tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post116716998888004370..comments2024-03-28T03:15:55.088-04:00Comments on Fetch me my axe: Well, we have an updateUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger139125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167446124041086182006-12-29T21:35:00.000-05:002006-12-29T21:35:00.000-05:00i really have to get that book.i really have to get that book.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167444119018817412006-12-29T21:01:00.000-05:002006-12-29T21:01:00.000-05:00The following is the beginning of Janet Halley’s d...The following is the beginning of Janet Halley’s discussion of trans theory in <I>Split Decisions</I>. It’s framed as a reading of Jay Prosser’s <I>Second Skins: The Body Narratives of Transsexuality</I> (Columbia UP 1998).<BR/><BR/>____________<BR/><BR/>The constituency “transsexuals” has been (as Prosser shows) a crucial figure in feminism & queer theory through the 1990s. The moralized Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167433878534823682006-12-29T18:11:00.000-05:002006-12-29T18:11:00.000-05:00...i should add that i do think a lot of the diffe......i should add that i do think a lot of the difference, whatever strain or style of feminism it's calling itself, often has very much to do with generation; there was definitely a big ol' split between the boomers and the younger women, especially the gen-Y or Net generation or whatever it is they're calling the whippersnappers that are officially younger than my Slacker self.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167433766257718372006-12-29T18:09:00.000-05:002006-12-29T18:09:00.000-05:00yes, sorry, i was typing quickly; i meant the "Cla...yes, sorry, i was typing quickly; i meant the "Class Woman, Class Man" happytalk. i think i did say that "however bastardised." point being: it's just a different frame from the other variant(s) of currently known as "radfem," iow your point, basically. <BR/><BR/>and yes, anarcha-feminism is another way it went. a lot of the women & girls in my Dyke Drama Collective were probably belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167413056282254952006-12-29T12:24:00.000-05:002006-12-29T12:24:00.000-05:00vagina hugs jack!8^D! Thanks, B|L.are you doing a...<I>vagina hugs jack!</I><BR/><BR/>8^D! Thanks, B|L.<BR/><BR/><I>are you doing anything new year's?</I><BR/><BR/>Good damn question. I have no clue as of yet, though I do know my sister is coming up to visit her fiance's parents in upstate NY tomorrow...we'll see.J. Goffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01272563252478656023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167409075298779282006-12-29T11:17:00.000-05:002006-12-29T11:17:00.000-05:00and no, before you get too impressed (or not--shut...and no, before you get too impressed (or not--shut up) with my abilities to post all this shit while loaded: NaDruBloDa or not, it is too early in the day for me, for a number of reasons. it's gonna have to be NaDruBloEve, i think.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167408881461133352006-12-29T11:14:00.000-05:002006-12-29T11:14:00.000-05:00and if you really want to get wonky, i suppose:for...and if you really want to get wonky, i suppose:<BR/><BR/>for me, paganism at least has been about the notion of the Divine as immanent, not (just) transcendent.<BR/><BR/>-very- roughly, then, what that means for a goddess-centered anti-Patriarchy perspective in a -political- sense is, at least as far as i am concerned: we don't wait for Pie in the Sky, or the Revolution. we live, to the best of belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167408122870817242006-12-29T11:02:00.000-05:002006-12-29T11:02:00.000-05:00oh yeah, and: it's not just a difference between "...oh yeah, and: it's not just a difference between "cultural feminism" and "class-based" (however corrupted the notion) radical feminism. It also marks whether you take Mary Daly or any other thealogical radical feminists (actually read or otherwise) seriously or not. (Z. Budapest, what have you). Religion, in other words. Twisty is a devout atheist, and a nihilist as well. Heart I don't know,belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167407907637649322006-12-29T10:58:00.000-05:002006-12-29T10:58:00.000-05:00*nod* And you know, there are other radical femin...*nod* And you know, there are other radical feminists who also blame the patriarchy but do -not- put the sex business front and center, at least not like that; these are the people who focus on the deposed matriarchy, the once and future Goddess, much more. and yes, obviously, that has about as much to do with Twisty as the man on the moon. Heart comes closer, but she's still in dworkin/belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167382449868729552006-12-29T03:54:00.000-05:002006-12-29T03:54:00.000-05:00and what more requires the acceptance of oppressio...<I>and what more requires the acceptance of oppression as the natural default of human society, which of course is the source of their absolute love of heirarchies, they're natural, says the confem, and therefore cannot be fought against but only harnessed to a benevolent end.<BR/><BR/>thus feminism becomes a battle between oppressors, and oh look, this new confem one says that she's benevolent Veronicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17219976185183048440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167379782213594692006-12-29T03:09:00.000-05:002006-12-29T03:09:00.000-05:00Actually, by "unintelligent & nasty ... stupid, st...Actually, by "unintelligent & nasty ... stupid, stupid," I kinda <I>was</I> referring to the supposedly smart, sane, "reasonable," socially acceptable ones, the reference to the power-over philosophy notwithstanding. Just a foul mood, will pass.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167378521579999182006-12-29T02:48:00.000-05:002006-12-29T02:48:00.000-05:00for whatever reason, i don't (usually) get as work...for whatever reason, i don't (usually) get as worked up over the obviously addlepated ones (with the exception of pony, who's just so fucking over the top -nasty-) as i do with the supposedly smart, sane, "reasonable" ones who still act like this when the chips are down. just in more socially acceptable ways. <BR/><BR/>it still is wearying, though. yes.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167376590895060042006-12-29T02:16:00.000-05:002006-12-29T02:16:00.000-05:00People get awfully shaky on the difference between...People get awfully shaky on the difference between "right" and "legal," I've noticed, Belle.<BR/><BR/>My comment's sitting in moderation, too.little lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348805482325856358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167376277142123882006-12-29T02:11:00.000-05:002006-12-29T02:11:00.000-05:00-ovation-the other thing, as i was trying to get a...-ovation-<BR/><BR/>the other thing, as i was trying to get at over there, is: y'know, the legal definition of "hate speech" or "libel" or whatnot isn't important here; this isn't about censorship (any one of these happy assholes can go start a blog of their own, after all, and fap to their putrid little heart's content), as we all know.<BR/><BR/>the point is: when do you as an individual say: youbelledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167375022554460752006-12-29T01:50:00.000-05:002006-12-29T01:50:00.000-05:00Lemme temporarily stick this here, it's stick in m...Lemme temporarily stick this here, it's stick in moderation at feministe & I'm getting woozy:<BR/><BR/>68. KH Says: Your comment is awaiting moderation. <BR/>December 29th, 2006 at 1:15 am<BR/><BR/>What is hate speech?, asked Pilate. You can understand: if somebody shots me in the face, I may find it an odd moment for people to become absorbed the no-doubt interesting question of what really Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167374844700252582006-12-29T01:47:00.000-05:002006-12-29T01:47:00.000-05:00we have no power. we have no agency of our own. we...<I>we have no power. we have no agency of our own. we do not know what sex is in the absence of patriarchy, so we cannot, ever, know the diff. between sex and rape.</I><BR/><BR/>Which is the patriarchy as nuspeek model - WHICH MAKES NO SENSE!<BR/><BR/>If patriarchy is that powerful then we could not concieve freedom, could not comprehend its ubiquitousness to right nor write such statements - youR. Mildredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00932355251730998294noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167374102010188352006-12-29T01:35:00.000-05:002006-12-29T01:35:00.000-05:00B|L: polish your shoes. etc. You’ve got it backw...B|L: <EM> polish your shoes. etc.</EM> You’ve got it backwards: I, you. I, regretfully, am – sob – unshod.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167371441820096602006-12-29T00:50:00.000-05:002006-12-29T00:50:00.000-05:00Yeah, I tried to be cuddly Good Cop over there, an...Yeah, I tried to be cuddly Good Cop over there, and you saw where it got me. I was exerting power-over! With the sinister use of terms of endearment!<BR/><BR/>"you don't get out of white supremacy because of who you fuck."<BR/><BR/>*swoon*, brain friend.little lighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04348805482325856358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167369466342561362006-12-29T00:17:00.000-05:002006-12-29T00:17:00.000-05:00I didn't have time to deal with CM's crapshe: irks...<I>I didn't have time to deal with CM's crap</I><BR/><BR/>she: irks.<BR/><BR/>yeah, the great thing about believing that everyone's out to get you is that sooner or later it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167368525653532782006-12-29T00:02:00.000-05:002006-12-29T00:02:00.000-05:00heh. you caught that huh? was reading science blog...heh. you caught that huh? <BR/><BR/>was reading science blog carpenter freuqnets where the author explained where her line "i puke on your shoes" comes from. (Her threat tosome guy bugging her on public transit)<BR/><BR/>I didn't have time to deal with CM's crap re: blartow and everyone else was handing her her ass on every other topic anyway. but that shit don't rest. you wanna applaud blartow, Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167368051896703442006-12-28T23:54:00.000-05:002006-12-28T23:54:00.000-05:00BA wrote:::especially on the blogosphere is ground...BA wrote:<BR/><BR/>::especially on the blogosphere is grounded in teh bleief i that womanhood is a forever predated non powerful state of turmoil ::<BR/><BR/>not quite sure what you're saying, but if I understood right, then MacKinnon says this flat out.<BR/><BR/>Women are -- her, you, me -- patriarchal constructs. we don't know what it is like to be anything other than defined by men.<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167367482369937102006-12-28T23:44:00.000-05:002006-12-28T23:44:00.000-05:00i almost went with 7 layer dip V but then it occur...i almost went with 7 layer dip V but then it occured to me that i liked the condensed mil as the upper class. cause it trickles down. har har. also, cause when you bake it, it changes character from its raw state, which illustrates the typical USers view of what class is. all the layers just sit side by side not really hurting each other and they work together in the end to create this groovy Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167367412570145732006-12-28T23:43:00.000-05:002006-12-28T23:43:00.000-05:00polish your shoes.Hm. and before you were polishi...<I>polish your shoes.</I><BR/><BR/>Hm. and before you were polishing someone else's shoes. and puking on CM's.<BR/><BR/>i sense a theme here...belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167367250511680832006-12-28T23:40:00.000-05:002006-12-28T23:40:00.000-05:00little light -- lot more where that typho came fro...little light -- lot more where that typho came from too! someday, i will compose in a space that my mind can deal with. these boxes bug me. it must be a learning disorder, but it's bigger. i have a real problem writing in certain surroundings. hard to explain.<BR/><BR/>considering how in lust with your mind i am (glad to learn of you!) you can be my brain friend any day!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18375173.post-1167367060034485042006-12-28T23:37:00.000-05:002006-12-28T23:37:00.000-05:00""But some of them deny that they’re biological de...""But some of them deny that they’re biological determinists, & roll out their rusty, half- (or more) forgotten constructionist arguments; & that raises more problems than it solves. I wonder whether they really think, au fond, that the constructedness goes all the way down. If a biologically male (in point of gross anatomy) child were raised (constructed) as a female, & had a fully feminine Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com