I am currently reading an article that is comparing racial purity and anti-miscegenation in the US and Nazi Germany. Fascinating. So, Did you know....
"In 1954, the Supreme Court for the first time held one component of the US apartheid sysetem, segregated education, unconstitutional. It did not hold antimiscegenation laws unconstitutional until 1967, over ten years later. At the time of its ruling, sexteen states still prohibited interracial marriage."
From
Racial Purity Laws in the United States and Nazi Germany: The Targeting Process
by Judy Scales-Trent
found in Human Right Quarterly
ahhhh. 40 years ago. Thats IT!!! I dunno, it grosses me out.
I will hold myself back from writing about how "race" is a social and political construct of those in power to define the "other" for their own gain.
Oh yes, and one more fun little tid bit.
Did you know that at one point in Nazi Germany they believed that children who born of "mixed race" were STERILE??? Ya know, kinda like how when a horse and a donkey produce a mule? Yeah, like that.
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09/08/2007 16:16 #41007
Did you know?Category: school
09/08/2007 12:50 #41003
DrivngCategory: randomo
Yesterday was particularly hot, as others have mentioned, and I had to get in my car and drive to campus to get books, much to my dismay. While chuggin along the highway I noticed that were there is often a message reading 90 W Expect Delays, there was a new message. It read: High Ozone Today, Try the Metro! On my way back on the opposite side another sign read: High Ozone Today, Combine Trips!
So my first question is, what is the idea behind this? To stay inside to avoid the toxic fumes, or to lessen our output of waste because it will only add to the nastiness of the situation. And why is this only a priority when we are having High Ozone days? Shouldn't this always be something to consider?
I myself am a country girl and have never lived in a city, so this was indeed my first experience of a high ozone day. I looked it up and found that it results from excessive heat hanging around in our breathing air, which causes the high ozone and is associated with urban areas, supposing the concrete holds the heat in. Fascinating. I am sure it is more complex than that, but I got the idea.
The house is clean and ready for company. Our first real guests since we have completely finished our aesthetic transformation of this apartment. I am actually excited to show it off. I also get the pleasure of sitting in a nice clean apt. all day with noone here to eff up my lovely cleaning job. This always brings me great satisfaction.
So my first question is, what is the idea behind this? To stay inside to avoid the toxic fumes, or to lessen our output of waste because it will only add to the nastiness of the situation. And why is this only a priority when we are having High Ozone days? Shouldn't this always be something to consider?
I myself am a country girl and have never lived in a city, so this was indeed my first experience of a high ozone day. I looked it up and found that it results from excessive heat hanging around in our breathing air, which causes the high ozone and is associated with urban areas, supposing the concrete holds the heat in. Fascinating. I am sure it is more complex than that, but I got the idea.
The house is clean and ready for company. Our first real guests since we have completely finished our aesthetic transformation of this apartment. I am actually excited to show it off. I also get the pleasure of sitting in a nice clean apt. all day with noone here to eff up my lovely cleaning job. This always brings me great satisfaction.
tinypliny - 09/09/07 14:21
Taking the metro is fun, you know? You should try it, really - high ozone or not. :)
Taking the metro is fun, you know? You should try it, really - high ozone or not. :)
fellyconnelly - 09/08/07 20:59
seriously.... traffic is a piece of cake compared even to the smaller college town that we just left!
seriously.... traffic is a piece of cake compared even to the smaller college town that we just left!
libertad - 09/08/07 13:23
I saw that sign too and it made me wonder. Why do they blame it on traffic when really we don't have that much here in comparison to other cities? I would think most of our air pollution comes from all of the factories around here. Why doesn't that sign tell them to take a day off or something? But yes driving less is better for the air.
I saw that sign too and it made me wonder. Why do they blame it on traffic when really we don't have that much here in comparison to other cities? I would think most of our air pollution comes from all of the factories around here. Why doesn't that sign tell them to take a day off or something? But yes driving less is better for the air.
09/07/2007 11:39 #40987
I'm AnnoyedCategory: randomo
I have to drive to campus today because my Prof forgot to bring the syllabus to class on Tuesday and didn't send it to us until last night and told us not to buy the books until she told us to, which she never did, but the readings for next class are from the books sooooo, needless to say, I'm annoyed.
Tomorrow we have a friend coming to visit and she is brining along her current girlfriend who is also staying with us. Apparently the new girlfriend is from Buffalo and is going to show us "where to go". If she takes us to Roxy's, I might laugh a little. Perhaps there is some secret lesbian bar we don't know about it, but I doubt it. Either way, we are going out on Saturday night.
Tomorrow we have a friend coming to visit and she is brining along her current girlfriend who is also staying with us. Apparently the new girlfriend is from Buffalo and is going to show us "where to go". If she takes us to Roxy's, I might laugh a little. Perhaps there is some secret lesbian bar we don't know about it, but I doubt it. Either way, we are going out on Saturday night.
fellyconnelly - 09/08/07 00:14
i thought i heard the hedonistically sapphic hum of a dark and damp place the other day while brushing my teeth. i knew there had to be one around here somewhere.
i thought i heard the hedonistically sapphic hum of a dark and damp place the other day while brushing my teeth. i knew there had to be one around here somewhere.
metalpeter - 09/07/07 19:32
I don't go out to bars much and can honestly say never been to gay bar myself, but I assumed that Ms. or is it Miss Kities or is it Catties on Main street near Roxy's was a girl bar. From Allan it is to left instead of the right. In any event hope you and your guests have a lot of fun and maybe you'll find a new hang out.
I don't go out to bars much and can honestly say never been to gay bar myself, but I assumed that Ms. or is it Miss Kities or is it Catties on Main street near Roxy's was a girl bar. From Allan it is to left instead of the right. In any event hope you and your guests have a lot of fun and maybe you'll find a new hang out.
lauren - 09/07/07 16:17
Hmmmm, I'm guessing I should get drunk BEFORE I go huh?
Hmmmm, I'm guessing I should get drunk BEFORE I go huh?
james - 09/07/07 15:25
Hidden between corners and shadows, Just under the surface of your walls and ceiling, In time with your faucet dripping, there lurks the entrence to a secret club where only those possessing incantations from the Necronomicon may enter.
The club, if you are brave or cursed enough to find it, is Labia's Gate.
And remember Thursday nights at Labia's Gate is 2-4-1 night on all well drinks and infernal ale.
Hidden between corners and shadows, Just under the surface of your walls and ceiling, In time with your faucet dripping, there lurks the entrence to a secret club where only those possessing incantations from the Necronomicon may enter.
The club, if you are brave or cursed enough to find it, is Labia's Gate.
And remember Thursday nights at Labia's Gate is 2-4-1 night on all well drinks and infernal ale.
09/06/2007 16:36 #40972
BizzaroCategory: school
Ok, I want it to be known, first of all, that I am writing this more for my own pleasure and release than out of an expectance that others will read this, let alone enjoy it or be fascinated by it.
Ok, so this terribly boring liberal feminist philisopohical type book I am reading is by a woman named Martha Nussbaum who is apparently some big shit in the academic world. Wooopty Doo. I decided to cheat a little and look up some critiques of her work in hopes of wrapping my mind around what exactly it is that she is talking about and I found this fascinating little tidbit of info:
"Martha's Protestant father was horrified by her decision at N.Y.U. to marry a Jew named Alan Nussbaum, a linguist she met in a class on Greek prose composition. But she was an eager convert. "I had an intense desire to join the underdogs and to fight for justice in solidarity with them," she has written. For Nussbaum, Judaism offered a sense of community lacking in her own upbringing."
Now, I might be wrong here, but isn't this like, really fucked up? Did she really love this man or had she simply fallen in love with the idea of being an "underdog"?? Was this her pathetic attempt to dissolve her own priveledges and to feel like she was more worthy of attacking oppression, because by marrying a Jew and converting to Judaism, she too could now join the ranks of an oppressed group? This to me, sounds similar to women who, during the 2nd wave of feminism "converted" to lesbianism not because they loved other women in a romantic way, but because it was seen as a political necessity because sleeping with a man was sleeping with the enemy. Gross.
Maybe I am being over dramatic, ridiculous, I don't know. but something about it just scratches at my very core and I can't quite get it to go away.
Ok, so this terribly boring liberal feminist philisopohical type book I am reading is by a woman named Martha Nussbaum who is apparently some big shit in the academic world. Wooopty Doo. I decided to cheat a little and look up some critiques of her work in hopes of wrapping my mind around what exactly it is that she is talking about and I found this fascinating little tidbit of info:
"Martha's Protestant father was horrified by her decision at N.Y.U. to marry a Jew named Alan Nussbaum, a linguist she met in a class on Greek prose composition. But she was an eager convert. "I had an intense desire to join the underdogs and to fight for justice in solidarity with them," she has written. For Nussbaum, Judaism offered a sense of community lacking in her own upbringing."
Now, I might be wrong here, but isn't this like, really fucked up? Did she really love this man or had she simply fallen in love with the idea of being an "underdog"?? Was this her pathetic attempt to dissolve her own priveledges and to feel like she was more worthy of attacking oppression, because by marrying a Jew and converting to Judaism, she too could now join the ranks of an oppressed group? This to me, sounds similar to women who, during the 2nd wave of feminism "converted" to lesbianism not because they loved other women in a romantic way, but because it was seen as a political necessity because sleeping with a man was sleeping with the enemy. Gross.
Maybe I am being over dramatic, ridiculous, I don't know. but something about it just scratches at my very core and I can't quite get it to go away.
lauren - 09/07/07 10:48
ahh poopy. For those who couldn't tell that was NOT felly, that was meeeeeee!!
ahh poopy. For those who couldn't tell that was NOT felly, that was meeeeeee!!
fellyconnelly - 09/07/07 10:47
Ok, so first of all (e:joshua) I would like to take the time to point out that I have never met a militant man hating feminist or lesbian for that matter. This is, in my opinion, an image of feminism that is used as a tool against women who want to identify as such. I think it has resulted in many women shying away from the term because they don't want to be seen a man hating lesbians. Most feminists have fathers, brothers, sons, uncles, male friends, gay male friends, boyfriends etc who are indeed male and they love them and cherish them. I know that there were some exclusionary feminists and probably still are some, but they are certainly not the majority and in my opinion they aren't doing anyone any good except themselves which to me, is anti-feminist. I get offended when feminists are referred to like this because I am a feminist, many of my friends are feminist, and allign my politics with feminism, and this does not in anyway reflect the reality of the feminism I know.
Moving on, I am glad to see that I am not the only one who interpreted this excerpt in this way. True, I do not know what the context was and true, she is no longer with this man (perhaps because she only loved his religion??) I don't know, but at the same time I can see it all fitting togther so nicely. Nice, educated, straight, middle class woman wants to feel a little more oppressed so what does she do? Convert to Judaism!! Sounds easy enought to me.
Ok, so first of all (e:joshua) I would like to take the time to point out that I have never met a militant man hating feminist or lesbian for that matter. This is, in my opinion, an image of feminism that is used as a tool against women who want to identify as such. I think it has resulted in many women shying away from the term because they don't want to be seen a man hating lesbians. Most feminists have fathers, brothers, sons, uncles, male friends, gay male friends, boyfriends etc who are indeed male and they love them and cherish them. I know that there were some exclusionary feminists and probably still are some, but they are certainly not the majority and in my opinion they aren't doing anyone any good except themselves which to me, is anti-feminist. I get offended when feminists are referred to like this because I am a feminist, many of my friends are feminist, and allign my politics with feminism, and this does not in anyway reflect the reality of the feminism I know.
Moving on, I am glad to see that I am not the only one who interpreted this excerpt in this way. True, I do not know what the context was and true, she is no longer with this man (perhaps because she only loved his religion??) I don't know, but at the same time I can see it all fitting togther so nicely. Nice, educated, straight, middle class woman wants to feel a little more oppressed so what does she do? Convert to Judaism!! Sounds easy enought to me.
ladycroft - 09/07/07 05:36
Well it 'sounds' like she was happy to convert so she could belong to a particular group, but do we know the original context from which that quote was taken?
Well it 'sounds' like she was happy to convert so she could belong to a particular group, but do we know the original context from which that quote was taken?
fellyconnelly - 09/06/07 20:44
drew.... how did you know that's how i picked up lauren? you are psychic.
and joshua - there is a rule about dating friends of exes but if i had stuck to that rule, i wouldn't have spent the last two and a half years with lauren. well... that and the whole political neccessity thing.
drew.... how did you know that's how i picked up lauren? you are psychic.
and joshua - there is a rule about dating friends of exes but if i had stuck to that rule, i wouldn't have spent the last two and a half years with lauren. well... that and the whole political neccessity thing.
joshua - 09/06/07 19:37
The whole thing is offensive to me - the reasons appear to be completely wrong and irrational. Do you agree? Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to me that this is a bit of a mockery and isn't going to actually help anybody that is struggling for equality. This sort of thing is done purely for selfish reasons.
I love feminists - the one girl that I was attracted to the most but never had the guts to ask out (I dated her best friend, I hear there's a rule against that) was a feminist. Of course I'm only referring to rational feminists... not women who strictly hate men for being men and are really aggressive and militant.
The whole thing is offensive to me - the reasons appear to be completely wrong and irrational. Do you agree? Maybe I'm wrong but it seems to me that this is a bit of a mockery and isn't going to actually help anybody that is struggling for equality. This sort of thing is done purely for selfish reasons.
I love feminists - the one girl that I was attracted to the most but never had the guts to ask out (I dated her best friend, I hear there's a rule against that) was a feminist. Of course I'm only referring to rational feminists... not women who strictly hate men for being men and are really aggressive and militant.
drew - 09/06/07 18:53
yeah. wierd. Although having hung out with many lame protestants, I can understand being eager to convert. But if she was so eager, why wait for marriage? Kind of anti-feminist if you ask me--"I can't start with a new faith unless I have a man to usher me into it."
And if she really was into the whole underdog thing, she would have realized that Jesus was a pretty big fan of underdogs, too.
As for lesbians converting out of "politcal necessity," all I can wonder is, does that work as a pick-up line?
"Look, I know you may not want to come home with me, but its a political necessity."
yeah. wierd. Although having hung out with many lame protestants, I can understand being eager to convert. But if she was so eager, why wait for marriage? Kind of anti-feminist if you ask me--"I can't start with a new faith unless I have a man to usher me into it."
And if she really was into the whole underdog thing, she would have realized that Jesus was a pretty big fan of underdogs, too.
As for lesbians converting out of "politcal necessity," all I can wonder is, does that work as a pick-up line?
"Look, I know you may not want to come home with me, but its a political necessity."
09/06/2007 13:03 #40969
My eye balls are poppinCategory: school
I am still not quite used to this whole sit on your bum allllllll day and read thing I've got going on. I guess maybe it's partially because today is an exquisite day and I know summer is running it's course and soon to be over and I am stuck sitting on my bum reading. Granted I could go outside on my porch and read, or even drive to a park somewhere but my attention wonders easily and I would start thinking about hiking or swimming or something that involves activity.
I am hoping this feeling of couped-upedness will cease when winter comes and I have an awesome excuse to stay under my electric blanket all day long. And of couse, I get summer vacation! I spent the majority of this summer serving ice cream to little kids who got to be at the pool all day...not that I would want to be at the pool with them, but you get the point.
Anyway, in case you haven't figured it out, I use (E:strip) as a temporary distraction from reading...I have been reading now for about 2 hours...the most awful book about liberal political feminism. Boooooooring! I can't tell if it is this particular author's writing style that drives me nuts (very academic, fairly abstract writing that does nothing but makes her sound smart and make me want to kill myself) or if it the content (which basically is making a case for universalism in an attempt to create equality through political consensus on human rights, or "capabilities" as she argues). Either way, I don't like reading her boring ass book and although I think she has a nice idea, I just don't think it would work when it comes right down to REALITY.
Sorry for that little outburst. Back to the joys of grad school.
I am hoping this feeling of couped-upedness will cease when winter comes and I have an awesome excuse to stay under my electric blanket all day long. And of couse, I get summer vacation! I spent the majority of this summer serving ice cream to little kids who got to be at the pool all day...not that I would want to be at the pool with them, but you get the point.
Anyway, in case you haven't figured it out, I use (E:strip) as a temporary distraction from reading...I have been reading now for about 2 hours...the most awful book about liberal political feminism. Boooooooring! I can't tell if it is this particular author's writing style that drives me nuts (very academic, fairly abstract writing that does nothing but makes her sound smart and make me want to kill myself) or if it the content (which basically is making a case for universalism in an attempt to create equality through political consensus on human rights, or "capabilities" as she argues). Either way, I don't like reading her boring ass book and although I think she has a nice idea, I just don't think it would work when it comes right down to REALITY.
Sorry for that little outburst. Back to the joys of grad school.
It did not hold antimiscegenation laws unconstitutional until 1967, over ten years later. At the time of its ruling, sixteen states still prohibited interracial marriage.
Yup, and my parents lived in one of them. It's weird to me to think that just a few years before they got married, they would have been forbidden by law to do so.
It's also weird to me that Mom had to go to a neighboring state to attend college because at the time, our state university didn't admit women. I was so shocked when I learned that.
I agree with you tinypliny. I was using the vocab of the article and didn't want to get on a seperate rant about that particular word, but thanks for doing it so concisely :)
I think the whole word implies that it is somehow wrong. Notice the combining phrase - "mis". Interesting. I bet it was coined by a biased person.
Vocabulary check.
mis·ceg·e·na·tion (mĭ-sĕj'ə-nā'shən, mĭs'ĭ-jə-)
n.
The interbreeding of different races or of persons of different racial backgrounds.
Cohabitation, sexual relations, or marriage involving persons of different races.
A mixture or hybridization: “There was musical miscegenation at a time when segregation was the common rule” (Don McLeese).
Yes indeed, he was in the article, and it was said that the Nazi's gave him (or possibly some other eugeniscist) an honorary degree from one of their universities.
Eugenics was reintroduced to modern thinking by an American. I can't think of his name right now... this is only mildly related to your topic though.
-1 for me
I found this wiki article about the Nazi's racial purity policy:
:::link:::
It lacks citations in certain points, but it definitely shows you just how insane and irrational that whole system was.
I know that Nazi scientists sterilized several hundred mixed-race children in the Rhineland (descended from Senegalese men who were soldiers in the Rhineland with German mothers).