haha. a year later.. im sorry himp. what you wrote does not make any sense. identity is what most feminists strive for. its not about being male or female, it's about being a person with their very own identity, and to be accepted by everyone for just that. the question itself is a question you could ask anyone: black, white, male, female, islamic, christian; whatever. The woman stumbles over the answer because it is obviously a loaded question, he isn't asking her what she thinks about herself, they are askking her to speak for everybody. i think a lot of feminists believe they are speaking for everybody when they say something that holds true to themselves. i mean god bless them for it (i don't believe in god but the figure of speech holds true) because even you and i are assuming we are saying what everyone else wants to say. None of us are nearly as brilliant as we try to make others think we are. i think this song is saying be brilliant to yourself, and fuck the record company when they ask you to make a song like this
Sadex, my real identity is what I want, not to pick from a "list of options". To assume that women should be happy to pick their personalities out from an array of stereotypes about women (but not just one anymore!!! OMGYAYS!) is terrible and gross, and that's the argument the 'interviewer' so smugly puts forth in this piece. That's what himp was saying, and it's a perfectly sensible interpretation.
Sadex, my real identity is what I want, not to pick from a "list of options". To assume that women should be happy to pick their personalities out from an array of stereotypes about women (but not just one anymore!!! OMGYAYS!) is terrible and gross, and that's the argument the 'interviewer' so smugly puts forth in this piece. That's what himp was saying, and it's a perfectly sensible interpretation.
haha. a year later.. im sorry himp. what you wrote does not make any sense. identity is what most feminists strive for. its not about being male or female, it's about being a person with their very own identity, and to be accepted by everyone for just that. the question itself is a question you could ask anyone: black, white, male, female, islamic, christian; whatever. The woman stumbles over the answer because it is obviously a loaded question, he isn't asking her what she thinks about herself, they are askking her to speak for everybody. i think a lot of feminists believe they are speaking for everybody when they say something that holds true to themselves. i mean god bless them for it (i don't believe in god but the figure of speech holds true) because even you and i are assuming we are saying what everyone else wants to say. None of us are nearly as brilliant as we try to make others think we are. i think this song is saying be brilliant to yourself, and fuck the record company when they ask you to make a song like this
Sadex, my real identity is what I want, not to pick from a "list of options". To assume that women should be happy to pick their personalities out from an array of stereotypes about women (but not just one anymore!!! OMGYAYS!) is terrible and gross, and that's the argument the 'interviewer' so smugly puts forth in this piece. That's what himp was saying, and it's a perfectly sensible interpretation.
Sadex, my real identity is what I want, not to pick from a "list of options". To assume that women should be happy to pick their personalities out from an array of stereotypes about women (but not just one anymore!!! OMGYAYS!) is terrible and gross, and that's the argument the 'interviewer' so smugly puts forth in this piece. That's what himp was saying, and it's a perfectly sensible interpretation.