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Busytown: Pavlova Paradise

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  • dyan campbell,

    Taste is the enemy of art

    No, taste is the enemy of humour. Fear is the enemy of art.

    auckland • Since Dec 2006 • 595 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

    So, if we set up rules of discourse in such a way that they look fair - everyone gets to be tough - but in effect a large number of people feel that they can't participate, then we have an effective exclusion of those people.

    I've used this quote, Deborah, but I agree with everything you've said in that post. I had a long post all written out, but you know what? It just comes back to what I said before. Women posting more is sorely needed here. To that end, I would nominate Robyn and Heather and Anjum to have a go at being PA bloggers.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

    Oh and Danielle because she tells funny stories.

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Deborah,

    Thanks for your kind words, Jackie. I value your opinion, not least because even if I do disagree with you about something (a very rare occurrence), I know you have reasons behind your position. So your support means all the more to me.

    New Lynn • Since Nov 2006 • 1447 posts Report Reply

  • Deborah,

    Oh, and I second your nominations of Danielle, Robyn, Heather and Anjum. Especially Anjum - her insights make me think very, very hard.

    I generally at least skim most comments on PAS, but like most of us (I suspect), there are people whose comments I pay particular attention to, sometimes just because they are plain fun to read. I always read comments from these women, and from you.

    New Lynn • Since Nov 2006 • 1447 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

    I should have said, which was my original intent, that I wanted you to do a blog here. Not least because your perspective is quite close to my own (being purely selfish, here).

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Danielle,

    Oh and Danielle because she tells funny stories.

    Thank you! :)

    (But my god, the pressure! What tale to tell next? Emma already broke out a 'Father Run Amok With .22 Rifle' story, so even though I have one of those myself, the originality is questionable. Oh dear. I suppose I'll be inspired when the time is right...)

    Also, the mutual admiration society is in full effect over here. You know in 'As Good As It Gets' when Jack Nicholson says 'you make me want to be a better man'? I'm like that with the regular women posters. (Except, you know, not a man. And I hate Helen Hunt's scrunchy acting face, and I can't believe she won the Oscar. And the film kind of irritated me, in general. But apart from all that. OK, it's late and I will shut up now.)

    Charo World. Cuchi-cuchi!… • Since Nov 2006 • 3828 posts Report Reply

  • anjum rahman,

    wow, now i feel loved! thanx for all the nice comments.

    would love to write, one problem is time; the other is of course fear. i've done a couple of speaker thingies on PA but that was before the comments thing was happening.

    i've been thinking about the whole issue of posting a bit more. what i find most strange is that i'm quite a confident public speaker (not saying a good one!), and very rarely get nervous. i'm happy to take all kinds of questions. as i'm often asked to speak about islam/muslims, i usually tell my audience to ask any nasties they like - female circumcision; "all muslims are terrorists"; bigamy; etc etc. they sometimes do - usually they're too polite - and it doesn't bother me at all. i also happily shoot off letters to the editor and have had various opinion pieces published, some of which draw nasty published replies. doesn't bother me one bit.

    but i have somehow found posting comments here often leaves me with knots in my tummy. it's so wierd and i haven't been able to understand my own reaction. it would be nice if someone could make sense of my very strange mind for me... any psychologists out there?

    hamilton • Since Nov 2006 • 130 posts Report Reply

  • Jackie Clark,

    but i have somehow found posting comments here often leaves me with knots in my tummy. it's so wierd and i haven't been able to understand my own reaction. it would be nice if someone could make sense of my very strange mind for me... any psychologists out there?

    Anjum, I would suspect you aren't the only one for whom that happens. In fact I know you aren't! There's a truckload of erudite, intellectual scary bastards in these parts. People who pick apart arguments for a living, if you will. I often write long responses to things here, and then just think "bugger it, I'll just look like a simpleton" so I don't end up posting anything. Pathetic, really, since like you, I'm a relatively confident public speaker, and I'm not overly concerned about what people think about me. I would suggest you feel the fear.......and do it anyway. (Apologies to Erica Jong).

    Mt Eden, Auckland • Since Nov 2006 • 3136 posts Report Reply

  • Deborah,

    There's a truckload of erudite, intellectual scary bastards in these parts. People who pick apart arguments for a living, if you will.

    Ummm... well... guilty.

    But, that doesn't make me any less scared about posting comments.! I have done a lot of public speaking too, very successfully, and it really doesn't worry me at all. But somehow, posting here is different, I think because I am not representing a view, or explaining other people's ideas, but putting part of myself out there.

    New Lynn • Since Nov 2006 • 1447 posts Report Reply

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