There have been criticisms from some quarters (which i deftly dealt with in a swift guillotine like manner) that I make things too glum. I make Wo! too Woe instead of wow, whoa or woo hoo!
After all there’s no better time in the history of the world to be a woman than right now. Sure we have some crazy stuff going down. Awareness is important. But so is celebration. Great things are happening too- we have Hillary in the Senate, the vote, the Pill and of course Oprah (one always has to be grateful for the Opes.)
Some good news then folks- Pakistan has passed the Women’s Protection Bill. All we need now is a Good not Evil Benazir back in power and we’re done!
Goodness me. This is shocking.
I’m sorry I haven’t been around here lately Anna, there’s just been so many other girl’s sites to go to. A bloke like me is in popular demand you understand. But what happens when my back’s turned? A vile underhanded attack on your good self. Too glum! What dreadful people. What do they expect for free?
These people give me the dirts. Bloggers like us wear our fingers down to the bone, go blind reading and researching juicy news stories for these ungrateful slobs of readers and what thanks do you get?
Too bloody glum.
Well, that’s nice isn’t it?
I tell you what, how about I send a couple of my cartoon girls around to your site for a couple of weeks to give you a hand. That ought to spice things up a bit. That ought to get these critics’ knickers in a knot. Put the wind up their skirts a bit. They don’t deserve the quality of your good efforts Anna. I mean that seriously. Here’s a big raspberry to your most unkind, snooty, scumbag, lefty readers -
Zsssspplllurrrzzzz!
Take that you disgraceful readers and leave my little Anna here in peace. She’s doing a good job here. Stop your complaining. If you want to do any complaining you just come around and see me.
You keep up your good work Anna. Don’t listen to them. We might be enemies, but it doesn’t mean we can’t help each other in our times of need.
There, that should get a bit of action going for you. Mind you, you do mix with a dodgy lot. Why not defect over to our side? We know how to treat our women, so long as they don’t start getting uppity.
May we remain (always) the very best of enemies.
Love Max
XXXXX
PS - I hope this cheers you up.
Maximus, I didn’t read the whole comment but I think you’ll find there’s two bloggers on this blog. This particular post is by Sarah. Does the snideness still apply?
Absolutely,
Like I said, there’s just so many of you pretty little things getting about these days, I do tend to get your names mixed up. Sorry Sarah.
But look, if you girls weren’t in business, who else would I have to fight? Then I might have to go and get a real job or something. No, it’s in my best interests to keep this sex-war going as long as possible.
You have a good day.
Mindy? Cindy? er what was your name again? SARAH mate- hebrew for gorgeous princess…
and er thanks for the advice…
I don’t know about depressing, but I’n sure how I feel about terms like ‘Paki-land’, and too be honest this blog is a bit boring, and feminism shouldn’t be boring.
Have you thought about doing some more original articles/ observations about women’s experience rather than just a round up of links to online newspapers with stories about women. You might get more comments that way too.
I will still keep checking back, because I love the magazine.
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I’m sorry if i’ve offended anyone- it is definitely not my intention to use any racial derogatory terms. *pleads forgiveness*
That said- My Uk friends tell me its only in UK “paki” is whacked, but in Oz its almost a term of endearment.
But you’ve inspired another post idea- queers, wogs, the ‘N’ word in rap, “honkies” (my chinese born friend says this is the loving term used to distinguish the Hong Kong born people within the western-Chinese diaspora)- “hot slut” and “skanky ho” as terms of endearment btw girlfriends.
When can you use these words and in what context? Where do they come from? What kind of cultural phenomenon do they describe? Can they be reclaimed as liberating? Or in the absence of being name called to minorities simply perpetuate objectification by objectifying each other?
Is belonging to the so-called group total immunity from charges of racism?
All interesting questions… Thanks for your input Joanne.
ok im totally having a crisis about this “paki” business. *shakes hands wildly at not being a good western liberal*
whatever terms have been re-interpreted to mean-
they still have painful connotations. I mean remember Oprah telling 50cent on her show “n” word may be all good to you- but for every man lynched in Mississipi it’s something else and it will never lose its original stigma
I never do things like this! Hell i even ask other people before using controversial terms.
So this is where our postmodern world takes us- a brown girl called Sarah makes racial slurs and someone called “joanne” calls her up on it :(
*please forgive me* *retracts everything* and i did not have sexual relations with that woman either.