Posts by Jackie Clark
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Hard News: The Treasure at the End of…, in reply to B Jones,
Or, like me, they changed their name when they married, but now largely use their maiden name.
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Hard News: The Treasure at the End of…, in reply to diversitynz,
Great post, Philip. I completely understand where you're coming from - it's not an uncommon view, by any means. What I would say however is this: I know a great many straight people who choose not to be married. And an equal number of gay people who will not choose to be married, now there is a choice. And yes, marriage can be seen as an institution that was, traditionally, patriarchal, and why would anyone buy into that? Despite being married for 21 yrs, I'm not a great admirer of the institution, myself. And as you say, the divorce rate rises with the rate of marriage, I guess. But at least there's a choice, eh? And that's the point.
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I thought this would be particularly apt for this thread. It's not my photo - it comes from this website. - but I do like it, very much.
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The two speeches that stood out for me - and there were a few - were those of Mojo Mathers, and Kevin Hague. Beautiful.
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Hard News: Media3: Panic or Peril?, in reply to Emma Hart,
I agree totally with you. I am, in fact, embarking on helping one of my old students on her thesis, which is about this very subject. I'm not about censorship - I'm about what's appropriate messages for little kids to be hearing, and open discussion around that, and what they are seeing. However, in the community I teach in? Cup of cold sick.
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Hard News: Media3: Panic or Peril?, in reply to "chris",
These kids are three and four year olds - they already have body shame (somewhat of a culturally based thing), but I've also come across a few over the last few years having pashing sessions in hidey places. Kids will experiment, I' m not worried about that. But these aren't kids, any of them, who come from homes where this stuff is explained, or discussed openly.
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I'm concerned about it. I've been concerned about it for the last 8 yrs or so. For me, the dreaded menace is the music videos. The sexualised dancing is noticeable. The singing of explicit lyrics by three year olds is noticeable. Whilst our girls - and by our, I mean the children I teach - are getting more assertive, and better at saying what they want, younger, they are also more stuck in how they look, what they wear. (And these are all PI kids from church going families). Do you know what the most popular song still is? Gangnam style. Nothing wrong with that. But the only lyric the children hear is "Hey, sexy lady". And that's what they sing, over and over and over. When any of the children dance - but particularly the boys - there is much action in the groin region, thrusting of hips and whatnot. Many of these kids are watching movies they shouldn't be watching, and playing Xbox games they shouldn't be playing. There is no empirical data, but I know what I see every day. And it worries me.
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Hard News: Media3: Our comedy, in reply to Russell Brown,
I'm like Jolisa - I watched the whole 6 eps this morning from start to finish. Thanks for the recommendation - I've shared the love.
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Flat3 is hilarious. Crying laughing hilarious. Why isn't this on the telly yet, again?
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I have to say I don't see any problems with what Russell is saying. Anticipation is our friend.
