EDIT: The only problem I ever had going to gynaecon was when one person who was at that swancon had an issue with my current relationship and would get up and storm out of any room I and my partner walked into for pretty much the whole convention. I went to a few of the gynaecon things that looked interesting but felt awkward because she would get up and leave.
Yeah, that's a pretty good reason for feeling awkward!
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Can you explain the how your vegan friends behave towards you is a metaphor regarding feminism?
This is what I get for saying "Here is a thing I'm not saying" isn't it? :)
Two reasons it's a crappy metaphor: 1) I have a much higher opinion of vegenism etc than some of your guys have of feminism/anti-racism 2) Veganism etc is simply about what you do while many people have a problem with the label of feminism, or the feminist movement, without having any problems with the principles.
But that said, without going into it in depth (for me :)): I am in favour of animal rights in principle, but not a vegan. To my vegan friends this is a Bad Thing, but you guys still (afaict!) accept me commenting on your vegan-themed posts as long as I'm not all "But meat is so tasty!". You personally are not such a good example since your blog is specifically not about debating the merits of veganism (we use our blogs in different ways), but certainly there have been times when you've made specific statements I disagreed with (for reasons beyond just being a non-vegan, but still related to that POV) and you seemed ok with me voicing a different POV as long as I was respectful of your lj as a pro-vegan space.
Similarly, I would say that most if not all the people on my friendslist are in favour of women's rights in principle, but some are anti-feminist (in terms of the idea, not just the term/movement). I tend to see this as a Bad Thing, but am still ok with people I know have those opinions commenting on my feminist themed posts as long as they're not all "But women suck!". (The specifics of what sort of disagreement I'm ok with is one thing I'm still thinking about)
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The only problem I ever had going to gynaecon was when one person who was at that swancon had an issue with my current relationship and would get up and storm out of any room I and my partner walked into for pretty much the whole convention. I went to a few of the gynaecon things that looked interesting but felt awkward because she would get up and leave.
Yeah, that's a pretty good reason for feeling awkward!
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Can you explain the how your vegan friends behave towards you is a metaphor regarding feminism?
This is what I get for saying "Here is a thing I'm not saying" isn't it? :)
Two reasons it's a crappy metaphor:
1) I have a much higher opinion of vegenism etc than some of your guys have of feminism/anti-racism
2) Veganism etc is simply about what you do while many people have a problem with the label of feminism, or the feminist movement, without having any problems with the principles.
But that said, without going into it in depth (for me :)): I am in favour of animal rights in principle, but not a vegan. To my vegan friends this is a Bad Thing, but you guys still (afaict!) accept me commenting on your vegan-themed posts as long as I'm not all "But meat is so tasty!". You personally are not such a good example since your blog is specifically not about debating the merits of veganism (we use our blogs in different ways), but certainly there have been times when you've made specific statements I disagreed with (for reasons beyond just being a non-vegan, but still related to that POV) and you seemed ok with me voicing a different POV as long as I was respectful of your lj as a pro-vegan space.
Similarly, I would say that most if not all the people on my friendslist are in favour of women's rights in principle, but some are anti-feminist (in terms of the idea, not just the term/movement). I tend to see this as a Bad Thing, but am still ok with people I know have those opinions commenting on my feminist themed posts as long as they're not all "But women suck!". (The specifics of what sort of disagreement I'm ok with is one thing I'm still thinking about)
Hm, still not sure that came out right.