I got an e-mail last night that got me thinking. It was from someone who’d taken exception to the language I used in my latest “Dear White People…” post. At issue were many interrelated things, but one primary concern expressed to me was my choice of the pronoun “you” when I spoke to and about [...]
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H said I should post about these, because, well, we both think they’re neat. I think I got really interested in the past few years in breakdancing and in popping and the various related (martial?) arts because I happened upon a link to the Korean commercial that features breakdancing. You know the one. Here’s the biggest problem. People don’t like to be told they’re incorrect (I sure as hell don’t – I instantly start evaluating just how big the set of people it is I will have to notify of my wrongness, among other things). This obviously gets in the way when having conversations about anything at all, and [...] I won’t give specifics, but I want to say that H is my best friend and co-conspirator and am very happy to have her in my life. The mere fact that when I am feeling most at sea and most doubt my own sanity, I can talk with her and be reassured that I am okay [...] It seems to me that this kind of system could be used for other -isms aside from sizeism, but the folks over at Big Fat Blog have a new scoring system for blog entries and other Internet sources that support reader comments. The scoring system is based on both the tenor of the original article/post/entry [...] Okay, so maybe I should rename my blog to Angry Halfbreed Queer Chink or something. When it comes down to it, after the anger or frustration subsides, what I’m left with is disappointment. (I should note that I am trying to recover from a bout of food poisoning today, so if I sound/read a bit off, that [...] Now, believe me, I know y’all are largely intelligent, curious, moral (or at the very least, expert, differently moral) people. I know that you are good at your chosen professions and passionate and ecstatic at your chosen hobbies. I know that you are capable people who really wish to and by and large do do [...] For the iBook or PowerBook (at least – try Crucial’s Memory Advisor™ tool and see if you come up with DDR PC2700 type memory and you may also be able to use it). Details below the link/cut: |
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