Posts by recordari
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Craig Ranapia,
OMG – SO wear your speedos.
I don’t even own any, FTR. You are scaring me a little bit too, just so you know. ;-)
Just to sum up, I think this is about as apposite as I could find. In relation to this thread, BTW, not speedos.
ETA: Why is this reply to Craig? He didn’t even mention my speedos. Sorry, pushed the wrong button.
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John Campell about being the only guy in the village at VUW gender studies:
'Life is about being as two-eyed as possible'.
That's a t-shirt. With John's mug shot on it glaring into the auto-cue.
PS. I meant that in a good way.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Russell Brown,
but things seem to be working out.
Yes, hopefully. But I am wondering what on earth to wear at the Pot Luck tomorrow. Speedos are definitely out, but maybe I need to consider a MBOFO top. Or there's the vertical stripes with the collar up combo, which always goes down a treat.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to recordari,
It sank in for me, but it could well have been because it was a man writing it for men.
At the time I do recall it gaining traction, but to claim I remember the substantive parts after 24 years without re-reading it, which I haven’t, would be overstating it just a little.
Perhaps interestingly, or not, it was at about this time I was reading Simone de Beauvoir. That seemed to make a more lasting impression, but again I think a re-read is probably in order.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to giovanni tiso,
Word.
...to the mother.
I suspect people crowding to cite old Christine aren’t exactly a very common occurrence.
This is certainly a first for me.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Lilith __,
My mother has spent a lot of time reading about, or reading Christine de Pisan (1363 – c. 1430). If you want a full bingo card, Wikipedia has this helpful list.
What, no love for my homie Christine de Pizan (1365-1430)?
ETA: [Removed unseemly outburst] Yes, lots of love in our household.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to sally jones,
The Subjection of Women , the 1840 feminist treatise by arguably the most important feminist of the first wave, John Stuart Mill.
I think I did actually write an essay on that. Not sure it was 20 pages. It was certainly enlightening, although at 18 it might be questionable how much of it sunk in. Some, at least.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to BenWilson,
eirôneia
I find if you say it slowly with punctuation, it sums up about where I am right now quite nicely.
e, ir, ô! n, e... i, a?
To the music of From Scratch.
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Up Front: Say When, in reply to Deborah,
I think that it’s simply polite to refer to people using the labels which they assign to themselves. So once I was apprised of Emma’s (former) preference not to use the label ‘feminist’, I tried not to use it in respect of her.
Can I just say this is what I was trying to convey earlier.
It's my label, and I'll cry 'feminist' if I want to. Or not.
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Muse: TV Review: Good Gods Almighty!, in reply to Simon Bennett,
Many years in the drama industry has taught me how to identify and dissect subtext.
That was a bit harsh of her. I did think on Tuesday that there will be some really interesting dialogue about the depiction of masculinity, femininity, traditional and mythological gender stereotypes, promiscuity, GBLAT politics and then I thought; it's a TV show. Just STFU and enjoy it for what it is.