I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
quote:My first advice to you is to not think of it in that manner. Feminism, if it is to be respected and successful as it should be, should not be a "challenge" or some sort of aggressive gesture. Glorify the positives, such as the strength women have within them, the ability to harness an element that brings fear and turn it into an artistic tool, or even simply the ability to perform physical acts of agility and endurance that until just a few decades ago were expected only of men. In a group of like-minded individuals a more confronational approach might be acceptable, or even celebrated... but if your goal is to spread a message to those who don't already feel the same way you do, well, you attract a lot more flies with honey (or however that saying goes).
any pointers on how I can challenge the sexualization/ objectification of wymyn
What hits the fan is not evenly distributed.
There is a slight possibility that I am not actually right all of the time.
"Here kitty kitty...." - Schroedinger.
The optimist claims that we are living in the best of all possible worlds.
The pessimist fears this is true.
Always make time to play in the snow.
Luv 'n' Lemons
purity :: clarity :: balance
quote:Really? I must have been watching the wrong men then... again.
Have you ever watched a man spin? That's not sensual.
Posh ravers wear ties.
quote:Does this make them Feminist (to gain equal standing with all known people in a currently masculine dominated world thus finding true equality) or Male Haters (Female Chauvenists perhaps? Not sure of the exact term!) who at the end of the day are every bit as bad as the Male Chauvenist Pigs that we are forced to share our world with?! And do some ladies (sorry can I say that cuz it has LAD written in it) seem to think that something like a spelling actaully counts for diddley?!
Originally posted by polythene:
Some feminists don't like it being spelled woMAN or woMEN.
Let's relight this forum
quote:I had heard somthing along those lines, I believe it was formed around pagan religions which were based around cycles of the moon and sun, and women tend to be more in tune with that than men hence made better priestesses(sp?). Therefore they had a higher standing in the comunity. But then again you shouldn't beleive everything you read on the web!
Originally posted by Custom Bug:
And I'm not sure if it's true or not, but I was told a few years back that the first term given was Woman' and that the word Man was originally a derivative of Woman! Has anyone else heard of this?
quote:I was under the impression that the word 'woman' was derived from 'man with a womb' or 'womb-man.'
Originally posted by Custom Bug:
And I'm not sure if it's true or not, but I was told a few years back that the first term given was Woman' and that the word Man was originally a derivative of Woman! Has anyone else heard of this?
A warrior always returns to the fray. He never does so out of stubbornness, but because he has noticed a change in the weather - Paulo Coelho
What hits the fan is not evenly distributed.
Pele
Higher, higher burning fire...making music like a choir
"Oooh look! A pub!" -exclaimed after recovering from a stupid fall
"And for the decadence of art, nothing beats a roaring fire." -TMK
Wisdom calls aloud in the street, she raises her voice in the public squares; at the head of noisy streets she cries out, in the gateways of the city she makes her speech:
I was always scared with my mother's obsession with the good scissors. It made me wonder if there were evil scissors lurking in the house somewhere.
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and good with ketchup.
**giggles**
quote:Um, I couldn't find that one in my post. I deeply, truly appreciate your suggestions, but I feel like I need to save face by saying that I do do my fire art for myself, and that my drive to feminize/politicize my art is my own and no one else's.
Originally posted by Pele:
However, what struck me most about your opening statement is that you said "someone told me...".
Using the keywords [feminist fire show *] we found the following existing topics.