blasting Rick Perry for mandating that Texas sixth graders be vaccinated with the HPV-preventive drug Gardasil. "To have innocent little 12-year-old girls be forced to have a government injection through an executive order is just flat-out wrong." She often notes that the Tea Party movement has been fueled by energy from mothers who pay the family bills and are tired of seeing the government fail to manage its finances.
Bachmann's passion for motherhood seems genuine; she says it's the most important job listed on her résumé. "I just saw [the word mother] on the paper, and I thought, That's the one that means the most to me … It's that word that means a lot to me. Obviously wife and all the rest, but it's that word, mother," she tells me. But the 2004 election also helped make clear that it's smart strategy to identify with women voters. "I understand what a lot of women are going through," she says. "Whether it's as a woman who has been disappointed in life with maybe her marriage or her children, I've been a part of that and trying to be a help to other people's lives."
It's July 16, 2011, in Pella, Iowa, and I'm standing in a boutique called Fashion by the HallTree watching Bachmann gush about a pink jacket. "That is so cute," she says to her aides about the Jackie Kennedy–style taffeta top. "I love it! I think this is absolutely adorable." The double-breasted Samuel Dong design has a $110 price tag. Beverly Terpstra, the clerk on duty, offers Bachmann a 20 percent discount. "Is that what you'd give anybody else?" Bachmann asks. Assured she isn't getting a special favor—"I want to support the economy!"—Bachmann heads to the cashier. She promises Terpstra she will soon see the jacket in photos: "Dress to impress, they say!"
That Bachmann allows herself to fall in love with a cotton candy–colored jacket in front of a reporter like me could be seen as a sign of progress. At the same time, I realize that by trying to tease apart Bachmann's womanhood and her worldview, I've gotten stuck in an old trap: paying more attention to a woman candidate's clothes than to the economic policy she proposes to put in place to help the boutique clerk. Every expert and activist I call for this story chastises me for asking about Bachmann's clothes. I'm left with the feeling that today it's considered politically incorrect for the media to even comment on clothing.
Four years ago, I watched another pink jacket get terrible scrutiny. It was July 2007, at a televised debate of Democratic contenders, and John Edwards gave Hillary Clinton grief about her pink blazer. "I'm not sure about that coat," Edwards said, following a questioner's direction to find something he disliked about the contender to his left. Barack Obama jumped in to defend his rival: "I actually like Hillary's jacket. I don't know what's wrong with it." A pink-clad female candidate was so new that the male players had no idea how to respond. "It was awkward," says Rebecca Traister, author of Big Girls Don't Cry: The Election That Changed Everything for American Women. "They were like kids in a school yard who didn't know what to do."
Clinton may have been wearing pink, but her clothes did not telegraph "feminine." She wore boxy pantsuits in every color, and they were widely criticized—so much so that she eventually mocked herself as belonging to "the Sisterhood of the Traveling Pantsuit." Women's Wear Daily reported that Clinton had pulled out of a Vogue photo shoot because she feared "that she would appear too feminine." For this she received a stern smackdown from Vogue's editor-in-chief, Anna Wintour, who intoned in an editor's letter, "The notion that a contemporary woman must look mannish in order to be taken seriously as a seeker of power is frankly dismaying."
By contrast, when Palin hit the national stage in the summer of 2008, she came decked out in a new wardrobe mostly paid for by the Republican National Committee. It was distinctly feminine, even sexy, with cropped suits, those red heels and knee-high boots. The bills for her and her family—nearly $300,000 worth—appeared on campaign finance reports and stirred up months of controversy. Who says clothes don't matter?
Or the body parts beneath them. The image of Clinton showing (barely visible) cleavage during a Senate floor speech was replayed endlessly in the summer of 2007, while Newsweek's cover shot of Palin's glistening bare legs in running shorts (an outtake from a shoot for Runner's World) in November 2009 prompted Palin to cry "sexist" foul. Aides to both women were incensed and blamed the media for focusing on "trivialities."
For all these reasons, it strikes me as a little calculated when Bachmann adviser Keith Nahigian ambles up to me during a stop in Ames, Iowa, to make sure I notice that Bachmann has kicked off her sandals and is standing barefoot in the grass. Jan Reisetter, a former second-grade teacher from the nearby town of Radcliffe who is there to meet the candidate, tells me the bare feet indicate to her that Bachmann is a genuine woman. "I think she's a real person, and I don't know how to put that in any other words," Reisetter says. It seems that was exactly the handler's point. "It's something guys can't do," says Nahigian. He was later promoted to campaign manager in a fall staff shake-up.
If female candidates have managed to destigmatize kids and clothing, does that mean they've also escaped the other forms of sexism? Well, no. In August 2011, just before Bachmann becomes the first woman in history to win the Ames Straw Poll, a British newspaper posts a photo online of her biting into a corn dog at the Iowa State Fair. Her eyes are closed, her mouth is open; it's a terrible, sexualized image, and it ricochets around the digital globe at warp speed, thanks to tweets from liberal television anchor Keith Olbermann and actor Ashton Kutcher. Then the Washington Post illustrates a front-page story about Bachmann with a photo of her standing next to her husband, Marcus. A quick search of news sites shows there was no lack of pictures of Bachmann solo and triumphant. Nor was this a first for the Post; the editors ran a "couples" photo when Bachmann announced her candidacy. Post managing editor Liz Spayd tells me in an e-mail that the newspaper chose both photographs "because we thought they best captured the moment." "I don't think there was anything sexist about it," she wrote. "Bachmann very explicitly makes her husband a partner in the campaign, so it's easy to find visually moving images of the two of them."
Bachmann has experienced more than her share of sexism, as have Clinton and Palin. What's different is her return lobs. Clinton responded to attacks with sharp counterattacks, not humor, and could come off as abrasive. After David Shuster, then an MSNBC news anchor, suggested in February 2008 that it was "unseemly" that Chelsea, who was calling superdelegates to make the case for electing her mom, was being "pimped out in some weird sort of way," Clinton refused to pick up Shuster's apologetic phone call. He went on to declare on air that he was sorry for using "pejorative" language about Chelsea, but even after that, according to sources close to the situation, Clinton refused to speak with him directly.
Palin's responses to sexist slights have been equally fierce but much more public: She puts her own 250-mph spin on events for her 3.2 million fans on Facebook and her 675,000 Twitter followers. When Bristol was rumored to be creating drama on the set of Dancing with the Stars, Palin tweeted in her daughter's defense: "Ah yes … Bristol-the-diva! Silly critics! See her diva-ish-ness Sunday, Sarah Palin's Alaska 2 learn truth, before assuming. Thanks & enjoy!" Palin's aggressive responses didn't always pay off, however. John Coale, a prominent Washington fund raiser, Palin friend and supporter, told Time magazine in 2009 that "she made the mistake that every time someone attacked her, she'd fight back." That attitude landed her in time-consuming public spats with the likes of David Letterman (who described Palin's look as "slutty flight attendant") and Levi Johnston, Bristol's ex-boyfriend.
Bachmann, on the other hand, has a new "freedom" to call out "authentically sexist stuff," says Traister, noting, "That's not the same thing as saying [sexism is] fixed; obviously it's not." She points to the migraine-headache story—the one that says Bachmann suffers from pain so severe, she has to take medicine or be hospitalized. It's reminiscent of "the swooning woman on the fainting couch," says Victoria DeFrancesco Soto, senior fellow at the Barnard Center for Women, Politics, and Public Policy. "There you go again, talking about the weak woman with the headache. There's a space that's been opened for women to come up, but some things are still the same." Texas senator Kay Bailey Hutchison brings up the migraine story as well. "If a man had migraine headaches, how would that be played?" Hutchison asks. "I don't think it would have been the same."
Bachmann responded swiftly to the controversy, which had been published by the conservative website the Daily Caller just as her popularity began to soar. She arranged for reporters to speak with her son, a medical resident at the University of Connecticut, and released a letter from Congress's attending physician declaring that it has not been necessary for her to take daily medication. Unlike Palin, Bachmann deflects criticism good-naturedly, without casting herself as a victim. When Fox News's Chris Wallace apologized for asking on air if she was a "flake," Bachmann answered with public smiles: "All is forgiven, we move forward, so we're good to go." And when Vin Weber, a former Minnesota congressman, told reporters that Bachmann had "sex appeal," she countered with the ultimate postfeminist parry: She accepted the comment as simple flattery, not loaded devaluation. "I am the old woman in the shoe, and so if someone wants to compliment me on my appearance at 55 years of age after all of living life, I welcome that," she tells me. She also says the photos and questions about her husband are "part of the gauntlet that I fully expected would occur."
July 28. Washington, D.C. I'm waiting for Bachmann in the lobby of an office suite she rents to make fund-raising calls. She sits down and pulls her hair back so that it hangs behind her shoulders. She's wearing pearls and a flag pin, and she looks—for once—wrung out. She tells me she thinks seeking the nation's highest office as a woman has become "very normalized for people to see," and goes on to say her reception from women has been very warm. "If anything I've been hearing more, especially in the last few weeks, a lot of women come up to me with their daughters, or they've got their mother with them, and their eyes are dancing, and they're happy and they're joyful and they say, 'I want you to meet my daughter,' " she says. "That makes me feel very good when I hear that."
I have heard a similar sentiment echoed in many places—in Iowa a woman told me she thought any woman who had the guts should "go for it"—but I've never heard it in the halls of Washington, where the power elite failed early on to line up behind Bachmann's campaign. I try to reach various prominent women for comment on Bachmann, but to my surprise, none will talk. Palin—then still keeping alive the idea that she might be a candidate herself—is unreachable. Clinton declines to comment. ("I don't think we can make that work," a top aide says after I've requested a chat.) Elizabeth Dole, the last woman to register serious numbers in the Ames Straw Poll (she placed third in 1999), will "take a pass"; a staffer tells me Dole has long avoided participating in stories about female candidates. Condoleezza Rice politely declines two appeals, and aides to Liz Cheney say she is too busy promoting her father's new book to squeeze in an interview.
Is it possible that none of these women—not even those who are Republicans—have any kind words for a woman who's running for president? Or are they simply not supportive of this woman? After all, Bachmann is an extreme social conservative, with more experience opposing legislation than building bipartisan bridges and with an unfortunate tendency to mangle facts. In light of that, perhaps they don't feel a knee-jerk need to stand up for Bachmann simply because she's a woman. Frankly, I find that hopeful. Maybe now, for the first time, we are beginning to view and judge a female candidate not for her sex but for her stated beliefs and policies. "The more women you have in the game," says Tiffany Dufu, president of the White House Project, which supports the advancement of women in politics, business and media, "the more it can be about their agenda and not their gender." And that's a good thing.
Christina Bellantoni is a contributing editor at More.
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Published: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 9:52 p.m.
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LELAND | The Brunswick County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in identifying two men who robbed the Fairhaven Mini Mart of about $100 Wednesday night.
The two men entered the store at 9404 Walker St. at 9:23 p.m., according to sheriff's spokeswoman Emily Flax.
One of the men, described as black, 5-foot-7 and in his early 20s, was armed with a handgun, Flax said. That man held a customer back while the second man, described as black, about 5-foot-10 and in his late twenties, demanded money from the cashier, Flax said.
The suspects, who were wearing black clothing and masks, left the store on foot and traveled in an unknown direction, she said.
Anyone with information about the robbery is asked by the sheriff's office to contact Detective Mike Murray at 253-2828 or 880-4942.
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HIGH POINT – Gladys Faye Burleson, 54, of West Hartley Drive, died Tuesday, November 20, 2012, at her residence.
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