tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post8286591804546475469..comments2023-06-18T09:16:07.072-06:00Comments on Pantalones Del Fuego: We've come a long way, baby, but we're not there yetMLEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09301902783411290755noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-4584536475788412562009-07-31T08:41:18.977-06:002009-07-31T08:41:18.977-06:00Some women contend with cankles, while others worr...Some women contend with cankles, while others worry about being stoned to death.<br /><br />I still think many women do what they do *for* or *to* their bodies not because of men, but because of other women.Cilicioushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17278874987398952742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-57262136997890050192009-07-28T16:17:52.293-06:002009-07-28T16:17:52.293-06:00We led the way, but as with every aspect of democr...We led the way, but as with every aspect of democracy and rights, each generation must be vigilant in protecting what has been accomplished. Newer generations don't appreciate their rights fully because they have always had them. Learn your history, focus on what is fair for everyone. Don't let us down by giving away what we fought for. This goes for all rights, not just women's rights.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16793575452381245504noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-57727568442827247812009-07-27T18:01:29.305-06:002009-07-27T18:01:29.305-06:00what the above people and you said.what the above people and you said.Yank In Texashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07939457079153186543noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-82484629192184709892009-07-27T13:50:15.892-06:002009-07-27T13:50:15.892-06:00* slow clap ** slow clap *Hillaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602816507915795709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-6692409940859023142009-07-27T12:59:18.153-06:002009-07-27T12:59:18.153-06:00Great post.
My feelings on the label of "fe...Great post. <br /><br />My feelings on the label of "feminist" are best summed up here:<br />http://tomatonation.com/?p=677<br /><br />She just says it better than I can.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19036375.post-47438785388964879782009-07-27T12:31:45.671-06:002009-07-27T12:31:45.671-06:00I should probably be banned from academic discussi...I should probably be banned from academic discussions because my POV is so thoroughly bourgeois and pragmatic-but this is the way I really feel. I think the "feminist" movement in its 3rd wave is very fractured-as a movement it's less about women and women's rights and setting active goals than it is about academically wanking about the problems with the first wave and second wave of feminists. <br /><br />And not that there weren't problems with those movements that presented oppportunities for re-evaluation, but, I dunno, they were more goal oriented? I feel like 3rd wave/pomo (err, these are all post-moderns right) are about non-issues I think are pretty f*cking stupid, or arguments over semantics. <br /><br />Reclaiming words, heteronormativity, I'm-not-a-feminist-because-I'm-cool-guy's-girl, I-am-a-feminist-because-I'm-a-stripper/hooker/crackwhore/wear-a-tent-on-my-head/allow-my-husband-to-wear-the-pants, "if it works for YOU", I'm-owning-my-choice-to-be-a-heroin-addict BLAHBLAHBLAH. Okay dudes, what-the-eff-ever. <br /><br />I'm not saying there's one particular "image" of a feminist out there as a power-lawyer with her kids in daycare and a resentful neutered man doing the dishes in the kitchen, and I know a lot of the noise (academic wanking) today is a result of people feeling like the old order was judgey and exclusionary. But chances are if you need to go through these super-lengthy contortions to explain why your choice "obey" your husband's every whim and/or participate in a gang bang for cash is a "feminist" choice, just maybe your life is a little f'ked up and weird? <br /><br />I don't really think any group progresses without thinking very hard about where they want to go-and indeed, what do we want at this point? Again, my nasty pragmatic side rears its head and says "apply a reasonable person standard to what constitutes feminist goals" and follow through on them. <br /><br />Unfortunately, I think until this happens, we're just stuck in a bunch of noise with "the establishment" happy-go-luckily shifting their crap on to women from a different angle-"You're boob job makes you a feminist" "How dare you judge my choice to have a tummy tuck!!!!!" <br /><br />I don't agree with some of Barack Obama's policies (sorry but if my healthcare benefits are taxed as income I'm really going to hit the roof), but I appreciate a realistic planner with a vision and knack for directing hand-wringers to more productive pursuits than bickering and criticizing.<br /><br />I really think until third wave makes way for a more organized fourth wave with that type of leader-we're forever going to be stuck with label of being someone else's property.Monkey McWearingChapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159146850159129520noreply@blogger.com