I keep thinking it's Friday. And my particular person has womanly parts.
I guess I'm just excited because I move to Oceanside tomorrow into my first apartment with a roommate.
Today has been, huh, a day, lemme tell you.
It started with watching tv with my mother. (LAST DAY LIVING THERE!)
My trial for a red-light ticket that I did not commit was today. So on our way to that, my mother and I stopped for lunch. Well the place we stopped at ended up taking 35 minutes to get us our food and we almost left without our food. I can't be late to court! They ran out the door after us and gave us twice the amount of money than what we paid and then also our sandwiches. (Later we ended up returning all of the money they handed us because we did eventually get and eat our sandwiches,) So we rush to court and we're waiting forever. Then when the cop came over and sat next to me and started talking to me (After I had specifically stated to him and the judge that I preferred NOT to speak with the officer) and my mother leaned over and said, "No," pointing across me and at him. He looked at her and sternly pointed his finger at her and told her (quite rudely), "Stay out of this!" I told him to please go away and that I did not wish to read or sign the forms he had. He then told me that he would have to read the forms for me later (they were my rights) if I did not read them for myself and sign that I read them. I told him " Okay." Once he walked away I told my mother, "Read them out loud to me, hmm, you know, as if it's your JOB or something." The case was dismissed because I was obviously not the person in the red-light camera.
Came home and packed my car up with all 6 bags of my clothes into the backseat and then set down my back seats so I could have more room in my trunk for tomorrow.
After the lesson, I scanned in the documents that my Honors Program needed and I argued a bit about gender inequality and how I think they should be more balanced out; and not narrow mindlessly voting for only women or only men, but for BOTH! Read the following and if after seeing from my point of view you still see error, feel free to comment and tell me where you disagree.
I raced off to my music lesson with this lovely older lady and made my doctor's appointment or tomorrow afternoon.
I was promoting herself.com and said "This is beautiful. Now if there was a place where everyone could have professional portfolios to show that they aren't ashamed to be who they are. Oh wait, why can't we all just accept that we're all equal, and not feel the need to share nude photos of ourselves to prove that we all have the same parts and are all equally as beautiful and strong as the next person. Oh..right..this is reality where the world is twisted. I am not a feminist. Feminist means that women should gain more recognition, etc. But no, men do too, but not to be more macho, but to be less if they so please. Society has created these standards, these expectations.......it's time to Break those standards, Break those expectations. Yes, most of us happen to match up, but not everybody does: it does not matter what race or gender. There should be equal recognition.
Someone else (SimWeis) commented saying: "'Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies that share a common stated aim: to define, establish, and defend equal political, economic, cultural, and social rights for women.This includes seeking to establish equal opportunities for women in education and employment. A feminist generally self-defines as advocating for or supporting the rights and equality of women.'"
I told SimWeis that all I read from that was "Etc, etc...for woman." "...define, establish, and defend equal political rights FOR WOMEN...equal opportunities FOR WOMEN in education and employment..." etc.
Then this new person (MonAuer) goes and lectures me: "you seem to have a very inaccurate and skewed vision of what feminism is as a movement. and by saying you aren't one but "support equality" instead, shits on all of the women who have suffered and given up rights so that you could express these opinions." and "feminism includes working to dismantle sitgmas and harmful ideologies about men, not just women, and the fact is that without it you, as a girl, would not be allowed to vote, own property, join the military, work outside the home, or even wear pants. (the list goes on). think about that the next time you say you aren't one, or don't support feminism"
I replied with: Traditional vs. modern feminism is the problem here, and you are mashing them together. It's a logical fallacy. Take men and women out of the picture: If I have a job that needs to be done, I will hire whoever comes up to me that can do the best for the job. Does not matter of they have a penis or not. Whichever PERSON fits the bill will be good. That's equality. Because not *every* woman can physically do compared to most men, and there are several things that not *every* man can do compared to what women can. I don't care what GENDER can do what or cannot do what. Pointing fingers is a thing of the past. Can we just look at people as a PERSON and not as this gender or that race? THAT's what I believe.
MonAuer continued: "feminism IS fighting for equality. I'm not saying you should hire the wrong person for a job just because of gender. obviously. but what about the wage gap? the "oh well we're all PEOPLE" statement doesn't apply because no I can't look past gender when I will earn 72% (women of color will make even less) of what a male equal does. obviously there are differences between traditional and modern, seeing as the situation and society have both changed, and the movement has changed to keep up with that. gender and race are important because YOU may not judge but the people in power do. that's why it's #blacklivesmatter and not #alllivesmatter because you as a white person don't have to fight to be treated like a human. the only reason you can say we should ignore gender and race is because you are privileged enough to not have to worry about those things"
For a brief moment DevCon, another person, jumps in with "You need to consider women of other backgrounds. Like women of color and trans women. The average life expectancy of a trans women is 30 to 32 years old. Being white and cis affords you a shield that protects us from a lot. And the definition of feminism is the advocacy of women's rights on the grounds of political, social, and economic equality to men."
I went on with telling them that, "I was one of those people that said #alllivesmatter . I believe we're going in circles. Obviously the way it *was, the way it *is and the way it *should be* are different. The way things are now are wrong. Obviously there are things that still need to be balanced out in order for most things to be equal. I wasn't claiming how things are currently, I was stating how I wish things were."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p-iFl4qhBsE
I agree with this, especially from 8:52 and on. I just cannot wait until the time where we are no longer obsessing over this and we are all just equally paid, equally accepted or denied, where we are all equal in a more balanced way.
I just think that people should never jump the gun and assume what a person thinks without hearing what they have to say in it's entirety AND being able to understand them from their point of view. You may still disagree with them, clearly, but at least see it from their point of view first before you run your mouth. Otherwise you're simply shallow and narrow minded.
Thank you.
Oh yeah! I'm babysitting right now. I love these kids! :D And the mom rocks! <3
Gooooood night. 21:20.
"One fish
Two fish
Red fish
Blue fish.
Black fish
Blue fish
Old fish
New fish.
This one has a little star.
This one has a little car.
Say! What a lot
Of fish there are.
Yes. Some are red. And some are blue.
Some are old. And some are new.
Some are sad.
And some are glad.
And some are very, very bad.
Why are they
Sad and glad and bad?
I do not know.
Go ask your dad.
Some are thin.
And some are fat.
The fat one has
A yellow hat.
From there to here, from here to there,
Funny things
Are everywhere. Here are some
Who like to run.
They run for fun
In the hot, hot sun.
Oh me! Oh my!
Oh me! Oh my!
What a lot
Of funny things go by.
Some have two feet
And some have four.
Some have six feet
And some have more.
Where do they come from? I can’t say.
But I bet they have come a long, long way.
We see them come.
We see them go.
Some are fast.
And some are slow.
Some are high
And some are low.
Not one of them
Is like another.
Don’t ask us why.
Go ask your mother.
Say!
Look at his fingers!
One, two, three…
How many fingers
Do I see?
One, two, three, four,
Five, six, seven,
Eight, nine, ten.
He has eleven!
Eleven!
This is something new.
I wish I had
Eleven, too!" -Dr. Seuss
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