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Feminism? Or Sexism?

Jul 28, 2005 20:30

Patriarchy doesn't go away that quickly- it has survived centuries by keeping its "others" ignorantly deviant through hegemony- "consensual" oppression. Don't be fooled into thinking we're free ( Read more... )

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the_midgetqueen July 29 2005, 00:38:51 UTC

reminds me of a quote my brother uses a lot... i don't remember where he got it.

"the revolution will not be televised. instead it will be analyzed, and sold back to the people who started it."

pinkdove80 July 29 2005, 01:01:40 UTC

It comes from a poem/rap song.

http://www.gilscottheron.com/lyrevol.html

pinkdove80 July 29 2005, 01:05:53 UTC

Wait, its not in there. Nevermind.

pinkdove80 July 29 2005, 01:03:46 UTC

While I don't think the war is won by any means I think things like the Dove Ads and Sex in the City show progress. If equality never becomes mainstream then we lose. The whole point is to make it the norm, isn't it?

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pretzelsalt July 29 2005, 18:11:15 UTC

it also teaches that it is 95% of your focus in life. The 5% being shoes.

Let me say that differently.

The plot does not seem to be as much sexuality driven as anxiety over the search for sexual moments.

That is not feminism.

2littlewings July 29 2005, 01:07:04 UTC

"and you can't make it stop, and sometimes you wish you could be blissfully ignorant like so many others seem to be, and yet you are grateful you are not, most of the time, because you understand that you often need to sacrifice contentment for awareness"

well said.
It's hard when your eyes are opened to something, because you can't undo that.
But when you really think about it, it's far better to walk through the world with open eyes than to stumble around blindly or be lead by someone else.

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skate97 July 29 2005, 01:44:14 UTC

i agree

sodalisque July 29 2005, 01:53:05 UTC

Right on. We need all the support we can get.

twowayaddiction July 29 2005, 02:31:31 UTC

I don't think the OP thinks that we shouldn't celebrate feminism in pop culture. I think she's just saying that we shouldn't get jaded ( ... )

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twowayaddiction July 29 2005, 02:34:11 UTC

I was wondering if I could get permission to re-post this in my own journal. You've really articulated EXACTLY what I think and feel.

Excellent.

twowayaddiction July 29 2005, 02:41:44 UTC

Especially your last paragraph - I know exactly how you feel. Once you see one lie, you recognize how the patriarchy is just a giant facade created by those interlinking messages and institutions.

Sometimes I feel just extremely paranoid, like I'm just being radical and creating this entire conspiracy theory in my head - but it runs. so. deep.

It's great to know that someone out there is being as critical as I am, questioning everything, and seeing how it all relates to what you already know are lies and constructions.

trbulnt_spnstr July 29 2005, 04:12:30 UTC

It can still be conspiracy theory even if you know it is wrong. For example, people are raised, often, to believe that what they're doing is normal and fine. They aren't necessarily doing it to conspire against you and I and the men who grow up to be told to be like them and the people in urban cultures who flock to stores to buy things they can't afford just to be as cool as the people who coudln't afford those same things before they got a record contract and a clothing line. It's not necessarily conspiracy. It's just not looking at everything fluidly or questioning things themselves, often times ( ... )