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Showing posts with label patriarchy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label patriarchy. Show all posts
Monday, July 22, 2024
Wednesday, February 28, 2018
OFF FACEBOOK!
Yep, I've closed, logged out, and don't see any reason to let those ads and those algorithms be part of my life any more.
I posted (well shared a post from 3 years ago) that popped up, and it was a black woman sculptor with her work, a nude man and woman not showing anything really controversial. And after all, I'd posted it 3 years ago.
Then I was frozen out, could share other people's posts, and read them, but wasn't allowed to post anything on my own.
After an hour, where I reported it that I couldn't post on my own timeline, and when I observed a couple of underwear-clad women with other people's faces superimposed upon them, I decided that the kids running FB were not only patriarchal misogynists, but also racists. No way I wanted to continue to be part of that organization.
So I'm following two of my sons' footsteps and not going to be on Facebook any more.
And that means I won't get those cute messages which it also runs.
I can still receive texts on my phone line.
I can still receive and send emails.
I can get my news of the world on various news apps.
But no longer deal with that narrow set of strictures, which became narrower and narrower.
So friends, see ya in the funny papers!
I posted (well shared a post from 3 years ago) that popped up, and it was a black woman sculptor with her work, a nude man and woman not showing anything really controversial. And after all, I'd posted it 3 years ago.
Then I was frozen out, could share other people's posts, and read them, but wasn't allowed to post anything on my own.
After an hour, where I reported it that I couldn't post on my own timeline, and when I observed a couple of underwear-clad women with other people's faces superimposed upon them, I decided that the kids running FB were not only patriarchal misogynists, but also racists. No way I wanted to continue to be part of that organization.
So I'm following two of my sons' footsteps and not going to be on Facebook any more.
And that means I won't get those cute messages which it also runs.
I can still receive texts on my phone line.
I can still receive and send emails.
I can get my news of the world on various news apps.
But no longer deal with that narrow set of strictures, which became narrower and narrower.
So friends, see ya in the funny papers!
Sunday, October 16, 2016
Human, or ?
Human...over on YouTube, an extended version.
Or just check out some snippets from it, which Ronni Bennett introduced me to over on her blog HERE.
Thanks to Ronni, once again for giving me something positive to ponder in the midst of so much that seems difficult to think about, or even consider.
Just what is it all about, anyway? I hope some thoughtful people will begin to see that this movement with D.T. at the lead, is important to learn from. I don't have the answers.
But I do know dissatisfaction with status quo isn't enough for this kind of sanctioned crass behavior.
Every election has had that dissatisfaction, and trying to find the faults in each candidate by opponents...but really!
I tend to believe like a lot of women do, that the crumbling of the patriarchal power structure is going to leave a big gap. We need to seriously think about how we want to rebuild with equity for all. Hey, I still think that's what America stands for.
And for more pleasurable (and much shorter) enjoyment through YouTube, here's 5000 years of European map changes...well done in just 10 minutes! The History of Europe.
Today's Quote:
Or just check out some snippets from it, which Ronni Bennett introduced me to over on her blog HERE.
Thanks to Ronni, once again for giving me something positive to ponder in the midst of so much that seems difficult to think about, or even consider.
Just what is it all about, anyway? I hope some thoughtful people will begin to see that this movement with D.T. at the lead, is important to learn from. I don't have the answers.
But I do know dissatisfaction with status quo isn't enough for this kind of sanctioned crass behavior.
Every election has had that dissatisfaction, and trying to find the faults in each candidate by opponents...but really!
I tend to believe like a lot of women do, that the crumbling of the patriarchal power structure is going to leave a big gap. We need to seriously think about how we want to rebuild with equity for all. Hey, I still think that's what America stands for.
And for more pleasurable (and much shorter) enjoyment through YouTube, here's 5000 years of European map changes...well done in just 10 minutes! The History of Europe.
Today's Quote:
Sometimes our
light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with
another human being. Each of us owes the deepest thanks to those who have
rekindled this inner light.
Dr.
Albert Schweitzer
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