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They say punk is dead.
Punk isn't dead.
But what was once punk is dead.
It just changed.
Because for it to be punk,
it must change and become new again.
Once the formula is written,
it must be erased.
You're only as old as your music.
Y'all don't have "recruit suits" in the US?We do. Just not that would fit me. Of all the many fashion challenges that come with having big boobs, finding a tailored shirt like that ranks just below finding a suit jacket. Anything that fits me in the shoulders and waist is so tight in the chest that the buttons strain visibly and you can see my bra through the gaps between each button. (You do realize, right, that women's clothing sizes don't take into account one's bra size. It's not like you can buy a size 6 shirt in a DD cup. It's just size 6, with the assumption that your breasts are proportionate to your frame. If your waist and shoulders are size 6 and your boobs are size 12, you're out of luck.) I have to mail order from Bravissimo in Britain to find either a blazer or a button-down shirt that doesn't look obscene, not to mention ugly.
I'm sorry that some feel it's a boy's club, but I'm really saddened by the lack of a sense of humor and perspective on this, and the ensuing self-righteous look-at-me-I'm-offended callout.I've got to run, so I apologize if this isn't as articulate as it should be. But would you consider, just for a second, that perhaps the issue isn't so much that we lack a sense of humor as that everyone's sense of humor is conditioned by his or her experiences? And that the fun jokey titty jokes aren't as funny to those of us who have actually experienced being treated like a walking pair of tits from the time we were 13? It's not that we're humorless. It's that slipping on a banana peel isn't actually that funny when you're the one who ends up with the broken leg.
A per-user comment throttle would be an interesting mechanism. Say, a user is only allowed to comment in a given thread twice in any 20 minute period.Unworkable. This wouldn't be very fair at all to someone whose comment was getting piled on.
Now that I think about it, haven't we men done enough damage to this planet through the last 2,000 years?You know, I'm really grateful to that woman for finally killing the essentialist canard that said that women were loving earth mothers who would create a cooperative, caring matriarchal utopia if we could ever just get our hands on power. I think she staked that one dead. That might be the only good thing I can think of to say about her.
Let's not. I lived in England under Thatcher. Gender is meaningless when it comes to being a bad leader.
The OP, "long haired lover from liverpool," is actually a woman, FYI.Nope. In a previous question, LHLFL identifies himself as a 35-yo male.
At the risk of offending further, but honestly trying to understand, I'll ask what exactly was misogynistic in that that statement? Because too me, it pretty clearly says "If you're going to be sensitive about this sort of situation, then maybe you shouldn't go start that fight."When a guy gets pissed off, it's generally framed as anger. When a woman gets pissed off, it's framed in different, more demeaning and dismissive terms. She's hysterical. She has burst into tears. She has an attack of the vapors. This serves to make the woman look silly, her objections look trivial, and her anger seem unjustified. Male anger is scary and serious, even when it's unmerited. Female anger is adorable. You really don't see why that's a problem?
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posted by cortex at 3:36 PM on January 23, 2008