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[fightingthecage]

Because I am all about the spam today, obviously (promise I'll stop after this, promise promise)...


This time from arabwel

1. Are you a feminist?

Hahaha, I'm going to get strung up for this.

No.

I'm just...not. And not because I want to get married and have kids and be a housewife and live in a nice house etc - that's actually my worst nightmare. Just because - it wouldn't occur to me to think of myself as oppressed for being a woman. Maybe it's because I've rarely been in any situation where it's an issue.

For the most part, if a dude was to look down at me because of my sex, I'd just laugh in his face and call him an asshole. I wouldn't stand there and try to justify why I'm equal to him because a) he wouldn't be worth it, b) we're not equal - I would clearly be superior simply because his asshattery would have just proven it and c) arguing my corner would simply give him a chance to air his caveman-like opinions.

As for the actual bit of feminism where women campaign for equal rights and go on marches etc - well, good on y'all, I say. I just...I don't know. Maybe I should get involved but I just don't care enough. If I ever felt a need to become a feminist then maybe I'd be one but right now, the whole concept just seems weirdly alien.

And besides - why go on marches etc to prove I'm equal to men when I already know I am.

2. How important are clothes/shoes/other outward apparell to you?

On me or on other people? Um. I wear whatever I want really and don't give a damn what anyone else thinks. Having said that, I don't buy clothes from cheap shops. Most of my stuff is from Gap or Tommy Hilfiger or something, which I get when I'm in America. It's not something I really think about - I live in jeans. The fact that they're good jeans is not something that registers.

On men - yeah, ones that wear good clothes stand out more to me than ones that don't. But I'd never turn down a cute, interesting guy just because he doesn't wear designer labels. So...clothes etc aren't important but they are more likely to get my attention.

3. What is your dream house like?

Large. Airy. Heaps of space and set in a lot of land. Isolated, where I can do whatever I want without anyone nearby to bother me. That'd be awesome.

Apart from the dream place in New York City. Then it'd be full of books and near a nice coffee shop - probably in the Village where lots of other interesting people live. Or the Upper West Side where there are some awesome bars.

4. Do you have a favorite dessert?

Many! One ultimate favoutite - toffee apple pecan pie. Warm, with single cream. Guh. Just perfection.

5. If you could punch one person in the face, living or dead, who would it be?

My buddy Ryan in LA. He's the most infuriating, annoying, pain in the ass in the world.

Of course, I love him to death. But that doesn't mean that I don't want to smack him really really hard a lot of the time. :D

Comments

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

ypu know, if this was feminist people would be shrieking at you to "check yuopur privilege!!!" anmd so on before you got slapped down for being anything but overtly PC yes-womyn...

but to gpo past that... you have to take me to one of those pubs when I come to the UK :P I wanna try that dessert.

ahem, moving on... yeah, I agree with you, the problem is, however, that the media and sociwety in genewtral objectify women more - when you see a product aimjed for women, the ads donpt have scanitily-clad men. unlike when it is the other way arounf. *grimace`*

I also agree about the touching thing and the slapping thing.

the problem with thwe world is that more people arenpt like you - taht is why feminism or general egilitarianism is needed :(

sorry about being so horribly incoherent about this :P

[fightingthecage.livejournal.com]

Hmmm...see over here? There are plenty of adverts with products aimed for men and women that feature scantily clad men. And...hell, practically every advert with any product aimed at young people features somebody with half their clothes off. It's just...what happens. No one thinks anything of it.

I am so tempted to go to that comm and post there, just to see what people say. :D Might be entertaining, but I probably won't bother.

You're not being incoherent at all. Nice to have a proper discussion for once.

[arabwel.livejournal.com]

Interesting - my wexperience is diefernet, but then again, I am not exposed to that much advertising. (I donpt watch TV; for one) however, the one problem people bring up often is that the men are nto used as objects of 2use product, get him" like women are, more like "Use product, be him and get ther girls" sort of a way.

The problem is that they moderate mebership v. strictyly - it is a wonder I am in, being also a member of anti_feminist and [Unknown site tag] but apparently my internet CHA is high enough to manage to BS my way through their weeding out unsuitable people-thing. but oh, I would pay good money and bring overttr tthe popcorn for that one. :P

Whee. Am glad... i suck at arrticulating my thoughts because, le gasp, I tend to get emotional andd frustrated easily. Oh so very womanly of me *snerk* i am not veryt academic sort of a person, am afraid... (which is funny, because I used to want to spend my life in the hallowed hallsw to get a PhD. decided to screw it after dropping out of HS.. too much work)