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Re: BendDesk is a Workstation and Multitouch Computer in One

mariva — Sat, 26 Oct 2013 08:00:08 -0000

Could this thing be turned into a digital piano?

Re: Chomsky: The Internet is full of people who can’t read and want to talk about sandwiches

mariva — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:32:29 -0000

Was it good?

Re: Chomsky: The Internet is full of people who can’t read and want to talk about sandwiches

mariva — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:28:43 -0000

But you're on the internet right now, eh?

Re: ‘Vice’ co-founder Gavin McInnes explodes at woman who claims she can be childless and happy

mariva — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:25:20 -0000

Could be his dad.

Re: ‘Vice’ co-founder Gavin McInnes explodes at woman who claims she can be childless and happy

mariva — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:19:28 -0000

Just another bigoted idiot in the so-called "men's rights" movement.

Re: ‘Vice’ co-founder Gavin McInnes explodes at woman who claims she can be childless and happy

mariva — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:18:17 -0000

This. Now that atheism is popular, evo-psych pseudoscience has replaced "God" as a rationalization to oppress women.

Re: ‘Vice’ co-founder Gavin McInnes explodes at woman who claims she can be childless and happy

mariva — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:12:22 -0000

What does your wife say?

Re: ‘Vice’ co-founder Gavin McInnes explodes at woman who claims she can be childless and happy

mariva — Thu, 24 Oct 2013 17:53:29 -0000

Really good point. Modern work breaks up families and communities. Not good for anyone except for the elite.

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Fri, 18 Oct 2013 23:55:39 -0000

Maybe it's pointy and stabby, like a Gin'tak spear (http://en.memory-alpha.org/....

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:32:26 -0000

Eh, he's not that smart.

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:30:50 -0000

Marmalades!

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:29:24 -0000

Yeesh, I don't want those priests anywhere near a smaller human, even if it's a potential human!

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:28:11 -0000

The Klingons make dildos? Do they sell them at Good Vibrations? Curious Star Trek fans wanna know.

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:21:42 -0000

"Created"? That's very telling language for a so-called atheist to use. The uterus was "created" by whom, exactly?

I'm an atheist, and I acknowledge that lots of (male) atheists are sexist douchebags whom I want nothing to do with.

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:18:59 -0000

That's because kittens really are cute. (Also, puppies.)

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Thu, 17 Oct 2013 01:18:12 -0000

And even if a fetus were a baby, it wouldn't matter. A woman has autonomy over her own body and what is inside of it.

Re: “Babies Are Cute” And Other Non-Starter Arguments For Forced Childbearing

mariva — Tue, 15 Oct 2013 15:08:15 -0000

Judy, this is as feature, not a bug, of their ideology. They don't want women to be happy, independent, and fulfilled. That would upset their world order.

Re: 11 Colors You've Never Heard Of

mariva — Fri, 11 Oct 2013 08:24:43 -0000

I was thinking the same thing.

Re: Chinatown Is The Next Frontier For Ellis Act Evictions

mariva — Sat, 28 Sep 2013 13:18:02 -0000

Yes, homeowners are protected from eviction -- unless, of course, a bank (wrongfully) forecloses. Unfortunately, this happens all the time.

Re: What Did Discussing The Walking Dead TV Series Online Teach Me About White Privilege?

mariva — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:02:06 -0000

I'll give the writers the benefit of the doubt with regard to washing clothes. Taking clothes from stores and homes -- especially in populated areas -- isn't worth the huge risk that taking food and medicine is. (And it's burdensome to carry.) But you are right in that there's no reason for women exclusively to be responsible for that particular task. The characters even joked about it: "I'm starting to question the division of labor here."

But I agree on all your other points. I don't know whether the writers simply didn't know that Plan B doesn't abort pregnancies -- which would be unacceptably ignorant on their part -- or whether they were trying to demonstrate that *Lori* didn't know, which could be the case given the backasswards nature of what passes for sex ed in the American South. Of course, if it were the latter, then I don't know why someone else didn't correct Lori on it.

Overall, I loved the first season of the show -- especially the pilot episode -- and it's been disappointing after that.

Re: What Did Discussing The Walking Dead TV Series Online Teach Me About White Privilege?

mariva — Sat, 08 Dec 2012 20:13:40 -0000

That's a really good question. I've seen some good results in science fiction shows, as well as in David Simon's work (_The Wire_ and _Treme_).

Re: What Did Discussing The Walking Dead TV Series Online Teach Me About White Privilege?

mariva — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 23:33:51 -0000

Thanks for taking the time to write this more nuanced response.

Personally, I didn't get the impression that DeVega was caricaturing white viewers (or white writers). This was just his (her?) opinion based on his/her experiences and body of scholarship (whatever you may think of it).

Just so you know, I happen to disagree with DeVega's analysis of Glenn -- I don't see Glenn as a stereotypical "Hop Sing" character at all -- but I'm not willing to out-of-hand dismiss all of DeVega's opinions and analyses of race in the context of TWD. I agree with DeVega with regard to the discomfort of finding that there can only be one black male character at a time -- and this is set in the American South, no less!

Further, in this article, DeVega is outlining the dismissive and often disrespectful responses that s/he received in his/her other essays.

I don't think it's clear at all that Andrea and Michonne had a lesbian relationship. This show is pretty blatant, so if they had, it would have been mentioned, referred to, or shown -- so I'm sticking to my original belief that there are no LGBT characters in the show.

I'm not saying that there has to be an LGBT character, but these days, most other big-name shows do feature at least one. One would think that within a random assembly of a huge cast of characters, an LGBT person would show up at some point. (I guess there's the doctor who performs experiments on walkers in the Governor's basement lab -- but he's not really out per se, and he's certainly not shown in a relationship.)

Anyway, I'm not sure why you're so riled up about DeVega's essays. Why does this bother you so much?

Re: What Did Discussing The Walking Dead TV Series Online Teach Me About White Privilege?

mariva — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:24:40 -0000

Chip on your shoulder much?

Re: What Did Discussing The Walking Dead TV Series Online Teach Me About White Privilege?

mariva — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 21:20:39 -0000

That's nice, dear.

Re: What Did Discussing The Walking Dead TV Series Online Teach Me About White Privilege?

mariva — Fri, 07 Dec 2012 02:16:43 -0000

Many of these comments are proving DeVega's points.

If it's any consolation to you, Mx. DeVega, I feel the same way about the treatment of women on this show. And not a single LGBT character? Really? The closest we got was that creepy prison inmate assuming that Carol was a lesbian because she had short hair. Wow.

There's so much that I enjoy about this show -- but its treatment of women and minorities (or its erasing of them entirely) is very disappointing.