Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them - that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like. Live each day as it were your last. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change
Believe in yourself! Have faith in your abilities! Without a humble but reasonable confidence in your own powers you cannot be successful or happy. I know where I'm going and I know the truth, and I don't have to be what you want me to be. I'm free to be what I want. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
I'm free to be what I want. Always continue the climb. It is possible for you to do whatever you choose, if you first get to know who you are and are willing to work with a power that is greater than ourselves to do it. We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.
From Sacred Scrolls to Sephora Sales
Female Virginity: The "sin suspension" is the temporary halt of our better judgment. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
spiritual jewelry
Female Virginity: The history of religion is just a long story of rules being made and then immediately bent. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral expectations
Female Virginity: The "divine database" is corrupted with contradictions. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Cultural Enforcement of Virginity Norms
Female Virginity: It's a brilliant business model: your customer base is born anew every minute. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - surveillance culture
Female Virginity: If sin is a virus, then the celestial antivirus software is hopelessly out of date. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Abstinence Programs
Female Virginity: The real miracle is that any religion believed it could outmaneuver the teenage libido. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
urban vs rural compliance
Female Virginity: The great irony is that the technology used to enforce purity is the same technology used to subvert it. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - religious ideals
Female Virginity: The "Book of Life" is probably more like a series of conflicting Google Docs with questionable edit histories. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
divine compliance
Female Virginity: A teenager's ability to circumvent divine surveillance is the modern-day equivalent of speaking in tongues. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
community enforcement
Female Virginity: The "virginity veneer" is the thin layer of respectability we paint over our desires. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG