11.1.11 Adam MTV Must Follow Artist!!

, Aurora!!!

Adam seems to be back in LA, but he is still good for some news in NY. This poster had made news over the weekend, but now it is in a Manhattan magazine too. Useful for both Adam as well as The Advocate, imo. That guy who put up that poster is obviously receiving a ton of request for interviews from various media.

www.dnainfo.com/20111101/chelsea-hells-kitchen/desperate-buyer-plasters-chelsea-with-posters-seeking-adam-lambert-mag

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Regarding the PC debate surrounding the B-word:

I take intent of speech very much into consideration too. I think that is important. And I realize of course that those areas that require a more legalistic approach to what is allowed and what is not, cannot do that in the same way because including intent of the speaker in your evaluation turns this into a completely subjective matter. So media usage, school rules, official work environment (especially with customers, vendors, own employees), etc, I think there is no other way than to be somewhat overly PC about all this.

But I do have to say that I took this situation here to be a bit different. This is just a blog and we are talking among friends and fan-site members and about somebody who we all agree - nobody blinks about calling him scum. So, in my mind, calling him also a bitch or a girl was in this case internal speech and understood as that. I admit that this is a slippery slope, but I just feel an environment like this should be a bit more free.

On the question, does using such language infiltrate perception and change anyone's mind about females: On topics that address perceived incompetence of females, i.e. 'dumb blondes comments', etc. where unjustified role perceptions are paramount, yes I think this is a problem.

But on the topic of nasty behavior towards each other, I believe the expression here pretty much matches reality, as far as I can tell, so I see no reason to pretend it is otherwise. I have usually worked better in an environment with either more men or at least half men. For me, purely female work environments can be hell. My personal experience has always been that women are significantly more catty, cliquish, back-stabbing, isolating and adversary in nature than men. So you want to add bitchy to that list, I am not going to complain, because I think it is true. So, sometimes language can unfortunately speak the honest truth. So, if there are certain men (gay or not, I don't care one bit) who exhibit these behaviors and somebody calls them out on it, so be it.

This is for me not a question of PC, this is a question of calling the kettle black. I think that Perez is a 'bitch' in every sense of this word, demonstrating negative nasty behavior towards the people around you and beyond that the expression works even going back to the promiscuous spit-licking dog days.

Btw, a typical male environment has other problems, it is not such that there one superior than the other, but the culture that develops among a group of females is very different than among a group of males and I have no problem seeing that acknowledged in speech.


Again YMMV and therefore
I'll go now and find myself a couch to hang out while this post hits this mostly female audience.