Archive for September 5, 2012

September 5th, 2012

Recommended Reading #115: Responding to Discord, Pt. II



      “Bullies on the Bus” by Charles M. Blow (Non-Sex-Related, Sociology, Politics, Youth) 6/22/12

I find this an insightful, powerful piece, and indeed I agree with Mr. Blow’s assessment. As I expressed in a piece I wrote in 2010, I frequently see the ugly actions of children as resultant of the example we as adults set for them. I wish us all the strength and awareness to recognize our own patterns and unconsciousness that contribute to such.

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      “When rape jokes aren’t funny” by Julie Burton and Michelle Kinsey Bruns (Gender, Sociology, Psychology) 7/16/12

I will first point out that while I deliberately did not follow very much about this story, my (limited) impression was not that reaction seemeed split down gender lines (which I much appreciate). In the larger picture, it may have seemed so, but I just wanted to mention that to give credit to the noticeable perspectives from (those identifying as) men that I saw. However, the overall offering I perceive in this piece about empathy and experience in the context of the gross socialization around gender and sexuality I see in this culture at this time is, from my point of view, well-taken.

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      “Jodie Foster Blasts Kristen Stewart–Robert Pattinson Break-Up Spectacle” by Jodie Foster (Privacy, Sociology, Fame) 8/15/12

I love this so much I hardly know where to start saying why. I have long found abhorrent this society’s tendency to feel entitled to know about and comment on things that are none of its business whatsoever simply because the person’s life in question is famous for whatever reason. I find this piece beautifully written, I love what it says, am I am so very glad to see someone saying it.


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