The Art of Self-Derision

[tinhuviel]

It occurred to me early this morning, watching a part of the movie “I’m Gonna Git You Sucka,” that the whole deal of my biting my thumb at society for bullying me wasn’t so much a taking back of my power, but a recognition that I lost my power long ago, and felt the path of least resistance was to call myself that name first, or make the joke about

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[anonymous]

One interesting point: coincidentally I've just watched a documentary on Dolly Parton (shown because she headlined Glastonbury today), and the point was made how confident and balanced she was, and also how she immediately disarmed a room, eg full of film crew when filming 9 to 5, by making the first joke about her boobs so that they couldn't really, and everybody was at ease

[falkenna]

One interesting point: coincidentally I've just watched a documentary on Dolly Parton (shown because she headlined Glastonbury today), and the point was made how confident and balanced she was, and also how she immediately disarmed a room, eg full of film crew when filming 9 to 5, by making the first joke about her boobs so that they couldn't really, and everybody was at ease

[evcelt]

I didn't tear myself down, but I did wall myself up. And it took me a long time to be able to take compliments seriously...