Comments on: Repeat Offender

By: anueljackson

anueljackson — Tue, 08 May 2007 21:37:43 +0000

The reason there are so many phedofiles running aroumnd free is that the congress is probally full of them, both male and female

By: Cast Iron Balcony

Cast Iron Balcony — Fri, 07 Apr 2006 09:59:29 +0000

….And heeeeeeere’s Orcinus. (Drumroll)

By: Twisty

Twisty — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 21:37:20 +0000

Alas, A Blog

By: finnsmotel

finnsmotel — Mon, 03 Apr 2006 14:44:32 +0000

“Finnsmotel, you obviously haventâ€™ read Ampersand of Alas, a Blog with his excellent dissertations on white privilege, or Dave Niewert (Orcinus) with his equally excellent updates on what is happening with racist hate crime and neonazi racist organisations in the US. Go and read, be impressed.”

Please link!

By: Edith

Edith — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 02:59:59 +0000

Personally, I agree with scratchy888 (comment 41) and her distaste for “structuralist metaphysics.” I also agree with MsKate’s comments and really dig her overall message. Although it is much easier, much more comfortable for us to think in these terms of “white versus everybody else,” sometimes racism doesn’t work as neatly as all that. Speaking in terms of essentialism, as in, “white people are essentially privileged, Black people are not” ONLY works if we ignore the triad of race, class, and sex. Unfortunately, no one’s set the rules really that one dominates the other. I find it upsetting that many seem to believe racism trumps all, or sexism trumps all, or classism trumps all. It’s not a contest, people. If someone is white and poor and someone else is Black and poor, that doesn’t mean that the poor white person is still not oppressed every bit as much as the poor Black person in regards to economic class. In terms of race, and race’s interactions with poverty, however, the person who is Black obviously is more oppressed. Overall, who is more oppressed? Who cares? What’s the point in thinking like that, other than to divide people with a common oppression (in this case, class) from working with each other?

By: Cast Iron Balcony

Cast Iron Balcony — Sat, 01 Apr 2006 01:03:51 +0000

Similarly, if I created a blog and did include information about racism, being white, I most certainly would be flamed for not being part of the marginalized group to which i was referring. My opinions would likely be, perhaps correctly, discredited.

Finnsmotel, you obviously havent’ read Ampersand of Alas, a Blog with his excellent dissertations on white privilege, or Dave Niewert (Orcinus) with his equally excellent updates on what is happening with racist hate crime and neonazi racist organisations in the US. Go and read, be impressed.

By: Ron Sullivan

Ron Sullivan — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:28:28 +0000

Thanks in turn for the soda tip (and the pudding recipe!), Sara. We buy fizzy water by the case at Costco to mix with stuff because we can’t afford Cel-Ray, or even Pelligrino lemon and orange sodas all the time.

I’ve been seen drinking Coke in public but that’s just for the caffeine.

By: Sara

Sara — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 17:09:47 +0000

Rene, post 138: Thank you for assuring me that some people could tell I was kidding. I was genuinely worried. I only ever mean to offend the Patriarchy and its various willing tools.

Ron, post 139: Saffron soda! What an excellent potential companion to, oh, I don’t know, maybe saffron rice pudding? Hm? Thank you so much for that link.

Have you ever tried elderberry soda made with elderberry cordial? Belvoir makes a lovely syrup. Blended with chilled Pellegrino, it is the lightest, most elegant nonalcoholic summer drink ever. Well, except maybe for saffron soda.

Rene, post 138, Ron, post 139, Thalia, post 142, and anyone else interested: Instead of further hijacking this thread into Pudding Land, I created a post at the message board of the Chubby Girl Brigade exhibiting what I had in mind. (We are big pudding fans over there in the Brigade.) You can find it here: http://jhpool.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?p=562&sid=3ad9ea929de2ebc2b6fda44ad836754f#562

Thalia, posts 142 and 145, and Chris, post 143: From my mother’s coopted sour-cream-batter chocolate cake, and inspired by Dolfin’s “hot masala” chocolate bar, I have developed an awesome chai spiced chocolate cake, which I serve under a nice layer of cardamom butter icing dusted with coconut. This cake uses cinnamon, ginger, cardamom, clove, and cayenne. It has the heat you’re seeking, plus the mellow subtlety of the other flavors. If you want the recipe, e-mail me at sara at saraarts dot com with the words “cake recipe” in the subject.

Thalia, post 142: Great idea re sources for less expensive saffron. Now, I work for the time being at Whole Foods, where I get a 20% discount, but I will also hit the Indian and Middle Eastern markets next time I’m wandering the streets over in nearby Waltham. Thank you.

I now release this thread back to more serious discourse, as its various participants may desire.

Oh, Twisty. Look what you started.

By: Pony

Pony — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:41:47 +0000

From my very first ‘click’ I understood that “feminisim” was like “socialism” or “conservatism”. A political belief system. Male or female, one can be a feminist, and by one’s own definition. I’ve known men who’ve had a very feminist point of view about one thing, and caused me to near apoplexy with their very masculinist point of view about something else. It’s a learning curve (where’d I hear that…?).

By: Mandos

Mandos — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 16:35:53 +0000

I think too that the question > why are some men so desirous of the label â€˜feministâ€™?

Because some men recognize that there is a problem. If the movement to correct the problem seems to have named itself “feminism”, and some men recognize there’s a problem to be solved, it’s a natural tendency to want to join the side of the angels, so to speak, and hence adopt the labels. If use of the label is challenged, it’s also a natural tendency to imagine that one is being considered a Bad Guy for being male—even if it’s a false dichotomy.

Me, I’m not hung-up on labels. It’s a waste of time to get into the discussion of who qualifies as member of club X and who doesn’t.