thread: 2006-04-06 : I roleplay with my penis
On 2006-04-10, Jonathan Walton wrote:
Dude, Vincent, if you're gonna talk about me, at least use my name so I can respond back. I did you that favor. No harm, no foul, but please.
Thanks.
Jonathan "Girly" Walton
I think the annoying/awkward/great thing about all this discussion is that people are trying to talk about important gender issues while making fun of those same issues. This is 1) the problem with talking about gender and 2) one of the only ways to really talk about and dismantle cultural institutions as absurd and invasive as sexism and racism.
But then nobody's quite sure what's a joke and what represents people's real feelings. And certain jokes or words don't fly with certain audiences. Jess has issues with "macho." Vincent digs "macho" but thinks "girly" is ridiculous. I'm cool with "girly" in reference to guys but not girls. But, under all that, I think we're still communicating and saying some valuable stuff.
Where is this going? Who knows, but it'll be all the better for us having had these conversations.
