Culture and Society 2021
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In the sense of the darkest possible humor...It is possible that not enough abortions are being performed.
It's crossed my mind before lolnein51 said:
In the sense of the darkest possible humor...It is possible that not enough abortions are being performed.
The group is currently all mom volunteers. This person would have been a 100% increase in, you know, dads, on a parent advisory board.
Heather Knight
@hknightsf
The SF school board tonight spent two hours talking about whether to allow a gay dad of mixed-race SFUSD kids to volunteer for one of several empty seats on a parent advisory group. Their problem was that he's white and doesn't bring diversity to the group. 1/2
Heather Knight
@hknightsf
The SF school board tonight spent two hours talking about whether to allow a gay dad of mixed-race SFUSD kids to volunteer for one of several empty seats on a parent advisory group. Their problem was that he's white and doesn't bring diversity to the group. 1/2
So I had a couple minutes and read some of the responses. They are straight up wild. Like some portion of Twitter is living in a completely different universe than the rest of us.
It's spreading like wildfire
Here's the thing (for me). If you want to get implants and even reassignment surgery then more power to you, I dont get it, but whatever. If you want to dress up like a woman then by all means. I dont care who you have sex with. None of that matters to me a bit.Doc Holliday said:
It's spreading like wildfire
I take issue with:
1) that somehow I am "phobic", the definition of which means excessively afraid of, because I happen to think men have a ***** and women have a vagina, which is true for something like 99.45% of people living in the US. Im not afraid of people pretending to be something they arent. Im not afraid of you, I dont have a phobia, Im just not interested in *****es no matter who they are attached to. I have one, I dont need yours to play with, Im an old pro with the one I've got.
2) the absolute delusion that dressing like a woman makes you an actual woman. That is literal crazy talk. It might make you a pretty man in a dress but it doesnt make you a woman.
3) convoluting genetic anomalies with preference or actual mental health issues.
4) normalization of the abnormal. Again, totally up to you if you want to dress up like a girl, but, I dont have to pretend it is normal or help further your delusion.
5) the notion that somehow if, as a straight male, you manage to present yourself as enough of a female that we go on a couple of dates, things start to get heated and you take off your clothes and there is a ***** Im supposed to be ok with that...and if not then Im transphobic (see also #1). I would consider that a lie or a trick if the first time the pants come off you're like "oh, by the way", as if there simply wasnt a way to tell someone before it gets to that point. No different that any number of things you might tell a partner before getting naked with them. Though I also wonder how that happens since like 95% or more of them are clearly dudes.
6) what transgenderism does to actual men and women vis a vis reducing or eliminating anything that makes us special.
7) statements like trans women are women...no, they most assuredly are not. They are people, worthy of love and affection. They are humans who deserves basic human rights and freedoms. They are not, however, women.
Many more I suppose but it's yelling at clouds I suppose.
And now she's looking into suing.
https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/woman-who-used-gorilla-glue-in-hair-goes-to-st-bernard-parish-hospital/
https://nypost.com/2021/02/07/woman-who-used-gorilla-glue-in-hair-goes-to-st-bernard-parish-hospital/
Is Hollywood the least tolerant society in the world??? Geez.
You have to at least be left of Barack Obama to be included?
Lucasfilm Drops 'Mandalorian' Star Gina Carano Following Offensive Social-Media Posts
Gina Carano has also been dropped as a client by UTA, an agency spokesperson confirms
Gina Carano putting boop/bop/beep in her name after the Twitter mob was angry she wouldn't put her pronouns in her bio will always be legendary
You have to at least be left of Barack Obama to be included?
Lucasfilm Drops 'Mandalorian' Star Gina Carano Following Offensive Social-Media Posts
Gina Carano has also been dropped as a client by UTA, an agency spokesperson confirms
Gina Carano putting boop/bop/beep in her name after the Twitter mob was angry she wouldn't put her pronouns in her bio will always be legendary
Some people are just victims. Regardless of skin color.
Since most black women are with black men any pressure they feel to look more white is likely coming from people of their own skin color. Only 5.5% of black men marry white women and they are twice as likely as black women marrying white men.
That pressure, therefore, is not a function of race.
Might be interesting to see how the pressure of beauty effects white women and black women. I suspect it's pretty equal.
Also, somewhere a horse wants its tail back. That pony tail is a literal pony tail...as Willie D said
Since most black women are with black men any pressure they feel to look more white is likely coming from people of their own skin color. Only 5.5% of black men marry white women and they are twice as likely as black women marrying white men.
That pressure, therefore, is not a function of race.
Might be interesting to see how the pressure of beauty effects white women and black women. I suspect it's pretty equal.
Also, somewhere a horse wants its tail back. That pony tail is a literal pony tail...as Willie D said
nein51 said:
Some people are just victims. Regardless of skin color.
Since most black women are with black men any pressure they feel to look more white is likely coming from people of their own skin color. Only 5.5% of black men marry white women and they are twice as likely as black women marrying white men.
That pressure, therefore, is not a function of race.
Might be interesting to see how the pressure of beauty effects white women and black women. I suspect it's pretty equal.
Also, somewhere a horse wants its tail back. That pony tail is a literal pony tail...as Willie D said
She's 40 years old, not 14. At some point you have to accept and appreciate who you are and not worry what social media/society/etc says.
Oh for sure. She's an idiot and she knew better. Now she is embarrassed which is understandable. If someone else is to blame she's not as big of an idiot.
Fighting the true enemies...
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The Blues Foundation has rescinded Kenny Wayne Shepherd's 2021 Blues Music Awards nomination for Best Blues Rock Artist over his use of the Confederate flag.
"The decision to rescind the nomination was based upon continuing revelations of representations of the Confederate flag on Shepherd's 'General Lee' car, guitars and elsewhere," The Blues Foundation explained in a statement announcing the decision.
Everyone already knows Vegans are ******nozzles. No real surprise there.
I really loved "Hoosiers" partly because it was done with former HS basketball players who were pretty good.BaylorFTW said:Following this logic, actors couldn't do any role unless they had previously worked that job or came from that exact background (ethnic, cultural, etc.). This would mean all sports movies could only be done with former professional athletes. This would also mean that gay actors couldn't play straight roles. And they couldn't reboot movies with "modern casts" because it would be cultural appropriation or not authentic.Jack Bauer said:
Might as well start this thing. This year should be a doozy.
I remember Dev Patel played the character of David Copperfield without any riots but...
This is a case of feelings getting beyond reality. When you get down to it, the whole point of being an actor is to take on a different persona or a range of different personas. If you are just playing yourself, you are not really acting.
Wouldn't need to be done with former professional athletes unless it portrayed professional athletes, but you really can tell the difference when they use a real basketball player to play a basketball part, they look real.
I've been given such freedom and abundance I'm going to use it to beat you over the head with guilt and outrageous social perspectives.
That appears to be in inverse proportion to their propensity to heed Walk/Don't Walk signals.Jack Bauer said:
What???
(Cue the old joke that if you happen to walk down a street in Frankfurt at 3AM, without a car in sight anywhere, a German will be standing on the corner waiting for the light to turn green before he walks across the street).
There's probably a joke here about how democrats don't think you can cross the road on your own but, unfortunately, it appears they really do think that.
The Left - "We need to have an honest open conversation about race".
10 mins later - "No, we can't have THAT conversation about race. You're fired."
Sharon Osborune fired from The View for... not defending Princess Meghan.
It's now racist to even question a (celebrity) POC's story.
10 mins later - "No, we can't have THAT conversation about race. You're fired."
Sharon Osborune fired from The View for... not defending Princess Meghan.
It's now racist to even question a (celebrity) POC's story.
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Sharon Osbourne has exited "The Talk" after an internal review over on-air comments about racism and allegations of racially insensitive behavior behind-the-scenes.
"The events of the March 10 broadcast were upsetting to everyone involved, including the audience watching at home," CBS said Friday in a statement. "As part of our review, we concluded that Sharon's behavior toward her co-hosts during the March 10 episode did not align with our values for a respectful workplace. We also did not find any evidence that CBS executives orchestrated the discussion or blindsided any of the hosts."
"At the same time, we acknowledge the Network and Studio teams, as well as the showrunners, are accountable for what happened during that broadcast as it was clear the co-hosts were not properly prepared by the staff for a complex and sensitive discussion involving race," the statement continued.
The network said it would coordinate "workshops, listening sessions and training about equity, inclusion and cultural awareness" for the hosts and crew during the show's ongoing hiatus. "The Talk" will resume live episodes on Monday, April 12. Representatives for Osbourne did not immediately respond to TheWrap's request for comment.
The controversy surrounding Osbourne kicked off after the March 10 episode, in which the host came to the defense of longtime friend Piers Morgan after he was criticized for making disparaging comments about Meghan Markle. Some critics, including Osbourne's co-host Sheryl Underwood, said Morgan's words where racially motivated (Markle, whose mom is Black, is biracial), leading to an on-air meltdown in which Osbourne said she felt like she was "about to be put in the electric chair" for having a racist friend.
Osbourne has apologized for the episode, writing in a lengthy statement on Twitter that she "panicked, felt blindsided, got defensive & allowed my fear & horror of being accused of being racist take over."
However, she has taken a more combative stance in subsequent interviews, most recently blaming the show's producers for intentionally blindsiding her with the segment about Morgan, calling it "the biggest set up ever" in an interview with ET.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/03/25/oral-roberts-university-basketball-deserve-cancel-culture-golden-knights-column/6994502002/
In what has been called a Cinderella story, Oral Roberts University has made the Sweet 16 in NCAA March Madness. However, some in the crowd have been cheering for them to be banned rather than for them to win.
In the most recent example of cancel culture, the mob has been coming after ORU mocking their name, history and beliefs as bigoted or homophobic. Some have even gone so far as to call for the NCAA to restrict such Neanderthals from playing, others saying they should be "pariahs, not heroes."
I spoke to the students of Oral Roberts University in 2019, in the times when we used to gather together in big groups. When I was there, I saw thousands of students passionate about their faith, their education and their desire to make a difference in the world. Such religious faith motivates all kinds of good actions our culture wants, from disaster relief to Eric Talley, the officer who bravely gave his life running into the mass shooting at a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado, this week.
In what has been called a Cinderella story, Oral Roberts University has made the Sweet 16 in NCAA March Madness. However, some in the crowd have been cheering for them to be banned rather than for them to win.
In the most recent example of cancel culture, the mob has been coming after ORU mocking their name, history and beliefs as bigoted or homophobic. Some have even gone so far as to call for the NCAA to restrict such Neanderthals from playing, others saying they should be "pariahs, not heroes."
I spoke to the students of Oral Roberts University in 2019, in the times when we used to gather together in big groups. When I was there, I saw thousands of students passionate about their faith, their education and their desire to make a difference in the world. Such religious faith motivates all kinds of good actions our culture wants, from disaster relief to Eric Talley, the officer who bravely gave his life running into the mass shooting at a King Soopers in Boulder, Colorado, this week.