brighteyes's blog

Have you ever opened a magazine and said, "Oh, wow, she's beautiful."  Or what about, "I wish I looked like that."  Have you ever wondered why? Why is it that we consider beauty to be man-made features and being so skinny you can count your own ribs? What is beautiful about that? If you ask me, beauty is natural curves, having shape and form. I understand that some people are naturally skinny, and that can't be helped, and that's understandable.  Read More »

    As I was searching my local library the other day for Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar (a book, as some of you may know, which has been banned in countless libraries across the country), a thought crossed my mind...

    How is it in this great and glorious country, America, a country that is founded on the principals of liberty and freedom, that we can ban books from public libraries just because a few people may find the subject matter "offensive"? Better question: how is that legally possible under our Constitution? If I recall correctly from U.S. History class, the right to freedom of press is protected under the First Amendment.  Read More »