Comments on: Short Takes http://msandrist.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/short-takes-2/ Exposing sexism and misogyny among all those otherwise progressive men ... and women. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:09:56 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Alex Steed [of Make Something Happen] http://msandrist.wordpress.com/2008/07/24/short-takes-2/#comment-123 Alex Steed [of Make Something Happen] Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:21:25 +0000 http://msandrist.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-123 Re: Purity Balls In Portland, Maine, this guy used to walk around handing out candy that was attached to a business card sized note - it had on it "the purity pledge." The idea was that you eat the candy as a condition of taking the pledge. I always had a dark suspicion that the candy was actually a Ruffie, but since he kept at it for so long, I guess my suspicions were wrong. Re: Purity Balls

In Portland, Maine, this guy used to walk around handing out candy that was attached to a business card sized note – it had on it “the purity pledge.” The idea was that you eat the candy as a condition of taking the pledge. I always had a dark suspicion that the candy was actually a Ruffie, but since he kept at it for so long, I guess my suspicions were wrong.

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