Comments on: Version one of that thing I never sent to AlterNet http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/ Making the baby Jesus cry since 2002. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:09:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Body image and my photo shoot http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/#comment-33248 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Body image and my photo shoot Sun, 09 Nov 2008 04:24:58 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/#comment-33248 [...] just because I have no self-respect or want outside validation or some other bullshit. I’ve mentioned it before, but this line of “reasoning” has always baffled me. It really makes me want to bang my [...] [...] just because I have no self-respect or want outside validation or some other bullshit. I’ve mentioned it before, but this line of “reasoning” has always baffled me. It really makes me want to bang my [...]

]]> By: Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Notes http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/#comment-21249 Being Amber Rhea » Blog Archive » Notes Thu, 31 Jul 2008 23:12:41 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/#comment-21249 [...] You can’t determine whether something is “a feminist act” based simply on the act itself. The act alone gives you no basis on which to make such a determination, because you are lacking contextual information. It’s pointless to go around arguing over whether [X] is a feminist act; what makes it a feminist act or not is all the other stuff around it - motivation, context, etc. But, I’m repeating myself. [...] [...] You can’t determine whether something is “a feminist act” based simply on the act itself. The act alone gives you no basis on which to make such a determination, because you are lacking contextual information. It’s pointless to go around arguing over whether [X] is a feminist act; what makes it a feminist act or not is all the other stuff around it - motivation, context, etc. But, I’m repeating myself. [...]

]]> By: Jenny's Pennies » Friday food for thought http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/#comment-20612 Jenny's Pennies » Friday food for thought Fri, 20 Jun 2008 23:57:37 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/#comment-20612 [...] Amber Rhea writes about feminist choices. And even as feminists call out countless examples of male privilege, many of them continue to place a lot of importance on what men think and how men interpret things – even if their interpretations are dead wrong. Somehow those interpretations are granted more importance than what the actor (the woman) states as her intent. [...] [...] Amber Rhea writes about feminist choices. And even as feminists call out countless examples of male privilege, many of them continue to place a lot of importance on what men think and how men interpret things – even if their interpretations are dead wrong. Somehow those interpretations are granted more importance than what the actor (the woman) states as her intent. [...]

]]> By: Aspasia http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/#comment-20597 Aspasia Fri, 20 Jun 2008 01:43:12 +0000 http://www.beingamberrhea.com/2008/06/19/version-one-of-that-thing-i-never-sent-to-alternet/#comment-20597 I don't understand this view: <i>she must have low self-esteem;</i>. Most people I know who have low self-esteem, and certainly myself when I was afflicted with that, posing nude was not at the top of the list. Even being nude with your lover would cause anxiety for the person with low self-esteem, so why be nude for thousands, millions of people you have no connection to? <blockquote>And even as feminists call out countless examples of male privilege, many of them continue to place a lot of importance on what men think and how men interpret things – even if their interpretations are dead wrong. Somehow those interpretations are granted more importance than what the actor (the woman) states as her intent.</blockquote> I know! Yet another thing I don't understand about those specific feminists. They are so willing to remove choice from women in the realm of sex/sexuality and the expression of femininity, it's criminal. And they have the nerve to call us perpetuators of male dominance/patriarchy! I don’t understand this view: she must have low self-esteem;. Most people I know who have low self-esteem, and certainly myself when I was afflicted with that, posing nude was not at the top of the list. Even being nude with your lover would cause anxiety for the person with low self-esteem, so why be nude for thousands, millions of people you have no connection to?

And even as feminists call out countless examples of male privilege, many of them continue to place a lot of importance on what men think and how men interpret things – even if their interpretations are dead wrong. Somehow those interpretations are granted more importance than what the actor (the woman) states as her intent.

I know! Yet another thing I don’t understand about those specific feminists. They are so willing to remove choice from women in the realm of sex/sexuality and the expression of femininity, it’s criminal. And they have the nerve to call us perpetuators of male dominance/patriarchy!

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