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"confederacy of dunces" Ilsa Apr 2019 #1
personally, I think that insults dunces! niyad Apr 2019 #2
John Kennedy Toole's classic novel, based in New Orleans MadLinguist Apr 2019 #5
Thanks! Going on my reading list. NT Ilsa Apr 2019 #9
funniest misanthrope ever, and a real picture of New Orleans MadLinguist Apr 2019 #11
I have this book on audio and it is terrific HelenWheels May 2019 #24
I have worked as a Planned Parenthood escort, and I can assure you that any woman who walks into secondwind Apr 2019 #3
but. . .but. . . we are told that PP is basically an abortion mill. and here you go, talking niyad Apr 2019 #4
You mean the greedy doctors and nurses aren't twisting Ilsa Apr 2019 #10
Helen Philpot is my favorite old lady, ever. Long may she battle on. Hekate Apr 2019 #6
IF MEN.... davidmp Apr 2019 #7
+++!. And if they had to give birth through their totally inadequate canal erronis Apr 2019 #8
If men could get pregnant Mr.Bill Apr 2019 #14
If men could get pregnant, Haggis for Breakfast Apr 2019 #15
Some of the most TRUE paragraphs ever written. Ferrets are Cool Apr 2019 #12
Margaret and Helen are two of my sheroes. niyad May 2019 #28
Excellent. My 96 year old mother says the same thing: no male government folks need weigh in. LuckyLib Apr 2019 #13
or, as one of my friends, a VERY devout catholic, told a group of bishops, "why don't you niyad May 2019 #29
Unfortunately, a lot of voters ARE stupid. Caliman73 Apr 2019 #16
40% of women are anti-choice too. This isn't just a "men butting in" thing. MadDAsHell Apr 2019 #17
axtually, most of us realize that the anti-choice women are out there, because we have niyad May 2019 #30
Margaret and Helen are national treasures. Thanks niyad saidsimplesimon Apr 2019 #18
you are most welcome. those two are some of my favourite sheroes. niyad May 2019 #31
Margaret and Helen, thank you and might I add, very well stated. NotHardly Apr 2019 #19
Republicans are Pushing Us Backward to the Days of Women as Chattel dlk Apr 2019 #20
for decades, I thought we were one scotus vote from "The Handmaid's Tale". but the niyad May 2019 #32
Oh yeah baby -- SING IT SISTER Blue Owl Apr 2019 #21
I have a handicapped child born before Roe v Wade and I have had demigoddess Apr 2019 #22
Having a handicapped child is no picnic in the park HelenWheels May 2019 #25
What a wonderful witty woman UpInArms May 2019 #23
Abortion is not a dirty word...it's a woman's biology. mudstump May 2019 #26
This blog Ginger42 May 2019 #27
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