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Comment on This is too good for a title by emma

emma — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:05:20 +0000

gurl, i’ve a feeling that you’d both love and rock at growing your own produce. tomatoes, esp, are really easy and you can do it easily even without a proper yard. herbs (esp mint and sage) are super easy, as are salad greens, kale and chard. (plus it’s way cheaper than the farmers market!)

Comment on Musings on feminism, the instinct to do right, and our parents’ role in developing it by happyland

happyland — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:29:06 +0000

Alissia, you bring up a really really good point, a lot of the stuff that has occurred to me as I learn more and more about this. What is womanhood? Who is allowed in the club? I call myself woman but I hate stuff like shaving my legs, plucking my eyebrows, or anything that is “girly” (For myself, of course, other women can do what they want, I don’t care), but some of those things may be stuff that other people use to help identify as the gender (They may not have been born as). I wonder about that, because that’s not what being a woman means to me. Is it perpetuating the stereotypes I strive to destroy? But am I saying there is only one way to be a woman? Shouldn’t you have a right to define it for yourself? Aren’t you beautiful? The short answer is I think you (General “you,” not you – Alissia) should do whatever the fuck you want to align your appearance with the image that you have of yourself in your heart, but I want people to also know that you don’t have to look to conventions to define beauty.

The points you bring up are exactly why he should don the mantle…as an example of what a true feminist looks like. A lot of people misunderstand and misuse the word…and the folks who outright abuse it are not truly feminists.

The history of movements neglecting certain groups within them is a long one. Feminism wasn’t always acknowledging of the plights of women of color. And as I learn more, I wonder where transgendered people are going to fit into the whole thing.

The point is feminism should be class, race, and sex (But not gender!) blind. Transwomen are feminists and transmen are feminists. Anyone who says otherwise, or who who tries to deny you “entrance into the club” for your “level” of womanhood is someone who could do with even just the first day of a Women’s Studies intro class.

Thank you for the dialogue! Discussions like this are a great way to discover, explore, and synthesize information.

Comment on Musings on feminism, the instinct to do right, and our parents’ role in developing it by Alissia Rose-Pait

Alissia Rose-Pait — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 21:02:29 +0000

I gratefully applaud your dad and your family. That he does not ‘own’ the word feminist does not bother me. I am more bothered by those who either claim the mantle without the actions and deeds, or worse yet those who claim it but them pick and choose who is allowed into ‘their’ club.

I have met you a few times in places where those of us who are non-conforming (to put it mildly) gather. We who are often eliminated from feminism and sometimes from womanhood in general. We are still discriminated against, and it will be a long fight. We have made progress though. Those like yourself, your brother, and your parents are the new generation, not isolated by age, but freed by open mindedness and acceptance that not everyone fits in the same box.

This is a wonderful tribute to your father and your family, and I apologize for kind of hijacking it to rant. You should be proud of them, and most of all proud of yourself.

Alissia

Comment on Because hipsters heart hip hop too by Dj Stereotype

Dj Stereotype — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 23:26:08 +0000

Track List Edit:
Space Cadalack – What (Remix)
Black Bird – Come On
Awol One & Factor – Celebrate
Dark Time Sunshine – E.R (Feat. Maggie Morrison Of Digitata & Lookbook)
Existereo & Deeskee – Cry Me A River
Mestizo – Let It Spray
Rheteric – Hard Feelings
Ceschi – Fallen Famous
60 Watt Kid – Golden Travels
Busdriver – Man Baby (Prod. By Flying Lotus)
Dibiase – Supaguilty (Instrumental)
Cleen -Amilli
Tobacco – Fresh Hex
Gajah – The Fiz
Intuition – Al Bundy
Rough Kids – Why So Serious
MC – Sirah And Dj Hoppa
Open Mike Eagle – Unapologetic (Feat. Nocando)
Bizzart – Ghost (Nobody Remix)
Baths – Maximalist
Mika Miko – I Got A Lot (New New New)
Ratatat – Party With Children
Halloween Swim Team – Numb (Kid Astro Remix)
Ex Patriots – Small Obsession
2Mex – Elizabeth On The Bathroom Floor
White Fence -Destroy Everything
Pizza! – Griffith Park Fire
Michael Nhat – Outlaw

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Comment on If I told you half the crazy things I’ve seen, you wouldn’t believe most of them by Lessons for Violin - I want to play the violin again but do i still have a chance to play a beautiful tone?

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Comment on If I told you half the crazy things I’ve seen, you wouldn’t believe most of them by happyland

happyland — Thu, 06 May 2010 04:33:59 +0000

Well, there’s lots of these kinds of dudes around…so I dunno if it was the same one. Was this in Santa Monica? Chubby white guy?

Comment on If I told you half the crazy things I’ve seen, you wouldn’t believe most of them by richm

richm — Thu, 06 May 2010 03:44:10 +0000

I know the guy you’re talking about! He ran up to our secretary in the parking garage and started enjoying himself all over her car window! She locked the doors and called the police, apparently he’d done that to other women in the parking garage as well!