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[rm]

The New York Times discovers the "girl crush" phenomena and manages not to be completely idiotic:

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/11/fashion/thursdaystyles/11CRUSH.html

19th century literature and social conventions are appropriately mentioned and so forth, but wow do I wish we could have a better name for the phenomena, which when termed "girl crush" serves to trivialize friendship the way we constantly do in this "just friends" world. Also, I feel the article really shouldn't attempt to address men at all, because it really leaves out a lot of what is going on in the culture on that front especially if you look at the move from buddy movies to these films about very serious non-sexual bonds between men (e.g., Lord of the Rings and the 8-bazillion essays it's spawned on romantic friendship/the new homosociality).

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I wanna move to Kansas

[sethg]

[from the article:] Social scientists suspect such emotions are part of women's nature, feelings that evolution may have favored because they helped women bond with one another and work cooperatively.

AAAARRRRGGGGGHHHHHH!

Re: I wanna move to Kansas

[heron61.livejournal.com]

No kidding, a friend of mine described the ever-dubious discipline of evolutionary psychology as "'just so stories' about human behavior".

Re: I wanna move to Kansas

[sethg]

I have commented further on my blog.