tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post116053774466482384..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Speak it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160845831698359642006-10-14T13:10:00.000-04:002006-10-14T13:10:00.000-04:00nanette--i laughed out loud at that--i still have ...nanette--i laughed out loud at that--i still have no idea what the hell those stupid acronyms are for any of the sex wars stuff. I was hoping by reading your comment, you'd be giving me a clue!!! :-)<BR/><BR/>damn if I wasn't foiled again...brownfemipowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17980687171529307394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160771488351911592006-10-13T16:31:00.000-04:002006-10-13T16:31:00.000-04:00Amp explains it all, somewhere in there. I think ...Amp explains it all, somewhere in there. <BR/><BR/>I think Amp you know is...neither really pro or anti, wrt porn; but yah his site has given a strong impression of being pro radfem, largely on accounta there've been so -many- of them.<BR/><BR/>which, i'm not sure that this was so much about Amp -agreeing- with them (although yes i think he has been influenced over the years; switched from belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160767417454566942006-10-13T15:23:00.000-04:002006-10-13T15:23:00.000-04:00Its an aside, but I'm pretty confused about the "A...Its an aside, but I'm pretty confused about the "Alas" controversy. From reading "Alas, a blog" before, I was under the impression that Amp was pretty strongly pro-radfem and anti-porn, even if he did take a somewhat more moderate position on the issue than the anti-pornstitution hardliners.<BR/><BR/>But then the non-blog pages of Amptoons have this page which reviews mainstream porn sites:<BR/><iacbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08267608319896053702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160758381500956102006-10-13T12:53:00.000-04:002006-10-13T12:53:00.000-04:00Excellent post, belledame222. Great thread, too.I ...Excellent post, belledame222. Great thread, too.<BR/><BR/>I think POC is (at the very least) a useful concept because although the experiences of different ethnic groups will surely vary to some degree (as well as those of individuals within groups, for that matter), the common opposition to all manifestations of white supremacy makes alliances across these divisions pragmatic. It also furthers aAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160744888221512432006-10-13T09:08:00.000-04:002006-10-13T09:08:00.000-04:00Belle, thanks for linking that here, I would not h...Belle, thanks for linking that here, I would not have seen it otherwise. The timing is interesting because I just had a conversation about this very topic with a dear friend of mine in which I stated "It probably never occured to her that you're black every day." My friend had never heard it put that way and she just roared with laughter. I'm not qualified to debate this topic with anyone and I'mGr8lakesgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12881101960924238232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160684139927153842006-10-12T16:15:00.000-04:002006-10-12T16:15:00.000-04:00hey, it makes at least as much sense as "Talk Like...<I>hey, it makes at least as much sense as "Talk Like a Pirate Day."</I><BR/><BR/>Arr, that day be havin' a special place in me heart, me hearty! Ye be comin' close t' fightin' words! 8^DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160675875416447562006-10-12T13:57:00.001-04:002006-10-12T13:57:00.001-04:00slip, was laughing at dwayne's responseslip, was laughing at dwayne's responsebelledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160675844890819172006-10-12T13:57:00.000-04:002006-10-12T13:57:00.000-04:00hahaha. too twue, too twue.otoh it might make the...hahaha. too twue, too twue.<BR/><BR/>otoh it might make the whole thing a lot more entertaining. imagine responding to some of this ridiculous crap after having had a few (come to think of it, i think maayyybee some of the ridiculous crap in question is ridiculous precisely -because- they don't just imagine it, but...).<BR/><BR/>maybe just one day. for those who can, i mean, obviously. "belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160675693811315292006-10-12T13:54:00.000-04:002006-10-12T13:54:00.000-04:00So, I've never actually *been* stopped by airport ...So, I've never actually *been* stopped by airport security, is the thing. My overall geekliness and Canuck accent and passport has generally saved me from that. The only thing I have suffered from this is the *fear that I might be*, and the fact that whenever I mentioned flying, someone invariably asks me, "Aren't you afraid of being sent to Guantanamo or something?"<BR/><BR/>But my point is, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160675579954659692006-10-12T13:52:00.000-04:002006-10-12T13:52:00.000-04:00Ah yes, a drinking game...I choose, as always, a m...Ah yes, a drinking game...<BR/><BR/>I choose, as always, a mojito (the drink of galactic adventurers and Japanese kaiju researchers).<BR/><BR/>Trouble is, at the rate the predictable "it's the other guy, not me, Mugsy" responses pile on, we'd reach F. Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald status in about a day only without the brilliant novel to lean on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160675400398697832006-10-12T13:50:00.000-04:002006-10-12T13:50:00.000-04:00>I come from South Asian literal Mughal-court blue...>I come from South Asian literal Mughal-court blueblooded deposed aristocracy. <BR/><BR/>I would be interested in hearing more about this at some point. particularly, the "deposed," and how that played out for you.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160674797731980292006-10-12T13:39:00.000-04:002006-10-12T13:39:00.000-04:00Hi, ummali, I'm glad you stopped by, and can under...Hi, ummali, I'm glad you stopped by, and can understand that you're feeling lacking in energy to deal with this stuff yet more at the moment. Come back if and whenever you feel is right; you are welcome.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160674237365700322006-10-12T13:30:00.000-04:002006-10-12T13:30:00.000-04:00"For instance, my biggest fear in life is not gett..."For instance, my biggest fear in life is not getting stopped by the police on the street as it apparently is for many young black males. My biggest fear is airline security checkpoints. I both walk on the street and fly regularly. But that I fly regularly suggests that my oppression is necessarily rather different from people who, as a class, don't."<BR/><BR/>The biggest fear of a black man is Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160673408326673082006-10-12T13:16:00.000-04:002006-10-12T13:16:00.000-04:00(hey Dwayne!! long time no exchange, I know)yeah. ...(hey Dwayne!! long time no exchange, I know)<BR/><BR/>yeah. went back to the original thread; naturally already a white woman has come on complaining about how Albustaania -needs- to be specific about -just who- she's talking about; she, white woman, fels implicated, you see, and she hasn't done anything Wrong.<BR/><BR/>maybe a drinking game might be in order. every time this sort of response belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160673008932373262006-10-12T13:10:00.000-04:002006-10-12T13:10:00.000-04:00I came to feminist blogs via B|L who led me to you...I came to feminist blogs via B|L who led me to you and others.<BR/><BR/>Although I've mostly been silent - following the advice of Sun Tzu, or perhaps it was my Uncle Carlos who often quoted Sun Tzu, to carefully observe a terrain before moving and to speak as little as possible - I have followed nearly every controversy with keen interest.<BR/><BR/>I've followed because I was learning something Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160670525082238552006-10-12T12:28:00.000-04:002006-10-12T12:28:00.000-04:00...and of course, any "advertising' would've been ......and of course, any "advertising' would've been better than ZOMG pr0n (which -may- as far as i can see from an admittedly cursory glance at least have been more or less independently produced, some of it); wonder if, y'know, even Coca-Cola or Nike ads would've drawn this kind of squawkage. certain clothing companies. hell, just about any large corporation really...<BR/><BR/>but no; we must belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160669019903977522006-10-12T12:03:00.000-04:002006-10-12T12:03:00.000-04:00per Amp: as i was saying in the thread below: wel...per Amp: as i was saying in the thread below: well, obviously it is well known that i am a john, a sellout, a brainwashed blowjob and rape-pr0n loving sexbot, an evil enabling Male-Identified Patriarchy Fucker (tm Bitch Lab), so my support for Amp here will come as no surprise to anyone, i rather think.<BR/><BR/>it's his damn space. finally. it's like: okay, so nu, people are offended. sure,belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160666789175530382006-10-12T11:26:00.000-04:002006-10-12T11:26:00.000-04:00yah. i figure there are commonly accepted (pretty ...yah. i figure there are commonly accepted (pretty much) terms, which do shift, sure, so pay attention, but not -that- difficult; and if specific people have specific exceptions/objections i will listen. certainly if they themselves want to be referred to as elsewise, i wil do so, wrt them specifically. beyond that, i think: truly, can't please everyone all the time, and you'll go crazy if you belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160633414808655682006-10-12T02:10:00.000-04:002006-10-12T02:10:00.000-04:00o right, you did say that, duh. brain fart.o right, you did say that, duh. brain fart.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160632894260337042006-10-12T02:01:00.000-04:002006-10-12T02:01:00.000-04:00No no no. I'm not in NYC. I meant to say that Am...No no no. I'm not in NYC. I meant to say that Americans, particularly NYC people, are prone to mapping NYC onto Toronto and then assuming anyone of consequence comes from there. I am an Ottawa boy. I know Toronto *quite* well, but I am an Ottawa boy.<BR/><BR/>As for NYC, I mentioned that I've been all over the "northeast coast" of the US for the past couple of years *except* for NYC. That's Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160629898539756372006-10-12T01:11:00.000-04:002006-10-12T01:11:00.000-04:00slip, heh, ballgame, you, too? i wonder how many ...slip, heh, ballgame, you, too? i wonder how many other people were frantically poring over all the various definitions and subcategories and theoretical terms trying to figure out what Serious thing could possible be meant here...oh. yeah.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160629824981282692006-10-12T01:10:00.000-04:002006-10-12T01:10:00.000-04:00nanette: hah!! i had exactly the same experience...nanette: hah!! i had exactly the same experience with teh Battlestar galactica thing. d'oh. then again i suck with acronyms.<BR/><BR/>mandos: --so, wait, are you saying you're -in- NYC??<BR/><BR/>per the POC umbrella (or not): you know, i was thinking that maybe a -very- rough analogy might be the LGBTIGQ...you know. in this case the umbrella is "not straight." and in a way, yes: it is belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160629244445401302006-10-12T01:00:00.000-04:002006-10-12T01:00:00.000-04:00nanette: Your BSG story is priceless. I saw that a...nanette: Your BSG story is priceless. I saw that and it took me a bit to try to figure out what it stood for, too, and had a similar reaction.ballgamehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00011432052047279365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160610805547454152006-10-11T19:53:00.000-04:002006-10-11T19:53:00.000-04:00Marechera’s assimilation to the norms of rationali...Marechera’s assimilation to the norms of rationalist Modernity, the intellectual roots of which were 17th Century, was to remain psychologically incomplete. Music was his suggested resin to bridge mind-body dualism. (116 BS) The form of music is impalpable, ever in transition, as such, liquid, even liminal. The narrator of Black Sunlight, in closing, makes his preference for liminal music Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364161667997825733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1160605837562743052006-10-11T18:30:00.000-04:002006-10-11T18:30:00.000-04:00You transposed New Yawk onto its alleged Canadian ...You transposed New Yawk onto its alleged Canadian equivalent, I think. It's a common thing to do.<BR/><BR/>Someone just tried to register me to vote. I'm tempted to test the system, but I don't want the jail time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com