tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post2734217658884132635..comments2023-10-25T11:54:51.377-04:00Comments on Adventures in Estrogen: Dumb White Girl? Here!Lady Estrogenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-90258569352492403392011-10-04T15:57:35.418-04:002011-10-04T15:57:35.418-04:00This is a really complicated post!
We live in Can...This is a really complicated post!<br /><br />We live in Canada; not as harsh as the states. <br /><br />But. <br /><br />I know there are still haters out there. <br /><br />I will just say well done in making us think my friend.Leighannnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09049725790375843473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-53089178037964278682011-10-03T19:35:53.246-04:002011-10-03T19:35:53.246-04:00Hmmm, it's hard to say whether he was justifie...Hmmm, it's hard to say whether he was justified or not, since we don't know his side of the story. Does it sound like he had no reason to portray himself as oppressed? Well, yes. But who knows?<br /><br />I will say kudos to you for even broaching the subject. People are so terrified of offending others (feel free to fill in the blank with any race, religion or political belief you'd like) that they say nothing. Dialogue is good! Keeping it in, not so much.Vesta Vaynehttp://cowardlyfeminist.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-61227107095403240292011-10-03T17:38:45.884-04:002011-10-03T17:38:45.884-04:00LMAO dosweatthesmallstuff--you're so right...I...LMAO dosweatthesmallstuff--you're so right...I'm not touching, because I'm not Em.<br /><br />With that said, Lady E-you always serve it up best!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-7263631621187728942011-10-03T16:08:16.769-04:002011-10-03T16:08:16.769-04:00@Tsaristsa
I totally get that - and I am aware th...@Tsaristsa<br /><br />I totally get that - and I am aware that that is a much bigger problem in the US than in Canada.<br /><br />Trust me, I lived with him - he was not socially hard done by or stereotyped... at all.Lady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-42853805538467140792011-10-03T16:04:04.320-04:002011-10-03T16:04:04.320-04:00The thing is, even though he comes from an affluen...The thing is, even though he comes from an affluent family he probably has to deal with a lot of shit, on a daily basis, just for his skin color. There's a reason why "Driving While Black" is a crime with repercussions and "Driving While White" is not.the Tsaritsahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00679262620541078819noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-43304530261163981432011-10-03T12:27:23.895-04:002011-10-03T12:27:23.895-04:00@Sarah
Hahaha.
If it makes you feel better, this ...@Sarah<br /><br />Hahaha.<br />If it makes you feel better, this happened years ago and I'm still annoyed.Lady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-19592125446140709362011-10-03T12:25:10.021-04:002011-10-03T12:25:10.021-04:00What are you doing inside my head Lady E????
I ha...What are you doing inside my head Lady E????<br /><br />I have a post on the same subject (although a slightly different angle)brewing but I'm too effing angry to write it just yet. <br /><br />Hmmm ..........Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04402703967636964187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-12168850390296077252011-10-03T12:21:29.180-04:002011-10-03T12:21:29.180-04:00@Bre
I really appreciate your perspective.
Really...@Bre<br /><br />I really appreciate your perspective.<br />Really, really :)Lady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-15905827433295130152011-10-03T11:53:26.635-04:002011-10-03T11:53:26.635-04:00i try not to judge people based strictly off their...i try not to judge people based strictly off their race. if i get to know you and you are a jerk, then you are a jerk. not a white jerk or a black jerk or asian jerk. just a jerk. but i am not naive to the fact that people will judge me simply because i am a black woman. it might be because i am Texan and racism is still very much a thing here in the South but i try very much not to let it effect my day to day life. and i don't use my blackness as an excuse to behave ridiculously. it's one thing for your art; be it writing, or painting, or music, to reflect where you're from or what you've experienced, but to just use it as a gimmick is...cheating? i dunno. just not right. i woulda called him out on it too.brehttp://www.brewrites.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-55933301120495770112011-10-03T08:52:41.985-04:002011-10-03T08:52:41.985-04:00Apologizing for the past has gotten old. Did my a...Apologizing for the past has gotten old. Did my ancestors treat others horribly because of their race or creed? That is pretty much a certainty.<br /><br />However, I do not hold those beliefs. I do not live my life in such a way that I demeen or judge people who are different than me. <br /><br />I cannot change the past but I can help change the future . . . but only if my hands are not tied by the past.<br />JennFox in the Cityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12163309708157436213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-79223181795231919732011-10-03T07:45:59.698-04:002011-10-03T07:45:59.698-04:00@Sweaty
Eminem. BAHA!
Umm, yeah... no.
It's ...@Sweaty<br /><br />Eminem. BAHA!<br />Umm, yeah... no.<br /><br />It's a very touchy subject but it really bothered me. It would be along the lines of me focusing all my art on angry feminist perspectives... why? Just because I'm a white woman? I'm not angry nor would I really consider myself a feminist (to the extreme sense of the word, anyway)Lady Estrogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13317661832390573264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-15613089286466987232011-10-03T01:02:12.410-04:002011-10-03T01:02:12.410-04:00Not sure. I DON'T know what it was like to be ...Not sure. I DON'T know what it was like to be him. But I'm sure he dealt with his share of racial prejudice and judgement even with his affluent upbringing. But oppressed? Not sure i would buy that either.Leigh Annhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233706048946454000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6062424955786427474.post-92232577716915198012011-10-03T00:28:42.500-04:002011-10-03T00:28:42.500-04:00Yeah, it's hard to touch this issue without be...Yeah, it's hard to touch this issue without being judged as racist etc.(unless you're Eminem). But I think you've delivered your point well here. It's one thing to acknowledge your roots and history and be proud of it; but to exploit it for any kind of benefit is just plain wrong.Sweatyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07886118636402604168noreply@blogger.com