Posts by Megan Wegan
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Deborah, that _is_ a great article.
I would give you this from the Guardian, in response to that Ross Douthat column I linked to the other day.
That being said, it's maddening that a party that has resisted every advance of feminism and undermined women's economic strength at every turn now claims to embody "the overall triumph of the women's movement"....But what does it mean to be "comfortable" with the spectacle of a working mother, as Douthat claims Republicans now are, when you oppose the very supports that would make the lives of working mothers comfortable?
And this, from Jezebel.
Putting on short shorts in the summertime certainly isn't the be-all and end-all of empowerment, and it certainly can play into restrictive mainstream notions of sexuality and sexiness (the line between owning your sexuality and simply performing for society what it wants to see is a subject for a whole other post). But in a culture where merely having a female body invites constant judgment and criticism, saying "look at me" can also be feminist.
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And if choice-feminism is just about saying, "Don't criticise my choices" then it's not about much. That would mean that we could never criticise anyone's choices. And that seems implausible.
Not so much 'don't criticise my choices' (though of course, don't. And if you do, don't be annoying) but respect my right to make them. And allow me to defend them. And respect that while you may not agree with what I do, it actually isn't any of your business.
Which I suspect means we're actually saying the same thing.
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I'm sure plenty of people want to look at Joss's cannon, but he's married. Bomp-bomp!
I read that, and was all 'ooo, I'd like to...but I bet someone has already made that joke'. And It was Danielle. Of course .
I have repressed and deleted so many smutty comments on this thread. Just goes to show what repression does in the end.
And so, why bother?
To get back slightly on topic, I was struck by this quote, from an interview with Jewish philosopher Helen Thomas.
Then I entered into a lesbian community in college, late college, graduate school, and the first thing they asked was, "Are you a feminist, are you not a feminist?" "Are you a lesbian, are you not a lesbian?" and I thought "Enough with the separatism!"
It felt like the same kind of policing of the community. You only trust those who are absolutely like yourself, those who have signed a pledge of allegiance to this particular identity. Is that person really Jewish, maybe they're not so Jewish. I don?t know if they're really Jewish. Maybe they're self-hating. Is that person lesbian? I think maybe they had a relationship with a man. What does that say about how true their identity was? I thought I can't live in a world in which identity is being policed in this way.
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Divided loyalties, here I come!
Well, that worked out for you, didn't it? :)
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(The meat of the speech starts about two minutes in. The point where I always start crying is about 6:30)
I believe it is at 6:27, to be precise. Love.
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I've not watched Firefly (I know, I know, I am getting there) but i read that essay anyway.
And let me respond with a quote from Buffy: "Your logic does not resemble our earth logic."
Right, now to cleanse my palate with the speech. Oh Joss. I heart you.
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(Gah, I feel like I'm not explaining my problem here very well. Perhaps I can psychically communicate it to someone else who can do a better job.)
I think you explained it perfectly well.
But I suspect firefly isn't the kind of thing the Bechdel test is aimed at. More like this abomination (FWIW, the most offensive film I've ever seen that didn't involve violence.)
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Craig! I've been waiting for you all morning, my darling. I knew you'd be able to help us with the film stuff. :)
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Shall we talk about how few women directors there have been in the history of Western cinema?
We could, but I would be so far out of my area of expertise that I'll just have to nod and smile. (Which at this point, some people might appreciate.)
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The weird thing is that it's, obviously, such a huge market, yet so poorly served.
And it is only getting worse. (That's a fairly old article, but I don't see it having improved, much.)