Call for Austen Fans!

Austen fans! Libby Anne at LoveJoyFeminism has asked for your help in commenting back on her post Removing the Romance from Pride and Prejudice. It's about how the homeschool/patriarchy/quiverful/stay at home daughter fringe of far right Christianity views classic literature, including and especially P&P. Specifically, she is looking for help rebutting the view of a linked and heavily quoted article about what Austen "really" meant in Pride and Prejudice is to not follow one's romantic impulses or embarrass the family.

I've said my piece, including the uncomfortable-for-the-patriarchy fact that I can't think of a single Austen story that does not include overriding familial displeasure as a major plot point. (General Tilney, Lady Catherine, Fanny Dashwood, the Elliots, the entire Mansfield Park posse, etc.) I'm sure some of y'all will weigh in with more eriudition and have actually read Mansfield Park all the way through.

All Things... get a slight reprieve

Usually Knit Night goes like this: I go home, clean the litter boxes, watch the Daily Show online, read Facebook, go to Franklin's, then go to A Tangled Skein and hang out for a while. With yet *another* reduction in price and the beginning of the "oh fuck it, we're not sorting out this yarn, here, have a grab bag" I figured that showing up earlier was better.

However, even if I was going out the door when regulars were coming in, I did learn some somewhat comforting things:
1) The store will be open until March
2) Not just the members, but the staff are looking for ways of preserving Knit Night and classes. At least two churches have offered space for a reasonable fee.

And 3) I have wanted to buy a fixture so I'd have something of the store in my house, and not just "I bought this yarn there." Most of what I've wanted was taken already, but when the store officially shuts down, I'm going to have two new floor lamps for a very reasonable price. And I can even claim this as part of the renovations/a necessity, because one of my current floor lamps has gotten *bent*!