tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post3141230194238703057..comments2023-10-26T14:01:08.426+03:30Comments on Orange Tangerine: A touch of patriarchy blamingOrangehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-9602422549084291212007-08-04T07:13:00.000+03:302007-08-04T07:13:00.000+03:30Blame on!Blame on!momohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12149328149132703479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-58169976273343172102007-08-02T13:52:00.000+03:302007-08-02T13:52:00.000+03:30No. "No, but we have a beauty pageant." Because ...No. "No, but we have a beauty pageant." Because that's much less patriarchal, and so much more empowerful than actually ranking women on their sexbotiness.<BR/><BR/>And as for the first item--did it ever occur to any of those shocked people that perhaps women are subjected to male opinions pretty much non-stop? That the implications of living in a patriarchy are, among other things, that womenNaryahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05369280617520806983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-81118306176353383762007-08-02T03:50:00.000+03:302007-08-02T03:50:00.000+03:30Oh. My. God.I would like to proclaim, "I can't bel...Oh. My. God.<BR/><BR/>I would like to proclaim, "I can't believe this!" But, I CAN believe it. Sadly.Bobitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09671826623140228982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-90668942577585879352007-08-02T00:18:00.000+03:302007-08-02T00:18:00.000+03:30I can't remember where I read this -- in a socioli...I can't remember where I read this -- in a sociolinguistics textbook, I think -- but the linguist Otto Jesperson is alleged to have based his study of women's speech patterns on the reported speech he found in D. H. Lawrence's novels. D. H. Lawrence being, as you well know, a man. He also wrote that women's speech was 'simpler' than men's and that women, though quicker readers and faster on the Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-4269631109923324852007-08-01T22:30:00.000+03:302007-08-01T22:30:00.000+03:30PK, I absolutely stole the word "empowerful" from ...PK, I absolutely stole the word "empowerful" from Twisty at I Blame the Patriarchy. It's typically used when a woman claims feminist empowerment from pole-dancing, stripping, posing nude, wearing stiletto heels, etc. (Hope you like the book!)Orangehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433254398377357737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11109864.post-24703516326433671782007-08-01T09:29:00.000+03:302007-08-01T09:29:00.000+03:30I'm mostly speechless, except to say that I'm tota...I'm mostly speechless, except to say that I'm totally using "empowerful" in a sentence tomorrow. Somehow.<BR/><BR/>I'm running on 3 hours sleep so I can't remember--did I tell you I picked up the book? Yay!Psycho Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05633634991906191853noreply@blogger.com