{N.B. - This post was written AFTER calming down. No joke.}
Bad week for the 3P's [Politics, People, Papers].
Why?
a) [will always and forever top any list of this kind] The Zionist entity. Come on, Justice - isn't 61years of colonial bloody occupation long enough for a "nationalist" movement to feel legitimized? And yes, 1948. That is what we want back.
b) White people and their goddamn hypocrisy (re: UN Racism conference). How telling is it that the only people boycotting the conference are white.white.WHITE. Also, it annoys me that those diplomats barely represent their nation's citizens! UK boycotting the conference because it is "anti-semitic"? The country which has led the most successful Boycott-Divestment-Sanctions Movement against israel? REALLY?! And, can I just say that the fact that ALL the press/air/print space has been focused on Ahmedinejad means that we haven't actually talked about anything else that's happened at the conference! Yes, because all our attention must singularly be focused on the jewish people. Anything that offends them must immediately be of utmost importance to the world. It's OK, let us conveniently ignore the murmurings of the grievances of those black and brown people. Let us reserve our right to be forever racist and imperialistic. All's good in the whitewashed hood!
c) Wannabes. Not the cool Spice Girls kind; the annoying as hell don't-have-my-own-identity kind
d) Orientalists! [HUGE overlap with point (c), above] Especially the smart kind, who can justify their disgusting cultural fetishization with big ideas and long words. Although, i suppose it's what *they* are taught to do - make up for their own lack by taking from another. And then claiming it as theirs.
e) Nonsense like this. You cannot make such bigotry up.
f) Writing completely ineffectual, boring papers. When a professor says something like "These films we watch...well it's pointless to try and put into words what we see or understand. It's a medium that defies such things" and then assigns 60pages of writing for the semester....Yeah, mmmkay.
g) People who are complaining about how arduous a task it is to register to vote in India. Seriously? Pull yourself away from trash TV and your gossip sessions and get your crap together. Jeez, democracy really is a waste on some people. VOTE!
h) White people making films about people of colour. There, I said it. [Liked Slingshot Hip Hop? It wasn't made by a white person. Disliked Slumdog Millionaire? It was.]
i) BSi -- Brown Students for israel. Nuff friggin said. I would give a lot to be able to punch one of those clowns in the face tomorrow.
j) Girls who have the SAME drama with every.single.one of the 50,000 boys they like. Ever stop to think that there might be something wrong with you?
k) Friggin indie music. Shut the hell up with your discordant sounds! Also, your painted-on skinny jeans are probably preventing you from having any kids, ever. Actually maybe that's a good thing.
l) Grudges. Not used to holding on to them. Feels a little heavy....
Quote of the week:
"What do I think of Western civilization? I think it would be a good idea." - Mohandas Gandhi
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2 comments:
I SOOO agree with your second point!! Good going sister!
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I agree with (a) through (l). This week has definitely been one of the angriest ones for me in a long time. So angry, in fact, that there weren't enough shoes in my apartment to express how angry I was.
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