February 2012
14 posts
marypose asked: 1. Might wanna clip the banner width a bit so it fits right. 2. I would delete a post like that too to save face after realizing that I severely misunderstood criticism for praise. xD
bluepeets asked: I love how Producer Matthew deleted his follow up post that included the link to your blog. I mean, really?!
Student Activism has a great follow-up piece to a... →
producermatthew:
Definitely check it out, lots of good points made.
Let’s be clear about some of the opinions or topics posted on here: They aren’t meant to be an accurate representation of my opinion, just something to get you thinking in a different way. If something I post provokes thought, dialogue or debate, it’s doing its job.
When the “dialogue” your posts are provoking...
Sigh. →
producermatthew:
So we’re all just going to ignore the fact that Jeremy Lin used the word “Chink” in his Xanga username in 2004, right?
Just wanted to be clear, since, you know, we’re firing ESPN headline writers for being insensitive and criticizing ESPN anchors for using the word during play-by-play.
At what point do we draw the line between “acceptable use” and...
Obama Can't Stop Making Stupid Sexist Jokes About... →
If Obama’s children were sons, he wouldn’t be talking about using industrial super locks on them when they got to high school. He wouldn’t be musing about his plans to keep his kids from talking to girls when they got to college. He wouldn’t be threatening Selena Gomez with predator drones. He just wouldn’t.
A Father. « Student Activism →
marypose:
Imagine a father gives his teenaged daughter a lovely carved wooden box. Imagine she puts her diary in it, and letters she’s written to her friends, and letters they’ve written to her. Imagine she puts photos in it, and keepsakes, and mementoes…
Imagine he makes a fire. Imagine he methodically burns it all. Imagine he presents her with the ashes…
How is that different from this?
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“So, I would say that a feminist ally, or a feminist man or a man with feminist...”
– This, for instance, which I also included in my statements about “jizz in the face” was left out from the piece at The Atlantic.
I won’t bore all of you with the string of statements I made but I wish this one had been included. Because yeah, this is where I stand on the topic.
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“Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have found out the...”
– Frederick Douglass (Happy Birthday!)
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