tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270542955068469131.post7385573895364237911..comments2023-06-22T05:34:31.489-07:00Comments on NamLyd: ‘Ole ‘Ole to the Loud Annoying Feminists Out ThereNamLydhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00303411148892958745noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270542955068469131.post-82056717773174388052013-03-06T04:50:01.946-08:002013-03-06T04:50:01.946-08:00Great blog post! You might be interested in what ...Great blog post! You might be interested in what Rita Banerji has to say. She's a prof in India, and writes a lot about infanticide and gender issues in India. Her site is The 50 Million Missing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270542955068469131.post-10022379798246572472013-03-06T01:40:18.444-08:002013-03-06T01:40:18.444-08:00It is important to be a positive role model. It ju...It is important to be a positive role model. It just isn't AS IMPORTANT as actually working to make systems more equitable or less cruel to women. Band aids are important. They are just not as important as anti-septics for a festering wound. I feel that the way we are going may in fact be detrimental as more as more women let themselves off the hook with the claim that they are fighting the quiet everyday battle. The policies we most need for example are not ones you'll necessarily take to your individual home. Making obstetrics emergency care a priority is one example. I hate to over-argue it but I really believe that once we look way beyond ourselves, at the whole society and judge scale and depth of particular problems including ones we are not at risk of, we will all come out with the same priorities. NamLydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303411148892958745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270542955068469131.post-28242904521784568112013-03-06T01:23:40.718-08:002013-03-06T01:23:40.718-08:00It has to happen concurrently. It is one thing to ...It has to happen concurrently. It is one thing to have the laws in place, on paper, and quite another for women to be empowered enough to be taking them home, living by them, demanding that others live by them. So while I agree that that fight is important, and that we can do more actively (we can absolutely do more, especially those that have the means to) I don't think it's fair to imply that the quiet, everyday battle is not as important. And I don't believe it only happens with 'middle class' women either. There are women at every level of society taking the reins, and their example is important.Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008496869695096442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270542955068469131.post-56405179717998096042013-03-06T00:37:42.529-08:002013-03-06T00:37:42.529-08:00Which women are we talking about? The middle class...Which women are we talking about? The middle class girl who already is privileged and would probably have turned out right with or without feminism? Notice that Tamale for instance is not calling on the girls to wear dreadlocks and scream girl power. She is doing research that screams at the system to provide more equality because in most of this country women's inequality mets out such things as death and physical over and above low self-esteem. Women die in child birth where a $15 anti post-partem bleeding drug could saved each life. Only it is not on the government's essential drugs list. We need to sort that our before we let ourselves go into the feminism of self esteem.NamLydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303411148892958745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270542955068469131.post-81445479091680450892013-03-06T00:13:45.240-08:002013-03-06T00:13:45.240-08:00Couldn't agree more, Mildred. We won't all...Couldn't agree more, Mildred. We won't all be marching on the streets and we shouldn't discount the value of people growing up seeing women quietly demonstrate their strength and ability. It's an important part of the fight, if not as loud. And while I applaud the Tamales of this world, their message is moot if other women who aren't quite as loud are not taking that message home to their everyday lives. And even though changing tyres is the easy example thrown around, it goes further than that.Inkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14008496869695096442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270542955068469131.post-62056946678872800022013-03-05T22:53:00.329-08:002013-03-05T22:53:00.329-08:00Mildred; in this society, so much more needs to be...Mildred; in this society, so much more needs to be done. Maybe we need a better image to show what the gentler sisters change because to me children growing up in an environment where tires get changed seem so privileged that what impact you are having with them seems so little. How about this, let us talk about the middle class Ugandans who pay the school fees of disadvantaged girls. My parents have raised about 7 other children who are not their own. 5 of them are girls and it is no accident. Now that is no fire but all powerNamLydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303411148892958745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-270542955068469131.post-57750836094829667702013-03-05T22:35:21.867-08:002013-03-05T22:35:21.867-08:00I’ve enjoyed the fire in this post and I prefer th...I’ve enjoyed the fire in this post and I prefer the shit kicking, bullshit ripping feminist myself. But let us not undermine the magic of our gentler sisters. Not everybody has Tamale’s kind of fire and it’s not only fire that can achieve change. Sometimes, fire even stops people listening. <br />We humans need better examples, less dependent/ self-conscious women because of how impressionable we are. If this tyre changing lady is positively influencing the girls and boys and men around her, well this is me singing OLE OLE for her too. <br /><br />That said, fuck slacktivism and laziness and this is a good slap to all of us keyboard feminists. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com