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What you refer to as a "necessarily self-ish post-feminism" may just be a necessarily feminist, deconstructed, post-sexuality -- what writers Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel dub pomosexuality.
Mark Simpson and Caroline Hagood on Wo-Metrosexuality and the City 2010
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Also, shameless self-ish promotion here, but my friends and colleagues at Are You A Serious Comic Book Reader?
Can Comics Be Scary? 2010
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Metrosexuality, in both its female and male incarnations, is a necessarily self-ish post-feminism.
Caroline Hagood: Mark Simpson and Caroline Hagood on Wo-Metrosexuality and the City 2010
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Metrosexuality, in both its female and male incarnations, is a necessarily self-ish post-feminism.
Mark Simpson and Caroline Hagood on Wo-Metrosexuality and the City 2010
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What you refer to as a "necessarily self-ish post-feminism" may just be a necessarily feminist, deconstructed, post-sexuality -- what writers Carol Queen and Lawrence Schimel dub pomosexuality.
Caroline Hagood: Mark Simpson and Caroline Hagood on Wo-Metrosexuality and the City 2010
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I know that many childless couples cite fears of 'overcrowding' as justification for their failure to reproduce - my brother is a perfect example - but I see no evidence to suggest that this is anything but a retrojection, a post fact attempt to clothe what is essentially a self-ish decision in a modishly respectable garb.
John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting... 2009
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Now, try and convince them of the most self-ish (not selfish) religion out there, Church of Satanism.
waterdiluted Diary Entry waterdiluted 2006
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You may pray for it, and, by the grace of God, you may put it out, but it will, thro 'life, cause you grief and pangs. wise ages a-go ev-er child know deeds work pure some mark stamp signs haste spend each cent soon save much hide mean keep him-self share things self-ish name rain hard taste strong drink love grows church
The Child's First Book. By Campbell and Dunn. Approved by the Education Association of Virginia Through Their Committee. William A. Campbell 1864
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Page 46 him-self and will not share his good things with the boys who play with him, we think it a sign that he will grow up a self-ish man.
The Child's First Book. By Campbell and Dunn. Approved by the Education Association of Virginia Through Their Committee. William A. Campbell 1864
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It’s great to be giving, refusing to be self-ish like an Overly Political OP person, but if you become self-less, you may be the bull’s-eye on a target.
Survival of the Savvy Rick Brandon 2004
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