Comments | janetmaca: A sundry of stuff for a holiday Monday... except not in Quebec

janetmaca

A sundry of stuff for a holiday Monday... except not in Quebec

Feb 21, 2011 15:58

Family Day kinda touches on my nerves, even though it is not celebrated where I live. I don't know why exactly, I'm just chalking it up to another day in which the government pushes their views, their agendas on us common folk. The name, itself, implies to me that we should be celebrating a heteronormative lifestyle (take a look at pictures on ( Read more... )

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niuxita21 February 21 2011, 21:08:14 UTC

You already know how I feel about Ziva so RAYYAN FTMFW. I love that woman for exactly the reasons you state. Also, she's a feminist Muslim, which is just all sorts of fascinating to me. I just wanna take her out to a lesbian bar (so she can take off her hijab) and have a conversation with her about feminism and Islam. I also like that, even though she HAD to be given a love interest (two, I think), she was never defined by them, they were just an added aspect of her character. And yes, the fact that she is Amaar's sugar mama (hee) is awesome. And finally, THEY ARE JUST SO ADORABLE TOGETHER I CAN'T EVEN. Sorry, just felt like reiterating it. The whole "buttercup" exchange killed me. [/ramble]

(Also, you forgot to mention that she has the prettiest hijabs. ;))

janetmaca February 21 2011, 21:25:37 UTC

Hee! I would totally hang out with you guys at that bar. lol And why did I think his name was spelled "Amar" Silly me, now I know better. At any rate, I love the whole sugar mama thing, and I love how she tried calling him buttercup. And guh, they really are adorable.

Oh wow, I did. She has such amazing hijabs.

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janetmaca February 21 2011, 22:06:40 UTC

lol, I thought "Why?" but then I thought "Oh my God! THIS IS AWESOME!!!"

janetmaca February 21 2011, 22:05:41 UTC

Heh, glad to know I'm not the only one with issues. I suppose "Family Day" does have a better ring to it than "Burrow in Deeper and Avoid the World this Cold Day Day" (also there's a lack of redundancy in "Family Day" that my day's name has).

shutterbug_12 February 21 2011, 23:34:59 UTC

I'd have enormous problems with that "holiday". A lot of what you said, so I won't go through the list, but, yeah. I'm all for people spending time with people they love, but family just doesn't equal "a cluster composed of two heterosexual parents and at least one child." =\

janetmaca February 22 2011, 01:46:33 UTC

Thank you!

aintmagicgrand February 22 2011, 00:43:42 UTC

AMEN about your comment on Family Day. Ughh.

janetmaca February 22 2011, 01:47:37 UTC

It's weird, I never realized how many people agreed with me over Family Day. I'm glad I'm not alone, but I am surprised.

aintmagicgrand February 22 2011, 02:06:07 UTC

Hehe, I can understand that.

I'm just super aware of posters/ads/movies/shows that STILL portray the "nuclear family" as the ultimate goal in life. I really hate it when it's kind of shoved down our throats. Girls are most likely to be asked when they'll find a boyfriend (emphasis on BOY) and if they're in their early 30s, people start getting worried about you, "omg, why isn't she married yet" and all that jazz, whereas if a guy is still unmarried (I have an issue with marriage as well, but let's not get into that today), family members will just laugh it off as though he hasn't matured yet or he's focusing on his career. UGHHH. Hate.

This rant went on such a tangent here, but yeah, you get my point. :P

janetmaca February 22 2011, 02:10:08 UTC

I do! I completely agree.

shiara_ February 24 2011, 05:06:34 UTC

I totally forgot it was family day and most stuff would be closed. I went up to my parents' place, and even my Mom forgot.

We spent it in town, webcammed with my sister and her family in the UK, then went home. It wasn't a special day - just a day stuff was closed.

I like it 'cos I need the holiday in February. So blah and boring, and sometimes Easter is too far away. But I hear you with it being called "family", but they had to give it a name, and I guess since other provinces/territories have that day as 'family' day....

janetmaca February 24 2011, 22:22:55 UTC

Oh I'm all for a holiday in February, I swear it's the longest month of the year, but yeah "Family Day" is just a bad name. I like Manitoba calling it "Louis Riel Day" and P.E.I. calling it "Islander Day"; I think every province should create a communal feeling about the day. That said, it'll never happen- pro-family groups would be up in arms if the day's name changed.