tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post1299874071322979044..comments2024-01-02T22:01:12.976+00:00Comments on Avedon's Sideshow: What is past is prologueAvedonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-24775216219523417622016-02-01T08:31:32.702+00:002016-02-01T08:31:32.702+00:00I don't think Coates is missing the point, as ...I don't think Coates is missing the point, as long as the <i>status quo</i> is preserved he'll be secure in his place as an ever aggrieved pop culture intellectual for a certain type of white progressive. Here Coates is shooting par on the very next hole. <a href="http://www.talkleft.com/story/2016/1/26/18659/8060/Election16/Assuming-the-worst-Clinton-on-Lincoln-and-Reconstruction" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a> Earlier in the round he had sliced one into the rough off the tee but he ended up making an amazing recovery with his second shot. <a href="http://dailyhowler.blogspot.com/2016/01/the-year-of-liberal-hands-full-of-candy.html" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a><br /><br /> CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-31570131671032792262016-02-01T02:22:45.168+00:002016-02-01T02:22:45.168+00:00Coates, reparations, Sanders: a lot of more modera...Coates, reparations, Sanders: a lot of more moderate black activists miss the point that <a href="http://adviceunasked.blogspot.com/2016/01/thoughts-on-race-class-and-wealth.html" rel="nofollow">white supremacism is the ideology of a class system</a>; there seems to be a confusion of class with wealth which badly misses the point.Raven Onthillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634556869209594389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-35974450704384315872016-02-01T02:21:03.450+00:002016-02-01T02:21:03.450+00:00All those largely Christian ideas about virginity ...All those largely Christian ideas about virginity and purity are terribly harmful, and not only to women. At least they are finally coming under examination. Christian feminist Samantha Field has been writing about the women's side of this for some time (http://samanthapfield.com/tag/purity-culture/). I don't know that anyone is covering the men's side of this; it's far too easy for anyone who does to get lumped in with the horrible "men's rights" people.Raven Onthillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06634556869209594389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-88476720167891396782016-01-31T23:18:53.323+00:002016-01-31T23:18:53.323+00:00I was in New Orleans for the Radiators anniversary...I was in New Orleans for the Radiators anniversary and Arcade Fire and the Preservation jazz band decided to have a second line for David Bowie. The crowds of locals shut down the vieux carre. Every time we turned a corner, another section of the parade came into view, with competing rumors of where the parade was headed. Anarchy is bliss.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889702237721743507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-72277239287332341022016-01-31T23:00:20.894+00:002016-01-31T23:00:20.894+00:00Henry Rollins is quite good at deflecting misguide...Henry Rollins is quite good at deflecting misguided questions and redefining the debate.<br />I really like a Bowie video from the old grew whistle test from '72 where he performs Oh you pretty things. Is it science fiction or is it Lovecraft?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02889702237721743507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-76423496097216455112016-01-31T15:47:12.303+00:002016-01-31T15:47:12.303+00:00Sledgehammering for the Borg [LINK]Sledgehammering for the Borg <a href="http://nypost.com/2016/01/30/de-blasio-15-city-hall-staffers-take-vacation-time-to-help-hillary/" rel="nofollow">[LINK]</a>CMikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13481861530761114492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-32780560343043380112016-01-30T15:56:26.606+00:002016-01-30T15:56:26.606+00:00They also have a tendency to think that sex is the...They also have a tendency to think that sex is the worst thing that can happen to anyone who is under the local age of consent, especially if you are a girl. <br /><br />Being raped was pretty traumatic for me, but even that pales next to the way women are encouraged to think that who you've had sex with is a defining characteristic of your life - and therefore, being raped destroys you and everything you are, destroys your integrity, ruins you, etc. This kind of language - which is very common among supposedly conscious people who think they are addressing the issue of rape - is incredibly damaging to women who have been raped. Getting over that crap was what let me heal to the point where I now just think of it as something that happened. It wasn't a nice thing, but it's hardly as if it was the worst thing. The real damage to me was done well before I was ever sexually assaulted, and it was done by the people who were "protecting" me from sex by making sure I was completely ignorant and had no guidance to how to understand it. <br /><br />If my earlier sex life was unsatisfactory, it wasn't because I was too young, it was because I had no choice but to keep experimenting until I finally stumbled on why it was unsatisfactory, and that was a long process. Glad I started early so I could figure it out before I died.Avedonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702100335744054401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-59139489160395711292016-01-30T12:45:38.264+00:002016-01-30T12:45:38.264+00:00Avedon, my dear, you are an absolute treasure. I&#...Avedon, my dear, you are an absolute treasure. I've just started to dig into some of the mind bending links you've posted here. Incredible stuff. Bravo!lightly49https://www.blogger.com/profile/13873610033044440382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-73962932830590584422016-01-30T00:00:36.058+00:002016-01-30T00:00:36.058+00:00Here, to me, is the thing about the "Bernie a...Here, to me, is the thing about the "Bernie and Hillary and the establishment" business: She is a former Senator and a former Secretary of State who gets paid bunches in speaking fees to corporate gatherings. He is a sitting US Senator, a former member of the House, with something like a 40-year history in electoral politics. Which means, if we are to be fair, that they are both members of "the establishment." Here's the difference, and it's a fundamental one, between them: She sees that establishment as what you have to work within and which sets the boundaries of the possible. He sees that establishment as what you have to go beyond to generate pressure (his "political revolution") to make that establishment do what it would not have done otherwise. Which brings to mind a '60s slogan: "Be realistic - demand the impossible." Which is the only way true progress have ever been produced.Lotushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16774266443353774752noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-79720341897614280612016-01-28T04:14:08.151+00:002016-01-28T04:14:08.151+00:00FYI: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Malheur lunatics: ht...FYI: Ursula K. Le Guin on the Malheur lunatics: http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/01/headline_on_malheur_is_inaccur.html<br />(h/t to Mike the Mad Biologist)<br />Bob Michaelsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14772891797480339702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-50920101555591651462016-01-27T05:29:58.484+00:002016-01-27T05:29:58.484+00:00That Salon piece on Bowie and groupies is difficul...That Salon piece on Bowie and groupies is difficult to follow -- they stop identifying whether it's the interviewer or Carol Queen speaking early in the piece. But I think this remark (from the interviewer I think) reveals a lot: "People decrying this want there to be a scenario in which a young actress could go get career advice from Bill Cosby and really get career advice." Well, yes, of course. But it doesn't appear that the girls who had sex with rock stars were looking for career advice from him; they were looking to get laid. Once again it appears that a lot of people have a weird inability to distinguish between consensual sex and non-consensual sex -- or rather, they don't recognize the possibility of consensual sex, so they can't react with anything but panic when a story like this comes up.<br />Duncan Mitchelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05304723745550906958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-36269415308215151962016-01-26T22:33:45.019+00:002016-01-26T22:33:45.019+00:00Yikes, where is the rest of the comment? I also w...Yikes, where is the rest of the comment? I also wrote: I don't think we can count on that meaning that she won't turn around and endorse Clinton. It would be very easy for her to claim that she was referring to the Republicans. Am I just being paranoid, I hope?<br />Om Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567078565827114315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-58802659501384497482016-01-26T22:30:04.391+00:002016-01-26T22:30:04.391+00:00Warren said, "Anyone who shrugs and claims th...Warren said, "Anyone who shrugs and claims that change is just too hard has crawled into bed with the billionaires who want to run this country like some private club."Om Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10567078565827114315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5598883894140893389.post-7283916149922084342016-01-26T21:01:13.116+00:002016-01-26T21:01:13.116+00:00Truly,the hopes that Bernie actually can win make ...Truly,the hopes that Bernie actually can win make me feel better about our electorate.<br />Then I listen to a Trump rally, and am disgusted, also sad.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553541514560319083noreply@blogger.com