tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.comments2023-10-12T09:26:40.610-06:00thinking differencethinkingdifferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comBlogger122125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-78896750145572761282011-02-13T15:55:51.574-07:002011-02-13T15:55:51.574-07:00Thumbs up.
I like your way of thinking and your a...Thumbs up. <br />I like your way of thinking and your ability to spread the message.Bjarkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-10285027476276993832010-12-20T06:02:55.336-07:002010-12-20T06:02:55.336-07:00Twink, bear, lipstick lesbian, chapstick lesbian, ...Twink, bear, lipstick lesbian, chapstick lesbian, baby dykes, bi-curious, sexualy 'open', pansexual, asexual... or even just "they" :)leehttp://l_pelrine@hotmail.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-72272053371279608442010-12-06T19:54:48.040-07:002010-12-06T19:54:48.040-07:00Really great piece - short & beautifully to th...Really great piece - short & beautifully to the point. More and more of my friends are leaving work to stay at home and I'm hearing this sort of a statement more and more. I cringe when I hear it and often struggle w/ how to respond. I really appreciate your piece b/c it articulates so well what I've been struggling w/ and I think it's really important to have dialogues about this! Thank you!cb10noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-20517092696854858292010-12-03T13:35:56.246-07:002010-12-03T13:35:56.246-07:00What you forgot to mention was that kohn was actua...What you forgot to mention was that kohn was actually a rational cosmopolitan. He neither ignored nor underestimated the power of difference in making of a nation. Hence I disagree with your analysis!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11435788871827166928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-34741596042866701312010-11-01T17:06:40.912-06:002010-11-01T17:06:40.912-06:00I agree with your statement about women in this (m...I agree with your statement about women in this (my) generation being against abortion. They can choose to never have one or have one- but to be against the law is ludicrous. The government shouldn't be allowed to tell anyone what to do with their body. That's what it's about to me. <br /><br />And truer words couldn't have been said: "Students used to represent the commitment to critical thinking and reason (I know, a heavy concept, but maybe it's time to reclaim it). Not anymore. <br /><br />Not since the university has become the labor-processing plant, serving the needs of governments and industry. Critical thinking is a dying breed - nobody needs it anymore"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-65774094201711646552010-05-15T11:52:40.256-06:002010-05-15T11:52:40.256-06:00...welcome....
.of course democracy is complicated......welcome....<br />.of course democracy is complicated...and imperfect..and boring..and some time anoyng..and you are right that our ideas are part of ideological systems and hierarchies of power..acording with ideas what we know , and with ones that we don't know....but if you try to imagine a tipe of sistem that , teoreticaly, can determine..intentionaly...what we think...that is scary....<br />the democratic answer...is the diversity....<br />and i am sure that you can be free...if you realy want that...and if you are ready to change your life...<br />..knowing that "the way we think about the world supports particular distribution of resources"...means that your mind is free.....the rest will follow....maybe....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-17871121128154098482010-05-14T18:22:47.664-06:002010-05-14T18:22:47.664-06:00the right to follow your own ideas is also dangero...the right to follow your own ideas is also dangerous one. it comes down to what type of ideas you have - if you are a sociopath, you'd better not follow your ideas... <br /><br />ignoring one's ideas didn't work very well when it came to fascism. and i don't think it works when it comes to racism, sexism, nationalism. <br /><br />i think democracy is way more complicated than 'everyone is free to think whatever they want'. we are not free, we are often manipulated. our ideas are part of ideological systems and hierarchies of power. the way we think about the world supports particular distribution of resources. social life is not that simple...thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-71080830835226388102010-05-06T13:18:28.732-06:002010-05-06T13:18:28.732-06:00..maybe this is not a conservative attitude..maybe.....maybe this is not a conservative attitude..maybe this is democracy...the right to ignore the others...and the right that everyone had to follow his own ideeas... and not know what anyone else think about'it..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-42890350741108799222010-03-13T15:34:38.328-07:002010-03-13T15:34:38.328-07:00For me (I don't have kids, so this is theoreti...For me (I don't have kids, so this is theoretical), it's a matter of trust. The US daycare system is just so scary...every day, some new story of food poisoning or injury, or far worse. That, coupled with the fact that it's often more cost effective to just stay home seems to form many decisions on this matter.Jillianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01792137126898623243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-13005609706370179532010-03-12T17:12:01.859-07:002010-03-12T17:12:01.859-07:00Thanks, I'll check her blog! And thanks for ad...Thanks, I'll check her blog! And thanks for adding this to the post, it's really informative! <br /><br />I grew up thinking a good parent wants the child to socialize and learn how to deal with other kids from a very early age. Precisely because early infancy was so important, I thought you want your kid to learn the 'rules of social interaction' (including failure) as soon as possible.thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-79689193624132810352010-03-10T19:46:41.988-07:002010-03-10T19:46:41.988-07:00Hah, it's cool that you wrote this post today,...Hah, it's cool that you wrote this post today, so soon after Ginmar (a terrific radical-feminist blogger on Livejournal) wrote <a href="http://ginmar.livejournal.com/1873975.html" rel="nofollow">her encyclopedic post</a> on the "satanic panic" of the 1980s and its relationship to the anti-feminist backlash of that era.<br /><br />Gender norms, along with the cult of motherhood and the cult of the nuclear family, go a long way toward explaining the distrust of day care as something only a Bad Mother would ever need, as does the cyclical pattern of progress toward women's liberation and backlash against it.<br /><br />I think another major cultural factor contributing to people's distrust of day care in the US is a loathing of anything communal or collectivized, held over from the Cold War. <br /><br />There's also the idea that infants' brains are infinitely malleable, so whatever you do/whatever environment you give them when they are tiny babies, toddlers and preschoolers will determine how smart, happy, outgoing, etc. they will be as older children, teenagers and adults. (So, of course, you wouldn't want to trust a --- gasp! --- STRANGER with your child at such an all-important time in his/her life!) Social mobility and class status also come into it: Barbara Ehrenreich wrote a really interesting book in the 1980s called <i>Fear of Falling</i>, which was all about the nagging insecurities that plague apparently well-off middle-class white people, especially on the subject of their children. We have so much invested, as a culture, in the idea of a meritocracy: that where a person sits in the socioeconomic hierarchy reflects directly on their intelligence, work ethic, creativity etc. When you couple this with the idea of child development I mentioned earlier --- i.e., that early infancy is the key to everything --- you can see how this period in life might be particularly fraught in U.S. culture, even above and beyond the natural instinct to keep one's young children close by.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-9710415891504616032010-02-24T11:45:04.035-07:002010-02-24T11:45:04.035-07:00in the end, i decided to leave a comment. a facebo...in the end, i decided to leave a comment. a facebook page is, after all, a public space within your network of friends.thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-22161637209635483202010-02-09T10:52:25.668-07:002010-02-09T10:52:25.668-07:00I will report it because there are rules and regul...I will report it because there are rules and regulations governing such issues. In the first place such thing shouldn't have happen because we all know it's against the terms and conditions of facebook usage.free online virtual worldshttp://www.wiglingtonandwenks.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-46980922772194565882010-02-02T16:53:27.028-07:002010-02-02T16:53:27.028-07:00Why not to leave a comment and communicate textual...Why not to leave a comment and communicate textually in public as we do on blogs?Sarahttp://anthropologyasawayofbeing.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-91941416974419214482010-02-02T16:41:18.847-07:002010-02-02T16:41:18.847-07:00This has happened to me and after much deliberatio...This has happened to me and after much deliberation I decided I needed to make a short comment. I awaiting the anticipated backlash and I was surprised at the supportive comments I received. Only one person felt an appropriate response to my comments was 'BNP BNP BNP'... It has become my 2010 policy to remove anyone from my friends list who displays such attitudes!DiversitygirlLaunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-83747553886006657562010-01-17T18:43:40.956-07:002010-01-17T18:43:40.956-07:00I do not need any generic roots, past and ascendan...I do not need any generic roots, past and ascendancy to know who I am, how I look like, what I can do and what I cannot. I am aware that my own preferences are really 'my own', and sometimes not even shared with my close family. I have my own, personal past, I remember the street where I grew up and my grandparents' stories. I have my network of friends that grew from those I made in kindergarten to those I made throughout the rest of my life. As for my culture, I wouldn't know how to define 'culture' in the first place. I do not take pride in collective accomplishments or symbols; they are not "mine" like a sort of a property, nor did I contribute to them.thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-88466703606628749152010-01-16T16:33:42.456-07:002010-01-16T16:33:42.456-07:00Aren´t you missing your cultural identity, feeling...Aren´t you missing your cultural identity, feeling yourself a citizen of the world? What about your roots, past and ascendancy?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-24071386345295539792010-01-15T16:38:34.746-07:002010-01-15T16:38:34.746-07:00*sigh* i'm afraid sharky has been gendered - m...*sigh* i'm afraid sharky has been gendered - male... :( i'll try to post a photo in a future post.thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-56445821665527306582009-12-22T16:18:27.594-07:002009-12-22T16:18:27.594-07:00Whoa, that is weird.
I am similarly undecided on ...Whoa, that is weird.<br /><br />I am similarly undecided on the utility of reclaiming insults, just because reclaiming them only changes <i>your own attitude</i> toward them. Calling yourself a bitch, or a dyke, or anything else in an ironic way might make you feel better about the words, but it doesn't change any of the social conditions that made those words hateful in the first place.<br /><br />So, yes, I get the appeal of reclaiming words, and wouldn't tell anyone they <i>can't</i> reclaim words, but I'm not sure it has any significance beyond the individual level.<br /><br />Also, Sharky sounds adorable! Do you have any pictures of it? (I almost typed "him," since usually when I name things I also gender them. But you did not specify a gender, so I decided to stick with "it").<br /><br />And I say this as someone who generally does not like cars at all.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-80937920660065008232009-11-06T01:53:17.921-07:002009-11-06T01:53:17.921-07:00indeed this is a clever writing, and I don't m...indeed this is a clever writing, and I don't mean just style. good points from start to end. as a feminist, I am really concerned with the male definition of values and rightful behaviours. you made me really interested in reading Foucault!Ana Ghicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11940572708905965079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-23703937805387125262009-10-12T06:39:15.723-06:002009-10-12T06:39:15.723-06:00thank you for this entry. now i know what ideology...thank you for this entry. now i know what ideology interpellates individuals as subjects mean =D!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17492504744735358722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-76896955223374148732009-09-29T23:09:04.827-06:002009-09-29T23:09:04.827-06:00Hi!
Congratulations! Your readers have submitted ...Hi!<br /><br />Congratulations! Your readers have submitted and voted for your blog at The Daily Reviewer. We compiled an exclusive list of the Top 100 sociology Blogs, and we are glad to let you know that your blog was included! You can see it at http://thedailyreviewer.com/top/sociology/2<br /><br />You can claim your Top 100 Blogs Award here : http://thedailyreviewer.com/pages/badges/sociology<br /><br />P.S. This is a one-time notice to let you know your blog was included in one of our Top 100 Blog categories. You might get notices if you are listed in two or more categories.<br /><br />P.P.S. If for some reason you want your blog removed from our list, just send an email to angelina@thedailyreviewer.com with the subject line "REMOVE" and the link to your blog in the body of the message.<br /><br />Cheers!<br /><br />Angelina Mizaki<br />Selection Committee President<br />The Daily Reviewer<br />http://thedailyreviewer.comThe Daily Reviewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12672829965149297647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-19208029214036044782009-08-29T00:33:21.841-06:002009-08-29T00:33:21.841-06:00Very well written.
Thanks,
Karim - Positive think...Very well written.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Karim - <a href="http://www.affirmationsforpositivethinking.com/" rel="nofollow">Positive thinking</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-10385392677661584662009-06-22T01:01:35.400-06:002009-06-22T01:01:35.400-06:00i don't know why it seems easier to attack the...i don't know why it seems easier to attack the opponent... i was just watching an analyst talking about politicians attacking each other. the analyst was making a distinction between 'political' and 'non-political' attacks. but can we even draw such a line?thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8193897285881648383.post-26652128286732935352009-06-09T16:58:22.028-06:002009-06-09T16:58:22.028-06:00right. but he didn't think of stupidity as bei...right. but he didn't think of stupidity as being associated with, say flowers or trees. but with women. that's part of the connotation...thinkingdifferencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04793349270097291638noreply@blogger.com