Can we talk about Lady Gaga's new video? Because I could. All day. Not only is it a response to a certain era of Madonna, but it also goes to a lot of strange, strange uncomfortable places, the fascist references in its physical language being close to the top of the list. It's incredibly cool, smart stuff. There needs to be a Gaga Studies Journal, that's all I'm saying.
From all of my friendslist to all of yours: liljacks_corner is a community that has been set up for fan creators to make G-rated stuff for an eight-year-old boy named Jack who has just lost his legs; one of the only things that cheers him up right now is Doctor Who. He's only seen the first two seasons of the New series. What's being requested is a story about a little boy, much like the one it's for, going on an adventure with the Doctor and Rose. Details at the community.
Just a little note on the Catholic thing; I remember reading someone saying that there was a similarity between nuns and prostitutes. They both live on the fringes of society. The only difference is that a nun withdraws her sexuality while a prostitute flaunts her sexuality.
There is also a whole slew of sex issues in Catholicism. I was brought up as part of a new generation, so for me it's not the severity it would have been, oh say maybe 100 years ago? We were taught that sex was a sacred thing and supposed to be only for having children and married couples.
But I've heard stories of Catholic couples who were chaste within marriage (okay so maybe some of these stories are from 500 years ago) because sex was equated with Original Sin.
Hmmm... I haven't revisited the 'sexual issues' stuff in Catholicism in years. I might have to do that then re-watch this video.
I do definitely remember one of my nuns mentioning that she had been brought up with sex as the Original Sin. In other words, the forbidden fruit of the tree was sex, and for having sex Adam and Eve were tossed out of the Garden of Eden.
yeah, I know a fair amount of the history and culture of the Catholic church but the Catholic imagry in the vid, for example, doesn't hit me emotionally the way it might for those who were raised catholic/were raised with some religious practice.
For me, the most emotional reaction to most Catholic imagry is either horror movies or sexual kink (like I said above, I've seen a fair amoutn of kink/porn that uses Catholic imagry).
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liljacks_corner is a community that has been set up for fan creators to make G-rated stuff for an eight-year-old boy named Jack who has just lost his legs; one of the only things that cheers him up right now is Doctor Who. He's only seen the first two seasons of the New series. What's being requested is a story about a little boy, much like the one it's for, going on an adventure with the Doctor and Rose. Details at the community.
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There is also a whole slew of sex issues in Catholicism. I was brought up as part of a new generation, so for me it's not the severity it would have been, oh say maybe 100 years ago? We were taught that sex was a sacred thing and supposed to be only for having children and married couples.
But I've heard stories of Catholic couples who were chaste within marriage (okay so maybe some of these stories are from 500 years ago) because sex was equated with Original Sin.
Hmmm... I haven't revisited the 'sexual issues' stuff in Catholicism in years. I might have to do that then re-watch this video.
I do definitely remember one of my nuns mentioning that she had been brought up with sex as the Original Sin. In other words, the forbidden fruit of the tree was sex, and for having sex Adam and Eve were tossed out of the Garden of Eden.
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For me, the most emotional reaction to most Catholic imagry is either horror movies or sexual kink (like I said above, I've seen a fair amoutn of kink/porn that uses Catholic imagry).