But Math Class is Hard!

You know that old talking barbie they hade pulled of the shelves because she said "Math class is hard."? Apparently feminist groups had this whole thing about this making little girls believe that women weren't good at math. First off, what is the deal with this? Why are we making Barbie the avatar of Western womans? Why do we need an avatar of western women? And why can't we just presume that Barbie wasn't good at math and that's it. Math class is hard!

So, I was just thinking about the Big Christian Novel where Satan decides to gain redemption. I was thinking that many elements in said novel would potentially insult some of the Religious Right. The basic issues are not exactly traditional, what with Jesus and God being at odds, Satan looking for some kind of redemption and a gay couple that just so happens to be an angel and a demon. But on the other hand, having Satan going on a quest for redemption in the eyes of God, or at least the New Guy (i.e. Jesus) could possibly insult Satanists. This would be an interesting phenomenon to actually have Fundamentalist Christians and Satanists united in there loathing of a novel. I mean, what would happen if they were to go to the same protest? Maybe I should work that into the novel somewhere.

On the subject of Christian Mythology style literature (We need a name for that, Religious Fantasy maybe). I guy at Moorcock's Miscellany, the Michael Moorcock forum I frequent, suggested I read the graphic novel series Preacher. Preacher is the story about a small town Preacher named Jesse Custer who suddenly finds himself possessed by the product of a union between an angel and a demon that gives him super-human powers of persuation, so he goes on a quest to find God and make him pay for making such a screwed up creation. It sounded like an interesting series. It was written by a guy called Garth Ennis, who was part of the British comics invasion started by Alan Moore, and I have read alot of good stuff by those guys so I might as well pick it up next time I'm at the book vault.