The Moon Garden Lounge
Sept 22, 2012 11:19:54 GMT -5
Post by mszue on Sept 22, 2012 11:19:54 GMT -5
Thanks all....I knew I would not be beaten up on....haha...Mika...you missed out on a hell of a party which really did give me a headache!! I do that periodically...gets all my anime juices going....
I can't get into it fully this am as I have to get into 'Raging Grannie' garb to go protest the proposed pipeline from the Athabasca tarsands to BC coastline and Chinese tankers.....
One of the outcomes of education is that while the paid positions are few and far between [and usually distributed to 'friends' and 'family'] there are lots of call for your talents in the 'no pay' zone. I spent yesterday writing up press releases and doing event planning for the Raging Grannies, then writing up minutes up for my choral group, planning and organizing make-up and hair for a theatre group, and then trying to convince another person that I would strongly support her if she would donate her extensive event planning to take on the Concert Producer role that I have no more time for [she is trying in vain to get a paid job in this realm].....sigh...this is the education that nobody values or wants to pay for.
I was just replying to a message from Aleksandrakv and am posting a short part of that reply. We were speaking of the education and her surprise that we have some of the same issues here that she has in her country.
"The education system itself is a victim of cut-backs and a general devaluing of all liberal arts. Science and Business reign supreme.... Ageism is very alive and well but even worse, the patriarchal system is pushing back and there is a concentrated will to push women back into the home. Organized religion is very implicated in this push...but it is not them alone. When resources are scarce [jobs and money], those that have these resources do everything in their power to keep them for themselves, and those in their image. To be older and female are not good things, but with education there is a chance. When education is belittled and denigrated, any advantages open to women are severely curtailed. For me....it is folly and false consciousness in the extreme for women, especially older women, to 'go along' with the anti elitism that is infecting our western society."
I would love to have an extended conversation in this arena as I think it is a really important one....and it is not a big stretch to find ways for it to relate to Adam and the hurdles he is facing...Just as the GLBT community has learned there is strength in numbers and are publicizing their struggles, so must women dive into the fray. Adam is right...there is a civil rights movement going on. But we are too complacent also...Too many thought the fight was over with suffrage and the pill...but hey, the ERA never did pass....surely that was a hint for American women??? How is that not visible?
Gotta get dressed and out of here....haha...
I can't get into it fully this am as I have to get into 'Raging Grannie' garb to go protest the proposed pipeline from the Athabasca tarsands to BC coastline and Chinese tankers.....
One of the outcomes of education is that while the paid positions are few and far between [and usually distributed to 'friends' and 'family'] there are lots of call for your talents in the 'no pay' zone. I spent yesterday writing up press releases and doing event planning for the Raging Grannies, then writing up minutes up for my choral group, planning and organizing make-up and hair for a theatre group, and then trying to convince another person that I would strongly support her if she would donate her extensive event planning to take on the Concert Producer role that I have no more time for [she is trying in vain to get a paid job in this realm].....sigh...this is the education that nobody values or wants to pay for.
I was just replying to a message from Aleksandrakv and am posting a short part of that reply. We were speaking of the education and her surprise that we have some of the same issues here that she has in her country.
"The education system itself is a victim of cut-backs and a general devaluing of all liberal arts. Science and Business reign supreme.... Ageism is very alive and well but even worse, the patriarchal system is pushing back and there is a concentrated will to push women back into the home. Organized religion is very implicated in this push...but it is not them alone. When resources are scarce [jobs and money], those that have these resources do everything in their power to keep them for themselves, and those in their image. To be older and female are not good things, but with education there is a chance. When education is belittled and denigrated, any advantages open to women are severely curtailed. For me....it is folly and false consciousness in the extreme for women, especially older women, to 'go along' with the anti elitism that is infecting our western society."
I would love to have an extended conversation in this arena as I think it is a really important one....and it is not a big stretch to find ways for it to relate to Adam and the hurdles he is facing...Just as the GLBT community has learned there is strength in numbers and are publicizing their struggles, so must women dive into the fray. Adam is right...there is a civil rights movement going on. But we are too complacent also...Too many thought the fight was over with suffrage and the pill...but hey, the ERA never did pass....surely that was a hint for American women??? How is that not visible?
Gotta get dressed and out of here....haha...
I really don't know how it will all shake out - maybe Billie Joe will regret losing his temper - he's getting bad press from it. (Amusingly a lot is of the 'tut tut' variety from people claiming to be former punk fans and bemoaning poor behavior :
