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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 15:35:04 JST 
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Last bit of general thoughts on this.
She does touch a bit on the innate difference between men and women. I do find it interesting that the primary example she uses is the male predisposition for violence when we’ve just spent the past 30+ minutes talking about the importance of childbirth and the nuclear family. Ultimately, she only lingers on this point long enough for criticism of liberal feminism… primarily all the sex positivity stuff and prioritizing this idea of a career (rather than simply a job) over all other things… even though she also just pointed out the consequences of not having any representation in the halls of power.
It was pointed out that monogamous cultures statistically have lower rates of domestic violence than polygamous cultures. She also throws out the statistic that only 15% of the world has… how do she phrase it… rules that specify monogamy. Who are that 15%? Cultures that have a background of Christianity. Oh, and that divorce is worse on children than a parent dying. I’m not saying that there is zero truth in any of those statements. However, I also find her combination of viewpoints very convenient for a particularly familiar agenda. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 15:35:04 JST
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They briefly go over the "child-free mindset." Nothing new here. The main argument is that if you don't have kids you won't have anyone to take care of you in old age. Meanwhile, if everyone had kids got automatic elder care, the nursing home industry would be quite a bit smaller. The second argument is that most people find fulfillment in their connection with others rather than through their jobs. I think this is a factual statement but I don't see how this argument is specific to having children. There are tons of connections a person could have with others. Offspring is simply one of them.
She gets a bit into government systems and childcare pointing out that efforts to have the NHS cover universal childcare from birth is simply another way to separate the child from their mother. She talks about how in civilizations across the world, it was the norm for mother and child to be together and supported by the women in their community for 30-40 days after birth and this had several benefits. All in all, she views modernity’s impact on the mother/child relationship as negative. I’d say that I agree with this. Current society is not set up to make things easy for mothers. She says that stay at home mothers are the least represented in the halls of power. I’d also pretty much agree with that.
The solution she offers is that the government should do a better job at recognizing the extended family rather than just the nuclear family unit when it comes to benefits, employment accommodations, etc.
I do think it is noteworthy that while on one hand she argues that the nuclear family unit is the most failsafe option for children’s wellbeing, she does promote multi-generational households… mostly to the extent that this means there will be another woman in the house to help take care of the children much like she outlined earlier with the 30-40 day rest period. She also brings up how feminists and others in the past have experimented with what are essentially female communes where children were also raised but that they all ultimately failed. I guess I just find it kind of ironic that the idea of a female community is only seen as feasible when you have this background structure of each of those women being partnered with men. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 15:11:08 JST
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I've never heard of Louise Perry but this video popped up in my recs. Figured I'd watch it, knowing from the title that there would probably be quite a bit I'd disagree with. All in all, she's in the same camp of thought (and it seems like they now know each other personally) as Mary Harrington. So here are just some of my thoughts...
The headline question here from the interviewer is basically, "Is it bad that women are having fewer children?" It seems like the main people Perry runs into opposition with are environmentalists because she first addresses them. She says that the overall gradual decline in birth rates is not steep enough to have any impact on saving the environment and that the only thing we can do at this point in time to save the environment is technological innovation. I agree that this all will likely come down to technology because the powers that be want to just keep doing what they're doing. I also think that the powers that be will forsake the majority of the global population so all us normal types shouldn't hold our breath. This scenario has played out in many a sci-fi novel.
She then goes on to say that the real issue is that declining birth rates are not even across the board. Some nations are having steeper declines than others. She gives the example of North vs. South Korea stating that right now SK has double the population as NK but in 50 years that will be reversed even though both nations are below the replacement rate. She takes this example to then heavily imply that the nations that have the least drastic declines are essentially those that, if they had their way, would use their newfound massive armies to destroy the western world.
I said "heavily imply" because she doesn't phrase it that way. She says that "modernity-resistant cultures" (the ones with the lowest decline in birth rates) will gain power while "secular/urban cultures" (the ones with the steepest decline in birth rates) will lose power. She associates secular/urban cultures with places like the UK, America, South Korea, etc. She doesn't go on to explicitly list any "modernity-resistant cultures" but last I checked, North Korea was entirely secular... if you don't count worship of a dictator as a religion. I do recall hearing that the only nations with increasing birth rates are in Africa. But in Perry's mind, she's probably thinking about an increase in power amongst Islamic countries. Again, she didn't say that, but I do think it is implied.
So the answer to if it is bad that women are having fewer children? Yes because we will ultimately be invaded and have our way of life destroyed. I think, if anything, this speaks to what I believe to be the inherently political nature of childbirth. It's a choice for women until it becomes a problem, then freedoms will begin to be stripped away. To once again bring up the environmentalists, she tacks on a tidbit about how more children means there will be more eventual adults around who will come up with the technology that will ward off the environmental apocalypse. That made me chuckle. I guess she doesn't have much hope in military technology to help us fight off the massive hoard of imbeciles.
More thoughts to follow...
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 03:54:56 JST
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@polarisera Error 404 Jedi reflexes not found. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 03:54:56 JST
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I killed a bird with my car so I guess I’m going to hell. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 03:54:55 JST
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@polarisera There's a YouTube channel called Star Wars Explained that I'm sure many relatives stumble upon. XD -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 03:54:55 JST
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@polarisera That's complicated but, all in all, Favreau is right but not for the reason some people might think. It's true that in Star Wars, only Jedi have been shown as force ghosts. Favreau's character was a Mandalorian warrior with no known sensitivity to the force. People might also say that even being a Jedi =/= automatically becoming a force ghost.
Let's take Qui-Gon Jinn, for example. He didn't simply die and become the ghost of Christmas Past. He died and, over the next however many years, made his way back from the "netherworld of the force." Not only did he do that, but Yoda had to then learn how to connect with Qui-Gon once he achieved this.
As the recent Obi-Wan series shows, despite Yoda declaring that he would teach Obi-Wan to commune with his dead master, he spent the next several years rather destitute. It was only after accepting that Anakin was no more and had been consumed by Darth Vader (arguably Obi-Wan's biggest hangup) that he was able to perceive the presence of Qui-Gon who says that he has always been there, Obi-Wan was just not ready until that point to actually see him.
Personally, according to Star Wars lore (and conveniently reflective of many real world spiritual beliefs) I think everyone exists within the force after death but it takes a certain type of force sensitivity to still be aware of both this different kind of existence and the world of the living (on the part of the dead person) and a certain type of force sensitivity to be able to perceive and interact with any of the deceased who accomplish that task.
In The Rise of Skywalker, Rey hears the voices of many Jedi urging her to get up and keep going. Does that mean they were all hanging around, watching, waiting for someone to be able to perceive even just a few words from them? Did they only attain awareness of the world of the living for that moment? Who knows. JJ Abrams sucks and probably didn't think much about it. Nonetheless, it is canon.
So yeah, long story short, Favreu's character is not up to snuff. But who knows. Perhaps on the verge of death, his now orphaned child might have a moment when he perceives similar words of encouragement. Because *faces camera* love is the most powerful force of them all.
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 03:24:08 JST
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@Mynona Did I have to look up the word "anathema" in a dictionary? Yes.
Is this nonetheless true? Yes. 😂
It is the female socialized version of sitting at a table with the "change my mind" sign. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Sunday, 14-May-2023 03:23:53 JST
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Random musings...
I've once again stumbled across this sentiment online voiced by men that they go through life only getting enough compliments to count on one hand... but that they cherish those few and far between compliments and this is something women don't understand because (implied) women get compliments all the time and don't appreciate them like a man would.
Then comes the chorus of other men detailing that one time ten years ago when a woman said his hair looked nice... or something like that. 95% of comments are like this. A conversation about how this impacts male mental health ensues.
Then comes the chorus of women with their pity or proudly stating how they showered their boyfriends or husbands with compliments when they realized that they weren't getting this from anyone else. Few men mention or even voice the expectation or disappointment of not being complimented by other men.
I've always been a fan of grand and mythical storytelling. Fantasy and science-fiction are my genres of choice. While much of this centers on the lone chosen one that triumphs over all, I think there is almost as often this aspect of brotherhood usually born through surviving war or some type of treacherous journey together that stands in place of an actual war but is meant to convey the same thing.
It's only through that experience that men (according to their own rules) can even have the dregs of what one might be able to call an intimate connection with each other. But if we take wars in reality, separated from far-off myths and legends, these bonds are again formed in the process of further subjugating women, taking from women, raping women, all of the above, or more.
I could go on with more examples but I think there are many reasons why "male intimacy" strikes me as quite the oxymoron. Even the men who were pre-installed as part of my life (dad, grandad, uncles) echo this sentiment which was likely a big factor in why if I had any suspected interaction with a boy my own age (like accepting a friend request on Facebook) a whole interrogation would ensue. How do you know this boy? What does he want from you? Did he give you anything? Who are his parents?
Simultaneously, intimacy between women and the whole idea of sisterhood is popularly slandered. I even read a whole article once from some major publication about how sisterhood is a lie and how the author only found true acceptance and comfort from her eventual male partner. I don't doubt that this does happen, probably quite frequently. But I do think this is primarily a symptom of what happens when women who center men try to form lasting relationships with each other. They're inclined, for whatever reason, to pour all of that intimacy into a black hole. Is that ultimately fulfilling? I have no idea. I do know that it's taboo to say it's not. Because in those grandiose myths and legends, that is not only our happily ever after - that's our only cameo.
Of course, that is all my limited perspective. Just Saturday morning musings! -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 12-May-2023 22:51:19 JST
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The renewed Janelle Monae discourse is made even more brain rotting by the chorus of people shouting “THEY'RE NOT A WOMAN THOUGH SO THIS ISN'T ABOUT WOMEN!!!” -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 08:04:07 JST
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@Cousin_Isobel Wow. I did see people talking about how when you first walk into the venue, the giant LED wall is essentially the "progress pride" flag. It kind of surprised me because, to my knowledge, Beyonce doesn't typically do that type of thing? But then I recalled hearing a song off of the new album and it seemed pretty heavily influenced by the whole... drag queen ballroom culture that is popular these days. So I guess for brand synergy, she's going all in. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 11-May-2023 03:20:39 JST
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@VioletFirePhoenix I'll always remember how shocked I was my first semester of grad school in what I jokingly called our "management therapy class." The class consisted of six men and two women (including me). The teacher was also male.
For weeks, the men talked about how their main issue was overconfidence. They all had a history of ending up in positions they weren't qualified for then detailed the spectacular mess-ups they caused as a result. None of them had ever been fired though no matter how costly these errors were.
They attributed their success in getting these positions to a lot of things. Stuff like "I'm charismatic and sociable" or "I'm calm, straight to the point, and only use as many words as absolutely necessary" or "I'm good at empathizing with people and helping them through difficult situations." No matter what their personality was like, they'd all experienced the same thing.
Meanwhile, the experiences of both myself and the other woman were much like those explained in your post. Not that we'd been turned away from any and all leadership opportunities, but we'd both been told to our faces that we weren't the first choice or that perhaps we should try a different approach in how we speak to people. If overconfidence was the primary issue for the men, self-doubt was the primary issue for us. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Wednesday, 10-May-2023 01:25:55 JST
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It seems now any type of body insecurity is being rebranded as diagnosable dysphoria and anything done to remedy it as “gender affirming care.”
I suppose the goal is to rally more people behind childhood genderist surgeries rather than highlighting all the $$$ industries that profit off of everyone’s insecurities and how ridiculous that is if you think about it for more than two seconds. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Tuesday, 09-May-2023 06:55:49 JST
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@FemaleIsNotAFeeling Whether it be "romance" or "hookup culture," the goal behind the men has never changed. They just now know they can get away with less. Showing true colors right from the get-go yet these relationships (if you can call it that) happen anyway. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Saturday, 06-May-2023 14:04:58 JST
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@ChasingWaterfalls Meanwhile, the voices of prostituted women in particular have been vocal about the throat and eye cancer they've gotten as a result of men living out their pornographic fantasies... but that would get in the way of the "sex work is work" agenda. Lots of straight women probably don't even know about this because it's likely so popular in porn if they don't do it the guy will leave them.
And I don't mean to be crass, but ever since MSM tried to make monkeypox the next big thing, it seems like the health problems that plague gay men in particular could be pretty much eliminated by not having (in comparison to other populations) seemingly all over the place sex lives. But I've been told that is a homophobic sentiment even if it is factually true. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Friday, 05-May-2023 03:02:50 JST
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:39:00 JST
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@Cousin_Isobel With such beyond childishly absurd statements that full on doctors repeat. 🙃 -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:39:00 JST
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A woman with a medical condition is not a man.
Racism does not make a black woman male.
I'll never understand why claims of the contrary are the primary justifications for all this nonsense. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:38:59 JST
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@Cousin_Isobel Yup. That's exactly what they're going for. What many young (and even some old) black women seem to not get is that regardless of the lives of black and white women looking very different if we're talking about American history in general, is that a woman going through hell does not make them male.
From various viewpoints it's like the issue of race in America in particular makes women less able to see all the ways patriarchy morphs their lives. Amongst black women you've got some who make their whole personality about partnering with white men who they view will see them as human and treat them better than black men. Then you've got the type of black women who absolve black men of everything under the sun because all their faults are due to being seen as beneath white men. Even a white friend of mine goes on and on about how she's done with straight men! Instead she's only going to date "queer men and non-men." Ah yes, because there's such a huge difference when a man declares he's a plural.
I can lay out the oppression of women by men while also acknowledging that there are white women (and women of other races too) out there who want little to nothing to do with me because I'm black. That's not going to make me want to flock back and tether myself to my original captors. I'm perfectly capable of tackling multiple issues at once lol. -
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GalacticTurtle (galacticturtle@spinster.xyz)'s status on Thursday, 04-May-2023 23:38:58 JST
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@FeartnTired @Cousin_Isobel Mhm. What frustrates me the most is that, just like men are seen as the default human, white men are seen as the default men. So there is this overall thought that feminism is centering on how women around the globe are to deal with white men... when the truth is that I'd say the majority of women on the planet rarely deal with white men at all. I live in a country where there are white men everywhere yet I'm a bit nervous about an interview I have today cause I'm about to sit in front of a panel of six of them and that is a highly unusual interaction for me. For me, black men are the default men because those are the ones that have had the biggest face to face impact on my life and those men are the reason why I had any feminist ideas to begin with.
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