links for 2008-11-23
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"I for one am really fucking tired of seeing women (and people of all genders, but women get it the worst) devalued based on their weight, and fat being used as the butt of a joke — particularly in ways that portray overweight people as stupid, childish, inherently unhealthy and obsessed with food. It’s not funny, it’s demeaning and it’s bullshit.
Oh, and by the way, when those completely off-topic and ill-informed, 'but it’s unheeeaaalllthy to be fat!!! Why are you promoting unheeeaaalllthy behavior???' whiners inevitably show up, their comments are going to get deleted. Deal with it."
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"This is a case in which reality is not sex-neutral. Although there are individual exceptions, if you read about a filicide in which a parent is going mad from social isolation and depression and kills their infant, odds are overwhelming that that parent is the mother. If you read about a filicide in which a parent kills their infant because they’re trying to control the other parent, or get revenge because the other parent wants a divorce, odds are overwhelming that parent is the father."
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Heh. "According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it 'alienating' to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language."
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Love this explanation. (But, as usual, don't read the comments. Unless you want an unyielding headache.)
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"As far as this idea of 'politically correct' (scare quotes intended) as code for 'uptight' or 'restrictive,' I don't see why it is so important to some people to be allowed to use words that create an othering effect of specific groups. One thing that must be put out there right now: complaining about being forced to be 'PC' is, in essence, complaining that you can't be a racist, sexist, ableist, homophobic, transphobic douchenozzle without there being consequences. I seriously don't see why treating other people like the people that they are is such a damn burden. In the US, one does have the freedom to say exactly what one wants to, however, the rest of us also have the freedom to tell you that you are being obnoxious and insulting. Attempting to shame people with the sneering at political correctness indicates that you would rather be able to hurt people because you like to. This would make you, at best, a bully, and at worst, someone incredibly dangerous."
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"I mean, a threesome with another girl? That had never even occurred to me. My group sex fantasies always involved two to six men. The thought of touching a girl down there gave me a serious case of the willies. It still does.
On the other hand, I am known in some small circles as a person willing to try sexual adventures and report back. I couldn't chicken out now over a simple matter of biology."
Nov 23 2008 07:30 am | Category: del.icio.us links
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