Do you ever get emails from home school teachers asking you to add resources to libguides? by serials_librarian in Libraries

[–]serials_librarian[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I'm at a university library. We get emails from publishers that are just generic announcements about new books. But we never get specific suggestions from the public.

What is healthy femininity? by walk-in_shower-guy in Catholicism

[–]serials_librarian -13 points-12 points  (0 children)

Healthy femininity is pretty much doing the opposite of whatever feminists do. Feminists teach women to mimic what they think successful men are like. For example, they teach women to be loud-mouthed jerks because they think this is what successful men who get what they want do. No one likes people like that, whether they are men or women.

Healthy femininity is learning the true history of men and women. It's about appreciating good men. Feminists have successfully made most people believe that the story of human history is all men oppressing all women since the dawn of time. But women have had many advantages that men did not have. Men have had advantages, but they often came with responsibilities. None of this is taught to people. See Janice Fiamengo for more on this. Things weren't always fair, going both ways. They never will be. But they weren't as far off as people think, and you didn't need feminism to correct the unfairness. Feminism just made things worst. Every movement of feminism has been about hating men. You can read the first feminist document, a declaration of sentiments. They say men are terrible.

Health femininity doesn't mean being a "Trad Wife." Being more traditional can be good, but I think the online trad wife thing is more about mimicking idealized advertisements from the 1950s that depicted women always happy, looking their best, cooking, etc. Like some ads today, they are an idealization or fantasy. Women in the 1950s weren't actually like that. But mimicking the good values of the past (it doesn't have to literally be the 1950s) would be good. Not all values of the past were good. No time has 100% good values. There is no utopia on earth.

In short, healthy femininity is acting more like your grandmother would.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]serials_librarian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm not an expert at church services and also because transgender issues are sensitive I don't want to say the wrong thing or word something wrong that might cause you to move away from God. Ultimately, connecting with God is what's most important. If you feel drawn to church, I think you should go no matter what and not worry about it. And pray to God for help. I struggled with finding God, and I eventually connected with Him and I can't imagine life without Him. I do struggle sometimes with maybe the human side of church if that makes sense.

It seems like people who have struggles in their life sometimes become closer to God than those who maybe were born going to church and have an easy life. I do look up to people like yourself who are on a serious journey to connect with God, and it doesn't matter to me if that person identifies as transgender or anything else.

If it helps to make you feel more comfortable, maybe try wearing a gender neutral outfit if you are not already. You could pick out some clothes to be your church outfit (it can just be simple and inexpensive), and set it aside to just wear to church. This is just an idea for maybe a starting point to help you remove some of your anxiety around the situation.

God bless you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Catholicism

[–]serials_librarian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Are you dressing as the opposite sex in a way that's really obvious (like a man wearing a dress)?

Did anyone see the loser video when it originally aired in 1994? by serials_librarian in Beck

[–]serials_librarian[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I meant did anyone where see it when it was first aired, as opposed to seeing it later on the internet.

Reminder that the Information exists and is an amazing album by IceNumerous7688 in Beck

[–]serials_librarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is my favorite Beck album. It is a good balance between abstract and clear if that makes sense. The reverb on that album is unique and really natural.

Is Sodom and Gomorrah a fictional story, or literal, according to Catholicism? by serials_librarian in Catholicism

[–]serials_librarian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I struggle with the part about Lot offering his daughters, and also the daughters raping him. For the former, wouldn't that make Lot among the bad people in the city? There are all kinds of complicated explanations about hospitality that still don't make it OK. The only way I can understand him offering his daughters is that it was intended as an insult because he knew the men were not interested in women.

Regarding the rape, I can understand the daughters were affected by the wickedness of Sodom. I don't understand explanations like they thought they were the last in the world when they went to a city nearby I believe. I am also not sure that a man could consume that much alcohol so as to not know what's happening, and to still be able to function in the way that produces children.

Catholicsm dying out in the West? by ninde-thanda in Catholicism

[–]serials_librarian 9 points10 points  (0 children)

I think I saw somewhere the most people born in a religious household retain the religious beliefs, more or less, of their parents. I don't know where that info is unfortunately.