"If you switch your brain off as an end consumer and just pick entertaining media that presents itself in front of your face, odds are you're going to end up disproportionately with stuff created by men."What we are spoon-fed... is male content, male gaze, male perspectives, male interests, male success, male attitudes, male mindsets, male stories. Joel Soloway (I knew her as Jill Soloway) was the writer/director of "Six Feet Under" gave a talk once that I loved... (online here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pnBvppooD9I) and they have a bit that's like, "So much of TV is Watching Men Do Things Men Like To Do. But I want something for ME! I like feminists arguing! Like... what if we could see an argument dissecting the patriarchy... in a STADIUM! Like, what if there was a whole section in the paper about it EVERY DAY? Like... what if I was encouraged to throw a party and make my whole family watch Lena Dunham and Roxanne Gay talk for 4 HOURS... and then like
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To me, if half the population can be sacrificed to a belief system/structure of human value/worth... they'll CLEARLY sacrifice anybody.
Consider at least one belief for which a lot of Americans have demonstrated their willingness to sacrifice absolutely anybody whatsoever: the deaths of four white male sitting Presidents (and injuries to more) have proved insufficient to override the Divine Right of Guns.
I remember a guy once telling me how gay people "are rare and that proves they are unnatural" to explain his disgust... and I was like, "Hmm,... that's quite a claim. I seem to remember your girlfriend has green eyes, yes? That's only like 3% of humans. Green eyes are EXTREMELY rare! Is she unnatural? Because her green eyes are WAY more rare than gay people, who are at LEAST 10% of the population.
A fun exercise might be to work out what percentage of the population are straight white abled cis het culturally-Christian Anglo-diasporic males-that default human presumed to be the protagonist of the world.
But if we (white dudes) don't have guns, how COULD we possibly HAVE freedom if we can't protect ourselves?! *gasp* *sputter* *faint*
With so many rules against black people (men) having guns historically in America, clearly there are lots of people white dudes don't think should have guns.. those are the gun laws/control that even the NRA apparently supported. It's almost as if America is trying to see how much hypocrisy you can live by/spout and still live, I think.
He was a superficial thinker... all it took was green eyes and a gentle pull on his very thin thought to pull it apart like a cinnamon bun.
What's the problem? Less (on average) comparative upper body strength? Having a uterus? USING their uterus? Wearing a bra? Likely having a different fat to muscle ratio? Living longer? Is it our faster beating hearts or keener eyesight? WHAT? WHAT IS IT? WHAT MADE WOMEN UNWORTHY
Imo the answer = religion. Seasoned with the basal human desire to control others (of which women are also guilty.)
In truth, I have been in so many all-male and all-white musical ensembles, between the early 2000s and now, that it no longer surprises me.
I expect to walk into a dressing room and find a man cave (as opposed to a place where anyone could be comfortable.)
I expect to have to source my own place to relieve myself, or undress as needed, or store my food/water (rarely has anyone messed with my food/drink, but one time experiencing that was more than enough for me to keep an eye on what I ingest at all times and/or recall exactly how it was placed in the fridge
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I'm not a musician.... but I used to be a pawnbroker in a locally-owned successful chain of 'em where I was the only woman in ANY of the stores, except the owner HERSELF, who mostly kept herself tied to their corporate office and was very protective of Her Boys [ie: all her employees... including me, I guess?] unless they (I) complained about the rampant sexual harassment, I guess
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I recall you describing this workplace. No idea how you tolerated it. What you describe is like 99% why I never went into food service (I know the pawn shop is different but challenge anyone to find a female waitress who hasn't experienced all that you and I have described and then some)
THE SPACES indeed! I know there are messy women out there but... I think (I guess? don't actually know) that the difference is that women are TAUGHT in the ways of cleaning? Are conditioned and trained to observe and act upon cleanliness/household chores. Do people teach their sons to fold laundry?
Jameson does his own laundry, but I notice that he often overloads the washer/dryer. Probably no one taught him not to do that/WHY not to do that. He also doesn't fold clothes neatly; his folding is sufficient but what I'm noticing is probably a difference in experience. His mother probably did his laundry until college age. I was helping mom fold clothes, cook, and clean before I was in school
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I didn't join food service because I did phone service which paid a little more, had regular hours, could sit to work, and I came home smelling like flopsweat rather than french fries... but I've never known a woman who worked in food service as a lone woman among a company of only men. I think there is safety and security in public settings and mixed company, but not always
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Presenting the Tachibana (Kyoto) High School Tigers. full_metal_oxJune 16 2024, 05:34:22 UTC
Also popularly known as the Orange Devils; they’re something like the Buckeyes or Trojans of Japanese marching band culture. (Note the gender ratio; marching band-including brass; including drums-has traditionally been a feminine activity in Japan.)
geminiwench? You’ll need to unscreen it, but I posted a YouTube link portraying an overwhelmingly female (and prestigious) marching brass band who sure seem to have chops worthy of the Mouse Empire.
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To me, if half the population can be sacrificed to a belief system/structure of human value/worth... they'll CLEARLY sacrifice anybody.
Consider at least one belief for which a lot of Americans have demonstrated their willingness to sacrifice absolutely anybody whatsoever: the deaths of four white male sitting Presidents (and injuries to more) have proved insufficient to override the Divine Right of Guns.
I remember a guy once telling me how gay people "are rare and that proves they are unnatural" to explain his disgust... and I was like, "Hmm,... that's quite a claim. I seem to remember your girlfriend has green eyes, yes? That's only like 3% of humans. Green eyes are EXTREMELY rare! Is she unnatural? Because her green eyes are WAY more rare than gay people, who are at LEAST 10% of the population.
A fun exercise might be to work out what percentage of the population are straight white abled cis het culturally-Christian Anglo-diasporic males-that default human presumed to be the protagonist of the world.
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With so many rules against black people (men) having guns historically in America, clearly there are lots of people white dudes don't think should have guns.. those are the gun laws/control that even the NRA apparently supported. It's almost as if America is trying to see how much hypocrisy you can live by/spout and still live, I think.
He was a superficial thinker... all it took was green eyes and a gentle pull on his very thin thought to pull it apart like a cinnamon bun.
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What's the problem?
Less (on average) comparative upper body strength?
Having a uterus?
USING their uterus?
Wearing a bra?
Likely having a different fat to muscle ratio?
Living longer?
Is it our faster beating hearts
or keener eyesight?
WHAT?
WHAT IS IT?
WHAT MADE WOMEN UNWORTHY
Imo the answer = religion. Seasoned with the basal human desire to control others (of which women are also guilty.)
In truth, I have been in so many all-male and all-white musical ensembles, between the early 2000s and now, that it no longer surprises me.
I expect to walk into a dressing room and find a man cave (as opposed to a place where anyone could be comfortable.)
I expect to have to source my own place to relieve myself, or undress as needed, or store my food/water (rarely has anyone messed with my food/drink, but one time experiencing that was more than enough for me to keep an eye on what I ingest at all times and/or recall exactly how it was placed in the fridge ( ... )
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THE SPACES indeed! I know there are messy women out there but...
I think (I guess? don't actually know) that the difference is that women are TAUGHT in the ways of cleaning? Are conditioned and trained to observe and act upon cleanliness/household chores. Do people teach their sons to fold laundry?
Jameson does his own laundry, but I notice that he often overloads the washer/dryer. Probably no one taught him not to do that/WHY not to do that. He also doesn't fold clothes neatly; his folding is sufficient but what I'm noticing is probably a difference in experience. His mother probably did his laundry until college age. I was helping mom fold clothes, cook, and clean before I was in school ( ... )
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This is wonderful!
Talk about choreography while playing, woah!
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