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- Thanks for posting your reasons. I don't like the connotation that you have to keep your name to be a "good feminist". There are so many reasons why one might want to change, but for some reason we only hear
(posted to Feminist Crisis?) - I get all that history stuff. But it seems to be about marriage in general rather than about name changing.
(posted to Feminist Crisis?) - I don't think there are specific plots of even genres for a feminist movie. Feminists are in all cultures and find themselves in all kinds of situations. What would make a feminist movie for me is * Characters (male and
(posted to What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire....) - I understand everything you said. I have no answers besides to say: of course you are a feminist. We expect ourselves to be perfect, but none of us are.
(posted to Conflicts in my head.) - A political decision, or political censorship are not the same things as political correctness.
(posted to What's so wrong with being P.C.?)
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- The people who noted that P.C. is often used to stifle dissent are hitting it head-on. But there's another aspect to P.C. that's also problematic, which is the first word-- political. Politics change. How many people decided to throw in (posted to What's so wrong with being P.C.?)
- That comment is so, so, frustrating on so many levels. I am not the best sociologist... but I know that in the United States black culture is different than white culture. Case in point, the norms and mores regarding homosexuality. (posted to What's so wrong with being P.C.?)
- "Australia" does a pretty good job of emulating Nicole Kidman's lusty gaze, which I appreciated... it's so unusual! Usually it's only the women who the camera leers at while said actress is unclad, oiled, and precisely/provocatively-posed... this time, it was (posted to What defines a feminist movie? Ruminations from The Wire....)
- I'm going to have to concur with Tracey T here. More examples: "Lame" and "Uncool." People use them in the same context, one is ableist one is not. "Throws like a girl" and "They can't throw." People use them in (posted to What's so wrong with being P.C.?)
- Don't forget "gypped". I'm sometimes tempted to use the phrase "Indian giver", since the accepted meaning (give something only to take it back as soon as it's convenient) is pretty close to how we (the US and its gov't) treated (posted to What's so wrong with being P.C.?)
