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nazza commented on the blog post Dear President Obama, I voted for you as a citizen, not a daughter, wife, or mother 3 months, 1 week ago · View
I wish we could see all human life, regardless of gender, as precious and vital. If we felt that way, there would be fewer wars. We wouldn’t have to see young children senselessly slaughtered to begin a long-delayed national discussion on gun control. In a perfect world, it wouldn’t matter how old, what gender, what [...]
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nazza wrote a new blog post: Feminism’s nervous embrace: male allies 1 year, 2 months ago · View
The stated agenda of many feminist groups is, plainly put, to empower women. Due to unbalanced gender dynamics, wherein most participants are female, attitudes towards men and male allies have been often contradictory and sometimes strained. Never of a sufficient quantity to band together in solidarity, the presence of self-identified male feminists is often short-lived. [...]
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nazza wrote a new blog post: The Southern Belle ideal 1 year, 2 months ago · View
Regional identity may not hold the same prominence it once did, but its distinctions are often extremely pronounced. Since I’ve lived elsewhere, I’ve been able to attain some needed distance and perspective. I still feel as though I am a foreigner, living in a strange land, one with very different societal priorities. Though it has [...]
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nazza commented on the blog post Anti-Feminist Mailbag: F(emin)isting Edition 1 year, 3 months ago · View
Can men fist too? I don’t want to be left out.
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nazza commented on the blog post Book review: Delusions of Gender 1 year, 3 months ago · View
You’re totally right about that. I think my Mom’s rationale in forbidding me toy guns was geared both toward gender equity and also to not encourage violence. I didn’t write about the violence aspect because it didn’t seem to fit with the subject. It’s funny that you mention that you were just as interested in [...]
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nazza wrote a new blog post: Book review: Delusions of Gender 1 year, 3 months ago · View
My mother is fond of telling a story. Her first child, she had me in her early twenties. Highly influenced by the Feminist thought of the 1970’s, Mom was convinced she would raise me quite differently. The first major challenge to her beliefs arrived not far into the process of parenthood. Like the little boy [...]
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nazza wrote a new blog post: Movie review: Black Brown White 1 year, 3 months ago · View
The 2011 Austrian film Black Brown White covers a topical issue that has been prominent in German-language cinema the past few years, human trafficking. Director Erwin Wagenhofer is the latest to contribute to a chorus of cinematic reformers who are heavily critical of xenophobic attitudes. The main character, the truck driver Peter (Fritz Karl), hauls garlic and [...] -
nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
I’m seeking to stay very calm and very even-keeled in my responses. Friend, you are simply reacting to what I am saying. You really aren’t giving me the ability to explain myself. Do you think you would be less a person without your anger? All of us here are on a journey towards self-reflection and [...]
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nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
I promise you, I don’t think forgiveness should be automatic. I think we may be talking past each other here, because we’re not in disagreement. Words alone can be insufficient. If we were speaking in person, I think we’d understand each other better. To use your example about pedophiles, here’s my response. Any forgiveness I [...]
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nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
Should forgiveness BE…
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nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
Regarding your question of forgiveness, in a male context, a few therapists have believed that I ought forgive the person who sexually abused me. Others, both male and female, have thought the same thing. But I find most of the time that the very subject makes others so uncomfortable that people are mainly inclined to [...]
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nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
Forgiveness is a personal thing. And it’s not to be confused as a get-out-of-jail free card. It has to be earned. For the sake of basic health and personal development, I think it does us good to work towards forgiveness. This is my opinion. Imagine if you were judged on the basis of your worst [...]
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nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
You have many valid points. Forgiveness is a process, as you pointed out rightly. The woman I wrote about here certainly wasn’t forgiven overnight. The phrase we use with anti-death penalty work is this: “Imagine if you were judged forever for your conduct on your very worst day.” Again, nothing I read about Hugo makes [...]
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nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
There’s a difference I was seeking to draw. There’s the Ethic of Justice, which concerns rules like equality, reciprocity, and universal rules. This has been applied to Hugo. Then there’s the Ethic of Care, which takes into greater account feelings and close relationships. I don’t know the guy and wouldn’t want to. But assuming I [...]
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nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
people “are to certain words and phrases…” rather.
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nazza commented on the blog post A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
I will be glad to explain why I wrote this piece as I did. The instant I mention “murder” or “rape”, then everything that follows is subservient to the strong emotions those words create. Some people lose all objectivity because, viscerally, those words and concepts make them see red. I’m reading a book now talking [...]
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nazza wrote a new blog post: A study in gender contrast and forgiveness 1 year, 4 months ago · View
I’ve never felt much reason to comment on controversies at other sites. I usually follow my own path and aim for original analysis on other subjects. However, the Hugo Schwyzer controversy over on Feministe has captured my attention. For those unaware, Hugo Schwyzer is a prominent male feminist whose personal life and prior conduct has been considered [...]
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nazza commented on the blog post Faux-serious political ads: Serial killer Mitt vs. Aborted fetal parts 1 year, 4 months ago · View
You ain’t attackin’ my Jesus, friends. He’s too busy feeding the poor and clothing the needy.
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nazza commented on the blog post Shit People Say to Feminists (aka The Inevitable Is Bound to Happen) 1 year, 4 months ago · View
“I know you say you are a feminist, but…”
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nazza commented on the blog post New Yorkers: Boogie down with us at WAM!Prom 2 next weekend! 1 year, 4 months ago · View
I send my heartfelt regrets. Hope you all have a wonderful time!
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