tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post3933890678603079541..comments2024-03-27T17:20:17.463-04:00Comments on The Gnostic World Of Candy Minx: FemicideCandy Minxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-16936814688206555412009-01-21T13:41:00.000-05:002009-01-21T13:41:00.000-05:00No, it didn't depress me hon...just...I couldn't e...No, it didn't depress me hon...just...I couldn't even articulate my thoughts into anything more than I said.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504992439212714138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-67308235686732802872009-01-18T14:13:00.000-05:002009-01-18T14:13:00.000-05:00Oh yes...you better make a lover laugh if you can'...Oh yes...you better make a lover laugh if you can't even boil water!<BR/><BR/>I know there is plenty of time to learn how to cook in life...but teaching children actual things they could use...if they need to not only is a good bonding activity, it has hands-on repercussions about nature and the environment...but godforbid that our selfish materialistic society doesn't collapse.<BR/><BR/>Learning how to make money can only take you so far if ever in the future there is a natural or economic crisis. Oh dear...I guess that's a little paranoid huh?<BR/><BR/>Heh heh...Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-18799673652505312342009-01-18T13:25:00.000-05:002009-01-18T13:25:00.000-05:00Personally I try to make women laugh. A woman laug...Personally I try to make women laugh. A woman laughing is beautiful.<BR/><BR/>As for killing. I even open windows to let flies out!!!<BR/><BR/>I was in the supermarket the other day and the woman ahead of me dropped down dead. I felt really sorry for her as she'd just bought one of their 'bags for life'....<BR/><BR/>...I'll get me coat...The Preachermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10224135811862587701noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-89300724476036510102009-01-18T12:46:00.000-05:002009-01-18T12:46:00.000-05:00Well, Molotov, I believe the sex trade profession ...Well, Molotov, I believe the sex trade profession should be legalized. I don't care where it is, Canada, U.S Mexico, Amsterdam. Let's get that legalized so the women can live healthier safer lives.<BR/><BR/>And lets teach our sons how to cook food, wash dishes, do housework and respect women. I am so sick of yet more generations of young men who can't make soup or fend for themselves. If you haven't raised a son that can cook a beautiful pot of soup, survive a night in the wilderness and respect women...as far as I'm concerned... you failed your duty as a parent.<BR/><BR/>Nowadays parents even raise women that can't make a decent pot of soup or survive a night in the wilderness either. Yeah equality.Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-3099516743299816752009-01-17T14:37:00.000-05:002009-01-17T14:37:00.000-05:00p.s. sad to say I know men who go to (or at least ...p.s. sad to say I know men who go to (or at least used to go to) the tijuana brothels.Bunny McVanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931775181851011096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-55148777346815163422009-01-17T14:35:00.000-05:002009-01-17T14:35:00.000-05:00Ahh, interesting. Sadly I live in San Diego County...Ahh, interesting. Sadly I live in San Diego County, but I do not go to Mexico--same for when I lived in Tucson. Thanks for the tip on waiting for paperback. The thing that gets to me even more, which you mention, are the young girls forced into prostitution and slavery. I wish there was something I could do about that.Bunny McVanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931775181851011096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-74868370161368377782009-01-17T08:37:00.000-05:002009-01-17T08:37:00.000-05:00SME, well, yeah, I wanted to juxtapoz the Vancouve...SME, well, yeah, I wanted to juxtapoz the Vancouver scene with Mexico for just that reason...it goes on everywhere. DRC is the worst. Interesting how the word "seedy" has a feminine imagery, no?<BR/><BR/>Molotov, I think you would like 2666. I think you might really like it. But..my qualifier? Wait for it to come out in paperback. For me it's a kind of marriage of Burroughs/Calvino. I did read Juarez by Bowden...but gosh it was years and years ago. Morbid. Disturbing. I also read a couple books on the narco wars and on narcorridos. Have you ever been in some of the border towns of Mexico? I've spent a bit of time in Tiajuana...which is like a party comparatively yes? I have to say some parts of Mexico were some of my favourite memories and some are images that scared me to bits.But my sisters the real afficianado on Mexico history. Bowden's book covers the mens killings too. Maybe thousands of men have been killed and at the time, some folks were holding Pres Clinton accountable. All these factories...why no security, paved roads and street lights at least? I was dead against free trade agreements, the NAFTA. And it played out worse than my feeble brain and intuition could have imagined. I worry because as much as I love Obama...and I do...he wants to re-visit free trade with Canada....and not for Canada's benefit (soft wood lumber he wants to renegotiate and we're already ripping ourselves off)<BR/><BR/>The kind of murders in Juarez have a lot in common with the DRC. When massive amounts of men are killed like that it's to dwindle the soldiers. Dwindle the fighters. And often, when women are raped, tortured and killed like that it is to attack the morale of the male soldiers. There is also the likelihood of a draved sex trade in S&M. Which makes profit for the cartels and also demoralizes the area. The mothers and grandmothers looking for bodies supports the idea that the women are in used in a slave sex trade likely. In DRC...the women are mostly left alive and this breaks down the morale of the men.<BR/><BR/>It's always about following the money.Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-61651857731679976672009-01-17T02:29:00.000-05:002009-01-17T02:29:00.000-05:00Hey, Candy. Sorry, I read your blog sometimes--mis...Hey, Candy. Sorry, I read your blog sometimes--missed your entry on 2666. My favorite novels are Lolita, Blood Meridian (sometimes I lurk at the McCarthy Forum as well), Against The Day, Generation X, and Pride and Prejudice. It took me a long time to read ATD and am looking at 2666 wondering if it's going to be a long haul. Did you read Chuck Bowden's book on Jaurez? Thought about reading that, however after recently rereading his Harper's article, "Torch Song" I'm not sure if I have the fortitude. Thanks for your feedback.Bunny McVanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931775181851011096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-80404149790465129392009-01-16T21:06:00.000-05:002009-01-16T21:06:00.000-05:00This isn't a bummer, just some truth. It's hard to...This isn't a bummer, just some truth. It's hard to face when it's in your own backyard, but we have to do it. Vancouver still bums me out and I don't like to be there, knowing that block after wasted block of degradation and misery exists at the core of such an affluent and pretty place. There's no excuse for it. Currently there are 10 detox beds for women in the Low Track, but dozens for men (though women outnumber men there thanks to prostitution); it's as if we WANT women to be there, to be vulnerable to the worst our society has to offer. We can shame Mexico for its femicide, but we've got our very own brand of it going on.S.M. Elliotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13790067061938701596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-2428556411830430792009-01-16T17:18:00.000-05:002009-01-16T17:18:00.000-05:00p.s. I can tell you that the opening 150 pages of ...p.s. I can tell you that the opening 150 pages of 266 gave me a similar feeling as when I read "Fouclcault's Pendulum" and that is with mixed emotions as a recommendation heh heh...<BR/><BR/>Let me know what your fave novels are...and I'll let you know if I think you will enjoy the 900 page odyssey...Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-13397235843229010842009-01-16T17:15:00.000-05:002009-01-16T17:15:00.000-05:00Molotov, well I read 2666 a couple of months ago.....Molotov, well I read 2666 a couple of months ago...but was aware of the Juarez murders for over ten years. There are a number of books published now, a photography book too...morbid. I did post here a couple weeks ago that 2666 was my favourite book I read last year.<BR/><BR/>http://gnosticminx.blogspot.com/2009/01/fave-novels-from-2008.html<BR/><BR/>I didn't write much of a review because my sister is half way through the novel.<BR/><BR/>Bolano's last novel is difficult at first...he does a great job of portraying academics as yobs...but it's hard to find anyone to "like" at first. Sometimes that was slow going. But for me, the novel begins to become amazing about a third of the way through. The novel is 900 pages long so it's a bit of a work out.<BR/><BR/>What are your top favourite novels, Molotov? I am very good usually if I know what top five or ten books (or movies) a person likes I can come up with rcommendations...Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-53291707406247801522009-01-16T15:34:00.000-05:002009-01-16T15:34:00.000-05:00so have you read 2666? just curious if it is any g...so have you read 2666? just curious if it is any good. im sure it is, by all accounts it is great.Bunny McVanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06931775181851011096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-70989959868527680832009-01-16T14:33:00.000-05:002009-01-16T14:33:00.000-05:00Hi Janet...I'm feeling kind of bad. The Hubs says ...Hi Janet...I'm feeling kind of bad. The Hubs says I usually have such positive posts and attitude around my blog...he was worried I was gonna bum visitors out. Sorry about that. But it's beena story my sister and I have been following for a long time in Mexico. I've also gone to several trials of serial killers and murder trials. (the Karla Holmolka/Paul Bernardo trial, Alison Perrot trial among them) Violence to women is a kind of pet issue...but I usually don't talk about it because it's so depressing.Candy Minxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07350752657678863378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23226602.post-48490676242297644682009-01-16T13:51:00.000-05:002009-01-16T13:51:00.000-05:00jesus...jesus...Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09504992439212714138noreply@blogger.com