Comments on: I Do Not Remember Life Before Netflix http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 04:01:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Yeny http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-50544 Yeny Mon, 09 Apr 2007 23:41:58 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-50544 Wow, I was just going through old posts and came across this discussion. FYI, I'm hispanic, so believe me when I say that people who aren't hispanic talking about what is a general physical characteristic of hispanic people, are talking out of their arse. Ms. Kate's comment seemed tinged with racism to me: "with a heritage like hers". What the hell? Only one of my cousins is not 100% hispanic, the rest of my family is, and of the HUGE family I belong to only a couple of the women have light moustaches. Most of us are dark-skinned and dark-haired, it doesn't automatically mean we are hairy. God, I hate ill-founded stereotypes. Wow, I was just going through old posts and came across this discussion. FYI, I’m hispanic, so believe me when I say that people who aren’t hispanic talking about what is a general physical characteristic of hispanic people, are talking out of their arse. Ms. Kate’s comment seemed tinged with racism to me: “with a heritage like hers”. What the hell? Only one of my cousins is not 100% hispanic, the rest of my family is, and of the HUGE family I belong to only a couple of the women have light moustaches.
Most of us are dark-skinned and dark-haired, it doesn’t automatically mean we are hairy. God, I hate ill-founded stereotypes.

]]> By: FaerieDust http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22706 FaerieDust Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:46:35 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22706 I'm of Welsh/Swedish descent, so I have pretty light hair. I have a fuzzy upper lip, which, in the right light, glows a little. Friends with coarser hair are envious of my ability to go months without leg-shaving (even in summer) and not show stubble unless you get really close. Of course, all that thin, unprotective hair on my arms means that I'm covered with age spots on my arms already at 34. I blame the patriarchy that they were called "freckles" when I was 10 and "age spots" in my 30s. The man I married and chose to reproduce with is of Russian Jewish descent--lots and lots of hair. And so our children have hairier legs than I do, and the youngest still has that little patch of hair at the small of the back that children are born with (I think it's cute and fuzzy). <i>Frida</i> is in my TiVo, awaiting my viewing. I admit much ignorance re: Ms. Kahlo and her art, remembering just bits and pieces from my freshman contemporary art history class--I blame the patriarchy that influential women artists get short shrift whilst I know more about Jackson Pollack than I'd like. I shall mix up a pitcher of <a href="http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink582.html" rel="nofollow">mojitos</a> to enjoy whilst viewing. I’m of Welsh/Swedish descent, so I have pretty light hair. I have a fuzzy upper lip, which, in the right light, glows a little. Friends with coarser hair are envious of my ability to go months without leg-shaving (even in summer) and not show stubble unless you get really close. Of course, all that thin, unprotective hair on my arms means that I’m covered with age spots on my arms already at 34. I blame the patriarchy that they were called “freckles” when I was 10 and “age spots” in my 30s.

The man I married and chose to reproduce with is of Russian Jewish descent–lots and lots of hair. And so our children have hairier legs than I do, and the youngest still has that little patch of hair at the small of the back that children are born with (I think it’s cute and fuzzy).

Frida is in my TiVo, awaiting my viewing. I admit much ignorance re: Ms. Kahlo and her art, remembering just bits and pieces from my freshman contemporary art history class–I blame the patriarchy that influential women artists get short shrift whilst I know more about Jackson Pollack than I’d like. I shall mix up a pitcher of mojitos to enjoy whilst viewing.

]]> By: jc. http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22682 jc. Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:39:15 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22682 Just in passing: I believe this whole body hair thing disproves "intelligent design", at least I can´t figure out why at 56 I suddenly have to shave the top of my nose and ear lobes (O.K., I don`t HAVE to but...) and just why am i suddenly sprouting a 6 inch hair in the middle of my forehead? The only "intelligent" purpose I can find in this development is that god wants to make sure that not only does my body run down as I approach the end but I (we) are to be randomly and absurdly humiliated and deprived of dignity on the way. Just in passing: I believe this whole body hair thing disproves “intelligent design”, at least I can´t figure out why at 56 I suddenly have to shave the top of my nose and ear lobes (O.K., I don`t HAVE to but…) and just why am i suddenly sprouting a 6 inch hair in the middle of my forehead? The only “intelligent” purpose I can find in this development is that god wants to make sure that not only does my body run down as I approach the end but I (we) are to be randomly and absurdly humiliated and deprived of dignity on the way.

]]> By: twit http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22681 twit Tue, 04 Jul 2006 06:08:11 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22681 More on the mustache trope - Black Irish are small boned with aquiline features. Both sexes have lots of body hair including a noticeable mustache. So it's not only Latino heritage that gives a person a dark upper lip - and I Blame The Patriarchy for giving anyone ammunition to blame a person for this pansexual virility. Regarding Kahlo – I have wondered why U.S. liberal circles make so much of someone who so obviously suffered? Reminds me of the NYT spate of articles on how you can’t be a woman and a whole human being without giving up something essential. More on the mustache trope - Black Irish are small boned with aquiline features. Both sexes have lots of body hair including a noticeable mustache.

So it’s not only Latino heritage that gives a person a dark upper lip - and I Blame The Patriarchy for giving anyone ammunition to blame a person for this pansexual virility.

Regarding Kahlo – I have wondered why U.S. liberal circles make so much of someone who so obviously suffered? Reminds me of the NYT spate of articles on how you can’t be a woman and a whole human being without giving up something essential.

]]> By: hedonistic http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22671 hedonistic Mon, 03 Jul 2006 23:17:02 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22671 Key Lime Martinis, as requested!!!!!!!!! With PICTURES! http://hedonisticpleasureseeker.wordpress.com/2006/05/29/drinking-alone/ Key Lime Martinis, as requested!!!!!!!!! With PICTURES!

http://hedonisticpleasureseeker.wordpress.com/2006/05/29/drinking-alone/

]]> By: camelhempsox http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22670 camelhempsox Mon, 03 Jul 2006 22:07:43 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22670 I blame the patriarchy for making you people think your aimless patter on this blog sets you apart in some way. If you don't like the effect, don't produce the cause. I blame the patriarchy for making you people think your aimless patter on this blog sets you apart in some way.
If you don’t like the effect, don’t produce the cause.

]]> By: Shiloruh http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22650 Shiloruh Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:23:13 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22650 Oh yes! The key lime martini recipe, please! Oh yes! The key lime martini recipe, please!

]]> By: Hawise http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22648 Hawise Mon, 03 Jul 2006 18:06:33 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22648 Acquisition of mustaches can be a strange thing. Heritage is a part of it. I have only recently acquired a patchy under chin beard that has appeared in my mid forties, while my youngest sister has been fighting a mustache since her twenties. I received a generous dose of our Welsh/German genes- blonde-brown hair, pale skin and green eyes. My sister got the full dose of our native American genes- dark hair, golden skin and dark brown eyes. I am a strawberry all summer long in between peels and she glows with a tan in winter. If she hadn't had a mustache, I would have done something extreme long ago. I am sincerely hoping that acknowledging that my sister's genotypes make her mustache-prone is not racist. Acquisition of mustaches can be a strange thing. Heritage is a part of it. I have only recently acquired a patchy under chin beard that has appeared in my mid forties, while my youngest sister has been fighting a mustache since her twenties. I received a generous dose of our Welsh/German genes- blonde-brown hair, pale skin and green eyes. My sister got the full dose of our native American genes- dark hair, golden skin and dark brown eyes. I am a strawberry all summer long in between peels and she glows with a tan in winter. If she hadn’t had a mustache, I would have done something extreme long ago. I am sincerely hoping that acknowledging that my sister’s genotypes make her mustache-prone is not racist.

]]> By: Dr. Free-Ride http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22647 Dr. Free-Ride Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:59:34 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22647 OK, can we get the key lime martini recipe to get us through our longing for the cauliflower curry recipe? OK, can we get the key lime martini recipe to get us through our longing for the cauliflower curry recipe?

]]> By: saltyC http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22644 saltyC Mon, 03 Jul 2006 17:23:41 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2006/07/01/i-do-not-remember-life-before-netflix/#comment-22644 I'm betting she waxed her natural mustache off. And she is half arab. Who cares? I sure don't, but I'll blame anyway. Happy Twisty's back. I’m betting she waxed her natural mustache off. And she is half arab. Who cares? I sure don’t, but I’ll blame anyway.

Happy Twisty’s back.

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