Monday, November 24, 2008
Ignorance is Astounding Yet Again
Recently, it came up in a conversation that I was not straight. The woman I was talking to looked at me in astonishment and said, "But you don't *look* gay!" Then she proceeded to say she didn't understand how relationships between women could possibly be emotionally or sexually satisfying.
She said in her experience, a woman needed a man with a penis in order to have a good romantic relationship. I explained that not everyone feels that way all the time, but she just didn't get it.
How hard is it to understand that some people who may not look stereotypically queer might need or choose to have same-sex relationships and might find them satisfying?
--Curly
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Busy Moms Revolt
I was flipping through a food magazine the other day and noticed an advertisement for detergent. Food can drop onto clothes and tablecloths, so it makes sense that there are such ads in a food magazine. But the caption stopped me.
It started off by saying how quick-acting this detergent was and then explaining that that’s why “busy moms” choose this product.
Busy moms? Are they the only ones doing the laundry? What about dads? Or are they too busy with their jobs to help out at home (which includes by implication from these kinds of ads cooking, child-minding while cooking and eating, doing laundry, shopping for household products, etc.)? And is this detergent not good for people without kids, too?
You may think I am overwrought about this. But I have noticed many, many such ads that focus on moms, especially busy ones. Are we still at a point in time where women (especially mothers) are responsible for the home?
--CurlyMonday, November 17, 2008
Writers' Rants
--Pru
Monday, November 10, 2008
Not in the Spirit
--Curly
Thursday, November 6, 2008
A Peevish Professor Speaks Out--And Suffers for It
I guess I'm happy he's the one who penned it and I did not. That's because he really suffers some strongly-worded negative comments from readers. I guess not everyone takes peeves and rants with the consistent good humor Curly and I do! ;-)
--Prunella
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The Elders of Zion are at it Again
“Remember that the one thing countless millions of people around the world “know” about the United States is that it is controlled by a cabal of white bankers and Jews who use police with fire hoses to repress blacks.”
I still remember when I lived in a country in Europe and was asked, in a very serious tone, “You’re Jewish, right? So is it true that Jews own and run America?” The person who asked me this genuinely wanted to know.
A century after the Protocols of the Elders of Zion, why do we still have to deal with these stereotypes and accusations?
--Curly
Saturday, November 1, 2008
In the Pink or Seeing Red?
--Curly