links for 2008-10-07
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"What will give you resilience later is to tell only your own side now, even if that self-imposed silence aches. The one thing I’d take back from my breakup-blogging is a reference to the sex life of someone close to my ex. But addressing the woman who named me in her own screeds against my ex, after those became the subject of comment for our mutual friends? That not only felt fair, but necessary. In the case of involving those outside the breakup: only expose what you absolutely need to, and only about those equally desperate for the attention. "
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"The problem is that these arguments still aren’t truly clashing with each other. Two claims are being debated as if they are a single one even though they are neither directly related nor mutually exclusive."
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"What makes Diana more tolerant that Ed is that she is actively trying to change her opinion and broaden her mind, and that she understands that such ‘causal jokes’ are part of the day-to-day reinforcement of oppression that keep her friends underground and, at times, in fear of their lives."
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Another awesome edition!
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"And therefore chances are the immature troll who posted that Palin video is the kind of asshole who whacks off to your photos in private but would discriminate against you in public. And whoever snickers along with them saying 'yeah, she was a *beauty contestant,* what a bimbo' is also insulting *you!* Oh yeah, and they're also threatening you. So yeah, they're not just sexist, they're immature, knee-squeezing, not-caught-up-on-the-21st-Century assholes who'd do the same to you given half a chance."
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"And I think the reason why is less some free-floating 'feminist' conviction and more… you know, I feel uneasy and uncomfortable when I see people misrepresenting my sexuality in WORDS in Internet discussions, and I wish they wouldn't do that and consider it… well, I don't want to say 'demeaning' because the way that word usually gets used in discourse is to suggest it's some deep and serious harm, and I don't mean that. But I do feel demeaned when I see that, and I feel like it's a low blow."
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"If Jensen's research were actually committed to feminism, he would let the women speak for themselves, rather than allow his value system to impede their experiences."
Oct 07 2008 08:31 am | Category: del.icio.us links
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