Comments on: And now the good news http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:47:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: jael http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140875 jael Mon, 02 Feb 2009 21:18:59 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140875 h ttp://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/02/india-outrage-at-attacks-on-women/ just to keep the pink sari's in perspective 'n' all. h ttp://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/02/02/india-outrage-at-attacks-on-women/

just to keep the pink sari’s in perspective ‘n’ all.

]]> By: Daisy P http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140834 Daisy P Mon, 02 Feb 2009 12:38:36 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140834 Now, put that principle on a world-wide scale, and we could just have a real movement with teeth. I noted, being the BBC, the women were probably lablelled "ladies" (BBC don't do the word "women" you see-conjurs up a picture too much conveying strength..the BBC is a notoriously sexist org...don't get me started..watch the breakfast news one day....make sure you have the anti-emetics too...you have to catch the subtlety, after all, all really good misogyny and pat-propping is done subtly)...I digress, but managed to remember to close parentheses. ahem. I would like to add my own BBC-type words to the report..."pink-clad, and the sari's transparent in provocative places, they made quite a picture! These ladies are not only feisty, they're downright hormonal and bitchy...it was reported that a cat-fight broke out between 2 of the feisty, go-getting ladies, about where a place-matt should go for one of her pretty flower vases...pink silk was flying everywhere, at one point, and the men seemed happy that the feistiness had been directed to more important lady-matters". Now, put that principle on a world-wide scale, and we could just have a real movement with teeth.

I noted, being the BBC, the women were probably lablelled “ladies” (BBC don’t do the word “women” you see-conjurs up a picture too much conveying strength..the BBC is a notoriously sexist org…don’t get me started..watch the breakfast news one day….make sure you have the anti-emetics too…you have to catch the subtlety, after all, all really good misogyny and pat-propping is done subtly)…I digress, but managed to remember to close parentheses. ahem.

I would like to add my own BBC-type words to the report…”pink-clad, and the sari’s transparent in provocative places, they made quite a picture! These ladies are not only feisty, they’re downright hormonal and bitchy…it was reported that a cat-fight broke out between 2 of the feisty, go-getting ladies, about where a place-matt should go for one of her pretty flower vases…pink silk was flying everywhere, at one point, and the men seemed happy that the feistiness had been directed to more important lady-matters”.

]]> By: virago http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140779 virago Mon, 02 Feb 2009 00:57:13 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140779 "Obviously, Twisty is american - but is everyone on here apart from myself and Rolan? Just though might be nice to find out." Caro, I'm an American. Just answering your question. “Obviously, Twisty is american – but is everyone on here apart from myself and Rolan?

Just though might be nice to find out.”

Caro, I’m an American. Just answering your question.

]]> By: lauredhel http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140733 lauredhel Sun, 01 Feb 2009 12:12:01 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140733 denelian: coming in late, sorry, but is Mercy Corps secular or a godbag organisation? They have "We believe in the intrinsic value and dignity of human life." on their About page, which is typically boilerplate code for "We think women should be reproductive slaves". denelian: coming in late, sorry, but is Mercy Corps secular or a godbag organisation? They have “We believe in the intrinsic value and dignity of human life.” on their About page, which is typically boilerplate code for “We think women should be reproductive slaves”.

]]> By: Martine Votvik http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140697 Martine Votvik Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:54:04 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140697 Kinda makes me think back at Phoolan Devi, she came from that region too didn't she. It would be awsome if they were somehow related, but I guess the "Devi's" are kinda like the "smiths" of India :) Kinda makes me think back at Phoolan Devi, she came from that region too didn’t she. It would be awsome if they were somehow related, but I guess the “Devi’s” are kinda like the “smiths” of India :)

]]> By: ellecain http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140583 ellecain Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:21:38 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140583 Heh, it's great to be able to come here and see this happening in my country, even if it's just a drop in the ocean. @Lara: ever since Maxim and Vogue started their Indian editions, the <i>Friends</i> watching upper middle class have absorbed the "empowerfulization" message very well. Educated PhD holding women insist that it's their choice to give up their career, stay at home to have children, wax their legs, pluck their eyebrows etc. This is also causing the color pink to be viewed as girly by all the affluent tots. The tragedy of all this is that the poor, uneducated women in our country are held down by illiteracy and terrible financial conditions but the ones who are lucky enough to be educated and fairly independant are fed this "choice" bullshit and diverted from the actual gains thereof. There's no winning. IBTP Heh, it’s great to be able to come here and see this happening in my country, even if it’s just a drop in the ocean.

@Lara: ever since Maxim and Vogue started their Indian editions, the Friends watching upper middle class have absorbed the “empowerfulization” message very well. Educated PhD holding women insist that it’s their choice to give up their career, stay at home to have children, wax their legs, pluck their eyebrows etc. This is also causing the color pink to be viewed as girly by all the affluent tots.

The tragedy of all this is that the poor, uneducated women in our country are held down by illiteracy and terrible financial conditions but the ones who are lucky enough to be educated and fairly independant are fed this “choice” bullshit and diverted from the actual gains thereof. There’s no winning. IBTP

]]> By: Chai Latte http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140549 Chai Latte Sat, 31 Jan 2009 01:34:53 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140549 Wow. This women are amazing! Do they take foreign recruits? I love pink, and I'm totally willing to beat some ass in the name of women's rights! Hmm. Anyone wanna start an American faction? Wow.

This women are amazing! Do they take foreign recruits? I love pink, and I’m totally willing to beat some ass in the name of women’s rights!

Hmm. Anyone wanna start an American faction?

]]> By: Kicking ass & taking names: the Gulabi Gang « Sissie Sue http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140540 Kicking ass & taking names: the Gulabi Gang « Sissie Sue Fri, 30 Jan 2009 23:58:37 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140540 [...] Feminist blogger Twisty Faster offers this analysis of the gang and their [...] [...] Feminist blogger Twisty Faster offers this analysis of the gang and their [...]

]]> By: Caro http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140262 Caro Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:34:26 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140262 "I might be fun to do the map widget thingamy again. Although it is my understanding that 99.9% of the pins would be in Oz." Wee bit confused! what is this? A kind of map of where site-users can register? Sorry - am not too internet-savvy!! “I might be fun to do the map widget thingamy again. Although it is my understanding that 99.9% of the pins would be in Oz.”

Wee bit confused! what is this? A kind of map of where site-users can register? Sorry – am not too internet-savvy!!

]]> By: thebewilderness http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140199 thebewilderness Thu, 29 Jan 2009 14:13:53 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2009/01/27/and-now-the-good-news-2/#comment-140199 I might be fun to do the map widget thingamy again. Although it is my understanding that 99.9% of the pins would be in Oz. http://www.clustrmaps.com/ I might be fun to do the map widget thingamy again. Although it is my understanding that 99.9% of the pins would be in Oz.

http://www.clustrmaps.com/

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