Links and Comments #15 (The "Where's Poochie?" Edition)

Time again for some links and comments. While I haven’t been able to write or do much at all the last month or so, I won’t be writing stories in first-person perspective of the pets (a clue to those who read the blog roll religiously regarding what’s happened in the life of ballista74).

Those who have come here before will notice I changed the blog theme. I was getting kinda bored with Twenty Ten, so I found a new theme. Please let me know if you run into any problems like things you expected to be present not being here.

To some links to what has interested me, since I still collect them as I read (in no particular order). Of course, I don’t always agree with what these say, just saying that they’re interesting to me:

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A definitely controversial view: Do women provoke domestic violence? This person says yes.

The infamous “Take Me To The Lake” video:

A definitely perfect sales job against marriage. This is what modern marriage looks like, gentlemen. ROK’s commentary.

It seems that women cheat more, but are better at covering it up.

Should you marry or not marry in this age where Marriage 2.0 is the only choice? Much on this blog is for this purpose too, but this page beckons you too to think about it before you jump into the wedded abyss.

Someone else got a good sales job against marriage:

I’m a 26 year single male and this forum kind of cements my choice to not get married.

Note all the NAWALT deflections and pleas that the plantation can be good that followed.

(NSFW for language) Da GBFM was on fire: Helen Smith doesn’t get why men aren’t marrying. A similar impression to my forthcoming review of the book (about 90% completed). Also, da GBFM on the prevalence of desire for the flesh (PUAism) instead of the Spirit or Jesus in even “Christian” blogs.

Will S points out that American feminism began around 1820. Those aware of traditional feminism know it started about 400 years earlier, but the Industrial Revolution was the impetus for what we call secular feminism or modern feminism. Also see this.

Helen Smith’s Reddit IAMA.

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There are those that may have already figured out that I’m not that into self-promotion. But I thought I should go ahead and point out that I ended up with a couple of “guest” posts (the blogger on that site tends to take comments she is interested in and makes posts out of them with her commentary.

Here’s this one on what I meant by the word “loyalty” as used in this comment, which I explained here.

Then I was asked elsewhere how I interpret what “drama” is, which turned into my nascent ideas on what true Biblical concern should be for a husband and wife instead of the application of PUA “game”. I may or may not develop them in the future beyond what I did here when all the “game” discussions hit last year. I always believed that knowing who you are in Christ and sticking to it in the face of all comers (even your wife) is what is most paramount.

Related: Crimsonviceroy on “godly attraction” versus “worldly attraction”. A perfect distillation on what adopting “game” means in the life of a Christian man.

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Men have the perfect right to run from women. After all, it’s giving the women what they want. You know, the fish needing a bicycle thing…

The Mark Minter manosphere litmus test: Rollo’s Commentary — The Spearhead: Mark Minter’s hypocrisy illustrated — The Manosphere Is Lost. I’ve said it myself, it’s not that he got married, it’s that he proved himself dishonest by not living out what he writes. How you are known is reflected by the values you uphold and your reputation. With Minter, the actions don’t match up with the words. This is where the firestorm came from.

What Churchianity looks like in terms of Starbucks (it’s spot on):

Peacefulwife commenter Renata on how romance novels effect a Christian marriage. The blog’s operator on the same topic.

Deti on the lack of accountability and false assumptions of Churchianity regarding women (Part 1, Part 2) Also, there’s a number of other good comments out of the whole post.

Hannah on the proper goal of a Christian woman. (Hint: Titus 2) Unfortunate result, though.

On marriage: Human Reason versus Biblical principles? Proper incentives are necessary, but as the Word says “And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God” The problem that is missed is that Marriage 2.0 doesn’t work for good for any man, especially a Christian man.

Jack on what the typical Christian man finds with the average Christian woman today (Part 1, Part 2). Perfect analysis.

Visual proof that attractiveness of a woman to a man increases as the weight decreases (H/T):

Should a wise man get married?

Barbarossa’s analysis on the man-up/step-up garbage that inhabits Churchianity from the likes of feminist pastors such as Mark Driscoll.

It seems that “Tim” doesn’t like my used-car lot because it doesn’t “appeal to women”. I could say that they’re selling Payless shoes for Manolo Blahnik prices to appeal to women, but the idea that I or anyone else has to pander to women here is completely and totally stupid.

Geopolitics: The USSR was better prepared for a collapse than the USSA.

Free Northerner suggests the archetype of the Modern Woman.

Comment reading at Dalrock’s been good lately (though the subject matter does get a bit repetitive to me): The sin of modern Christian men — Fragging Christian headship — Submission is something a wife must voluntarily offer

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Until the time that I can post again…

(*) – internetz props to those who get the pop culture reference in the title.