So I got home all happy and eloquent and was all prepared to do a really interesting post when.,..  Internet failed.  The internet at my hall is seriously shit, guys.  Atm I'm in the library which is really embarrassing when Ruth makes me squee.

Anyway.

What I was originally going to post about was racism and The Song of the South.  I'm still ( Read more... )

 So the whole feminism-isn't-racially-aware-as-a-movement discussion has been running through my mind these past few days.  And as a white feminist I can't help but feel guilty (which is of course ridiculous as I'm not an active part of the movement, nor have I ever suppressed feminists of other races).   And angry too - I thought "why the hell ( Read more... )

 ...here is my reply to a comment on eleusis_walks recent essay on racism in Buffy (I urge you all to read it - disquieting stuff).  The person I'm replying to (I won't say their name just in case they wouldn't want me to - it's not my place) argues that she, among many other women, don't identify with "mainstream feminism" as it often supresses women that aren ( Read more... )