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after episode 2 of Girl Code I need to know what is with this shit? and is it really just a guide to hook up with guys, internalise patriarchal standards, and basically re-enforce all the worst stereotypes about chicks and why the hetero???
dont give your pearls up :(
I don’t really want to. They belonged to one of my maltese relatives and they are so beautiful. The bracelet has this art nouveau style clasp with diamonds and the bracelet itself is a mixture of black/white pearls. IT is the only thing with diamonds I would ever want to own. and the necklace is one of those incredible long flapper strands. But sacrifices, you know? What’s more important - these pearls, or this research? I feel very conflicted, but then I remember, 150 years ago women sold the clothes on the backs just for bread. whole families headed by single mothers slept on beds of dirty rags because they sold their bedding for food or for coal. Women fought so hard for hundreds of years just so I and many more - could be here today… and sacrificed so much. I shouldn’t cry over pearls (but, I will because… i love them)
i never noticed before how long my legs look sometimes. I always feel like they are these short fat stubby things attached to me despite being tall.
i should sleep one day.
Unpopular Opinions - The Definitive Collection
1. A selection of television programs you do not care for.
Glee, Soap Operas, Grays Anatomy, Gossip Girl, Sex and the city
2. A selection of musical artists you do not care for.
lady gagahhhhhh, Justine bieber, any disney kid, britney spears, black eyed peas (and i have seen them live, so i like to think this is a very informed opinion)
3. A selection of celebrities you couldn’t care less about.
tom cruise, nicole kidman, oh look, the majority of them. i dont give a shit about their personal lives. All i am interested in is the quality of work they produce.
4. A hobby you “don’t get”.
alien spotting.
5. A habit you find disgusting.
picking your nose in your car. unless your windows are tinted, THE OUTSIDE WORLD CAN SEE YOU.
6. Something in school you really liked doing that everyone else bitched over.
art.
7. Your favorite household chore.
mowing the lawn.
8. Popular video games that make you go “meh”.
halo, WoW, COD
9. PC or MAC?
PC
10. A sport you don’t like, for whatever reason.
Rugby. both kinds. and gridiron. I just dont get it.
11. A sport you really like, for whatever reason.
AFL. i used to work for the lions. i grew to like it, though i barely watch it these days due to a focus on studies
12. Television programs you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Vampire Diaries. I dont care, fuck off.
13. Musical artists you love but have gotten shit for liking.
Brand New - back in the day when everyone thought they were emo. idc. i was right. they are awesome.
14. A hobby you have/find interesting that other people bother you over/make fun of.
my crafting
15. A habit you have that other people bug you over.
obsessing over food/ body. just leave me alone already. Im sick ok, i get it. i dont see what you see. just… let me recover without your two cents.
16. Something in school you hating doing and it felt like everyone else loved.
PE - funnily enough!!
17. The household chore that makes you want to shoot your own face off.
folding laundry and washing the dishes.
18. A selection of video games that you enjoy that perhaps you really shouldn’t.
Guitar hero (thankyou you two), Tekken, resident evil, and grand theft auto
19. A celebrity crush that maybe even you don’t understand.
i dont really understand crushing on celebrity. even though i do find some quite attractive, i wouldnt say i crush on them. just that they make me a little drooly.
20. Free rant on whatever grinds your gears at the moment.
fucking art students. ok, i get it I am one. but there is this chick right and OH MY FUCKING GOD. i get it!!!! you know big words and you find every fucking opportunity to use them in class and continuously repeat yourself AND EVERYONE KNOWS YOU ARE CONTINUOUSLY REGURGITATING THE SAME FUCKING OPINION IN A DIFFERENT CONTEXT USING BIG WORDS IN THE HOPES THAT NO-ONE WILL FUCKING REALISE THAT YOU DONT HAVE A FUCKING OPINION, SIMPLY THAT YOU NEED EVERYONE TO UNDERSTAND HOW GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING CONCEPTUAL YOU ARE. SHUT THE FUCK UP YOU IGNORANT ARROGANT BITCH!!!! and FURTHERMORE! it is RUDE to sit there TALKING through other peoples presentations and EDITING YOUR OWN GODDAMN MOTHERFUCKING ASSIGNMENT. do you even KNOW how often you repeated yourself???? trust me. i wrote on my notes for presentation MAKE SURE YOU DONT REPEAT YOURSELF during yours BECAUSE YOU SAID INHERENT FETISHISM AND SEXUALITY SO MANY TIMES I WANTED TO SHOOT MYSELF IN THE FACE REPEATEDLY CHUCK PALAHNIUK STYLE. we all sat there and listened to you, but YOU! couldnt even DEIGN to give your classmates the respect they fucking showed you. you are not that good. your art is immature. no-one finds sexuality funny anymore, and it has been done to death in art anyway. you are not that smart, you are not better than everyone else and I am sick to death of you, and I swear to god if you roll your eyes through my presentation today like you did last week, i WILL draw attention to it. It is fucking rude, i do NOT tolerate it from students, and like fuck i will tolerate it from my peers. BAH!
I think what stymies me about a lot of white feminist work is that a lot of it does mention women of color. But it is in a very “well they don’t really matter but I want to look anti-racist so I’ll drop em in for posterity” kind of way.
I just read this thing by Jessica...
^ I have not read the article in question here, nor have i read anything by this particular writer. i guess the luxury of being an academic feminist is in the diversity of what we read, and most of my research focuses on Body politics. The problem with third wave feminism, pointed out by Catharine Lumby and Naomi WOlf to name a few is that this wave is increasingly institutionalised, so instead of feminists who are widely versed in all issues, you have feminists who while may have knowledge on the various branches associated, tend to have a specific focus area. For instance, I focus on body politics and feminine representations in the media, which means the majority of my research is white centric. When you start to criticise contemporary feminists for seemingly ignoring issues of race, or superficially touching on them, while it is sound critique - which all academic feminists welcome - it may actually ignore their feminist focus. You have to ask, in the context of their wider work, does this actually mean anything? For instance, Naomi Wolfs Beauty Myth seems to brush over issues of race. while she broadly refers to all women, it is clear by all she means white, and middle class - probably between 20 and 40. In the context of her book though, as she is criticising the world of media and feminine representations within, this is sound, as at the time of print, ethnic diversity was grossly underrepresented in the media (and still is).
Contemporary feminism is no longer broad. Gender study units in university often offer a fantastic overview, but as the academic feminist enters into graduate school they specialise in specific research areas. thirdwave feminists specialise in different areas now such as post-colonial, gender, queer, body politics, sexuality (different to queer - think porn and sexual representations. Catharine Lumby and Natasha Walter are great to look at). Just a different POV (sorry if this is clunky, still waking up!)
If it me I am so sorry!! I’m trying to make sure I tag everything as spoilers, spn, supernatural and season 9, so I cover all the tags that would commonly be blocked, trying to cover all my bases.
SO MANY!!! SO MANY PEOPLE. I just have spoiler and spoilers in my black list so that I don’t miss out on awesome SPN posts, but loads of people DON’T TAG THEIR SPOILERS AT ALL. and I get it I DO, like… you just watched it and you are essited and you want to spill but THINK OF THE AUSTRALIANS (and all the other people in the world who have to wait extended periods of time to see their bby’s) and i could DL but i have this thing where watching spn followed by AHS on monday nights on TV is my ACTUAL THING. like… IT IS MY TIME. MINE. for two glorious hours nothing owns me. not study, phone calls, or anything. I sit, and watch. It is the only time i dont do anything BUT WATCH.
I am adding season 9 to my blacklist though because that is genius
- Kid - Mum, why is there only one black guy in this movie?
- Me - I don't know.
- Kid - you would think if they could find like three white guys, they could at least find another black one.
So, I was in the shower and I could feel a familiar black cloud settling in and I thought about the time my psych asked me to do an assignment to think about what made me awesome and that made me colossally depressed, and I started to think I’ve been places and done things and some people haven’t and mental illness is inconvenient but it hasn’t stopped me doing EVERYTHING. loads of things, yes… but not everything and I thought, what HASN’T depression stopped me doing?
- Depression hasn’t stopped me getting out of bed most days.
- Depression hasn’t stopped me working as a professional Make-up artist in New Zealand and across australia.
- Depression didn’t stop me walking around Uluru.
- Depression didn’t stop me raising the money to study in New York
- Depression has not claimed my PhD.
This helped today. I felt the fog lift a little. I am going to do this more often. Instead of focusing on what I have not done, or what went wrong I want to focus on what I have done - what ED and Anxiety and DEP have not claimed.
I guess I am sharing this because maybe it will help someone else.
CHild is playing I want you to want me on Guitar Hero
- Child - soooooo, this song was originally sung by a guy with a big penis...
- me - What?
- Child - this song was originally sung by a guy with a big penis!
- Me - Where did you get that?
- Child - In ten things it was by a girl, but this is by a boy with a big penis right?
- Me - um.... well, It was sung by a boy? I cant really confirm his penis....
- Child - I can tell.
- Me - HOWWWWW can you tell
- Child - I can see it in his pants.
- Me - *blinks* maybe its his belt
- Child - No. It is his penis.
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