Apparently we've come so far around...

...that we're going in the other direction.

You know what's just an indescribably sad commentary on American society? That a woman like Elizabeth Gilbert can write a book like Eat, Pray, Love and not be ostracized as the selfish, narcissistic, sociopathic ingrate she shows herself to be. Not only has she not been ostracized, but she has actually been painted as some sort of sympathetic figure; and now her ode to selfishness is a major motion picture starring Julia Roberts. What would the reaction to that book have been if it had been written by a man -- if the damn thing even got published? I guess it just goes to show that whole "equal treatment" thing only goes so far with some people...well, apparently a LOT of people, if the success of Gilbert's book is any indication.

And we're supposed to think that gays getting married is a threat to the institution? All righty then...