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Thanks for the drabble prompts guys. I'm thinking them over in between working on my essays. Currently on deck are my multilateralism final, and my gender/international relations term paper.

I had an interesting entry planned but I got distracted by overly large preview images on

scans_daily and an extremely long, and painfully twee Merlin fic, that I read through for NO REASON I CAN DISCERN. After who knows how many pages, I'm left with an overwhelming desire to never read that pairing again. Still, it was a way to pass the time during the morning's many applications of caffeine-to-brain that are necessary during this period of mental and physical torture we call finals.

I also happened to catch the Tyra Show. I freaking hate the Tyra Show, but I sometimes watch it, in one of those inexplicable fits of masochistic, self-loathing. Today's ep was about the Growing Problem of Girl Fighting. They showed an amateur fight vid, with one girl on the ground, another one kicking her ribs. The audience was dutifully shocked and appalled. Tyra talked about her 'one and only fight' as a ten year old girl. I'm fairly certain she had no idea how ridiculous the comparison was. I'm one hundred percent certain that she didn't understand the issue at all. Less moralizing and more listening please, Tyra. And less OMG YOUNG LADIES! flailing.

When a thirteen year old girl tells you she likes fighting because it makes her feel powerful/important/hard? Don't dismiss it. Don't try to rationalize it. Don't just tell her she's wrong, wring the moment for a couple of cheap tears and move on to the next guest. Christ.

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the Growing Problem of Girl Fighting

Growing problem? At my highschool, I can remember girls fighting just as viciously as guys (one fistfight in the cafeteria stands out particularly well in my memory), and this was nearly ten years ago. So I suspect that if there is indeed a problem, it's been around for a while.

I think of it as the 'problem' of girls fighting, because it's compared to the less serious problem of boys fighting. After all, boys will be boys and it's only natural that some of them might get out of hand, (regrettable but natural). But girls fighting? Truly the end times are nigh.

I hate it when talk shows tackle too big subjects and then end up just talking beside the issue.

Ps. Stop reading crap! It's not good for you!:)

Srsly. It's particularly bad when the host is someone who made their living being pretty, and not through their insight into the human condition.

And I'll try. ;)