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.
purity
Female Virginity: The "marriage market" is the original stock exchange, and virginity is the most overhyped IPO. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
female virginity
Female Virginity: The "ethical echo chamber" is where we go to hear our own virtues repeated back to us. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
The Bitcoin of Moral Values
Female Virginity: If temptation is the original sin, then the smartphone is its final, perfected form. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Purity Rings
Female Virginity: The industry runs on a simple formula: create a problem, then sell the symbolic solution. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
gossip networks
Female Virginity: The universe is vast and mysterious, and we've chosen to focus our moral scrutiny on the state of a hymen. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
religious morality
Female Virginity: The Ten Commandments would have been a lot different if they'd been composed as a series of tweets with a strict character limit. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - virginity as currency
Female Virginity: Purity culture is a hall of mirrors where everyone is distorted, but no one can find the exit. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - moral enforcement
Female Virginity: The path to moral absolution is paved with finely parsed definitions and selective memory. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
Female Virginity - celestial judgment
Female Virginity: Keeping up appearances is the real religious observance for most people. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG
gendered morality
Female Virginity: The "celestial terms of service" is a document we all agreed to without reading. -- Alan Nafzger https://bit.ly/3XgeTRG