Riley Wolfram’s Reviews > All About Love: New Visions > Status Update

“But everyone knows that all forms of violence are glamorized and made to appear interesting and seductive by the mass media. The producers of these images could just as easily use the mass media to challenge and change violence.” (98)

Hmmm…I see the sentiment, I understand it — do I agree with it? Not really! She says it’s not an argument for censorship but it holds a totally similar logic. Idk.

“To begin by always thinking of love as an action rather than a feeling is one way in which anyone using the word in this manner automatically assumes accountability and responsibility. We are often taught we have no control over our ‘feelings.’ Yet most of us accept that we choose our actions, that intention and will inform what we do. We also accept that our actions have consequences.” (13)