Someday Jessica, I will garner enough support to be able to invite you to Utah Valley University to speak. We have a small but wonderful Gender Studies program, and we could use some speakers like yourself. I have sent the (posted to Come see me in Berkeley, CA!)
It seemed pretty obvious to me that it was satire. The cheesy laugh track the way it's filmed make it feel like an Saturday Night Live fake commercial. I took it as the makers of this film poking fun at (posted to Cause sexism is <em>hilarious</em>)
People should not have to apologize for noticing that a woman is beautiful or that a man is handsome and paying a just compliment. We just have to be cautious that we are not judging the quality of their character (posted to Sebelius confirmed!)
I'm not trying to answer for Jessica, but I have had this discussion with friends abstractly and the best answer that we came up with is that taking the argument to the other side is the only way to change (posted to Adventures in conservative media (Laura Ingraham edition))
"Also, let’s just consider the menz for a minute, can we? Think about it. You’re some poor guy who donates your organs for the purpose of showing the world how very macho and heterosexual you are, and then you die (posted to There has to be a better way to promote organ donation)
I completely disagree. I think addressing them is a way to fight them; how else can we condition ourselves to recognizing it, and help others to do the same? It's these messages within the media that promote objectification of women, (posted to There has to be a better way to promote organ donation)
Radical love, I think, is still going through the process of being defined. However, if you want to see some great discussion on that very question, I recommend checking out: http://flipfloppingjoy.com/2009/04/03/radical-love-what-is-this-nonsense/ As to your second question - I don't think (posted to There has to be a better way to promote organ donation)
At me the revolutionary offer in general was born - to replace all books and textbooks in the world with nurseries, not to spoil in a brain to mankind the unnecessary information. And in general, the report has liked, has (posted to Come see me in Berkeley, CA!)
