"We play at paste,
Till qualified for pearl,
Then drop the paste,
And deem ourself a fool.
The shapes, though, were similar,
And our new hands
Learned gem-tactics
Practising sands."
-Emily Dickinson
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This will make quite a few of my friends happy.
“I hate this wretched willow soul of mine, patiently enduring, plaited or twisted by other hands.” - Karin Boye
I missed, unfortunately, the conversation on lesbianism, which I was sort of (sort of) nervous/happy to hear in the office.
I don’t think it is a mistake that a joke about woman-beating followed a conversation on lesbianism.
The joke itself was followed by repeated protestations/prostrations about how no-one was being serious and how they are just not interested in being “PC.”
They said that as if it were in fact the punch-line; as if their non-PC stance made it okay to tell a totally fucked up joke.
I don’t have delusions about men. I know that men hate me. I also know hate speech when I hear it. The lesbians (at least 3! yay!) in my office can joke about lesbianism. But no-one should joke about beating women.
Even if he hadn’t said it and still held those beliefs, he wouldn’t have harmed me in this instance. But his saying it directly harms all of the women in the office (and women generally) by reinforcing totally fucked up thought patterns under the guise of humor.
@1 year ago“Queerer Than Thou is a comedy that tackles the age-old question of Who is the queerest of them all?. With a cast representing many diverse aspects of LGBT/Queer communities, Queerer Than Thou explores the boundaries of identity, and the tensions that frequently exist along these borderlands. Through off-beat humor and a surreal dance-off finale, Queerer Than Thou pokes fun at LGBT/Queer communities from within. This unique and amusing critique of identity politics has screened at over 30 film festivals world wide and continues to screen at colleges throughout the US.” (Submitted by halfright)
I missed, unfortunately, the conversation on lesbianism, which I was sort of (sort of) nervous/happy to hear in the office.
I don’t think it is a mistake that a joke about woman-beating followed a conversation on lesbianism.
The joke itself was followed by repeated protestations/prostrations about how no-one was being serious and how they are just not interested in being “PC.”
They said that as if it were in fact the punch-line; as if their non-PC stance made it okay to tell a totally fucked up joke.
I don’t have delusions about men. I know that men hate me. I also know hate speech when I hear it. The lesbians (at least 3! yay!) in my office can joke about lesbianism. But no-one should joke about beating women.
Even if he hadn’t said it and still held those beliefs, he wouldn’t have harmed me in this instance. But his saying it directly harms all of the women in the office (and women generally) by reinforcing totally fucked up thought patterns under the guise of humor.
