tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post912546020678906881..comments2024-03-10T10:05:51.113-07:00Comments on misswhistle: The Women's RoomMiss Whistlehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11103831095827005334noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-46377638559911811302010-05-28T21:30:05.010-07:002010-05-28T21:30:05.010-07:00so glad that the Mahirishi has allowed you to be w...so glad that the Mahirishi has allowed you to be who you are, even if your friend's husband has not allowed her to be who she is. It is a crime for anyone to have - or allow - their true spirit to be suppressed, whatever their gender.<br />Beautiful post. xomothershiphttp://motherhoodthefinalfrontier.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-80071057132725869352010-05-10T11:33:52.311-07:002010-05-10T11:33:52.311-07:00Wzzy, Shayma & Mrs L -- a huge thank you.
Mu...Wzzy, Shayma & Mrs L -- a huge thank you. <br /><br />Much love,<br /><br />Miss W xMiss Whistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103831095827005334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-30190317227391279362010-05-07T18:50:37.715-07:002010-05-07T18:50:37.715-07:00Thank you John-- I love Richard Pryor! I have not ...Thank you John-- I love Richard Pryor! I have not listened in to Howard Stern, but have made note of it. I'm gratified that you think my theory is "dead on"!annemarienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-4071429975813982712010-05-07T10:34:43.037-07:002010-05-07T10:34:43.037-07:00may i just say something very simple: wow wow wow....may i just say something very simple: wow wow wow. your post touched my heart, i read each and every single word- this is one of those posts which you hope never end; you scroll down slowly bec you dont want to see the last sentence on the page. i loved it. x shaymaShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14316092310251306421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-63308845933680623242010-05-05T23:00:46.056-07:002010-05-05T23:00:46.056-07:00Darn! Did I say "right"? I meant "...Darn! Did I say "right"? I meant "write". Shame on me... xoMrs L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02903193675545857382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-71870946396342017012010-05-05T22:59:52.231-07:002010-05-05T22:59:52.231-07:00Darling Bumble,
I miss it when you don't right...Darling Bumble,<br />I miss it when you don't right and am reminded of how brilliant you are when you do. Thank you for this. Oh, and two more things: first, I'd like to be on Minks & K's commune; second, I rather feel like making a racist joke all of the sudden...<br />With so much love, <br />Mrs. LMrs L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02903193675545857382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-70139089344315742632010-05-05T22:04:13.645-07:002010-05-05T22:04:13.645-07:00I'm sorry that your friend is in pain... but v...I'm sorry that your friend is in pain... but very glad that she has you to help assuage it. xWzzyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16895951249191280192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-51434934314676745382010-05-05T09:03:08.896-07:002010-05-05T09:03:08.896-07:00Wow. Thank you for all the comments.
Annemarie,...Wow. Thank you for all the comments. <br /><br />Annemarie, I think my husband (John) weighs in on your question about overt versus latent racism.<br /><br />I think it's all about intention.<br /><br />Tania, I'm loving the commune idea, rather like that nice place near you, Findhorn. Have you been?<br /><br />Thelma, you're probably right, but a girl has to dream!<br /><br />David, you made my day.<br /><br />Thank you, thank you all.<br /><br />-- Miss WMiss Whistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11103831095827005334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-35724016062494143772010-05-05T08:03:16.051-07:002010-05-05T08:03:16.051-07:00Annemarie,
I think your observation about the diff...Annemarie,<br />I think your observation about the difference between jokes about racism and racist jokes is dead on.<br />As a kid my favorite comic was Richard Pryor. He was the first comic that told jokes about racism. He had an ability to tell jokes that made racism look as plainly stupid as it is. This political correctness we live with now has done some real good, but it has also harmed our ability to talk about and make fun of racism. I think, on the whole, most people just want to avoid the whole thing for fear of being called out. <br /><br />Howard Stern is a great example. I listen to his show every so often and, after one gets past the lavatorial humor, there is a real honesty there that often makes fun of racism and sexism. I often meet people who say they would never listen to Stern because he is a sexist and a racist. When I ask if they have ever listened to the show, they invariably say no. So clearly they would know. Stern, like all the best comics, makes you think and laugh about ideas that sometimes we just adopt without real consideration.<br />-JohnJohnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-69929021299500339682010-05-05T06:09:36.941-07:002010-05-05T06:09:36.941-07:00Hello-- This is my first time to come to your blog...Hello-- This is my first time to come to your blog (I headed over here after reading your hilarious "round-the-world" comment on LLG's blog).<br /><br />I found this post very interesting. I have one question about this comment: "He taught me at a very young age that there is no place for racism, even in dumb jokes." <br /><br />I live in the US, but am from Ireland originally, and have lived in lots of different countries between leaving there and coming here. The US is by far the most racist country I have ever lived in, and I think it is made worse by the fact that operates in such a dangerously subtle way. Language is so policed here that it takes on an insidious, under-the-surface form that makes it all the harder to detect. And of course easier for it to thrive.<br /><br />I feel that one of the problems with Americans is that they don't understand the difference between RACIST JOKES and JOKES ABOUT RACISM. <br /><br />The former are hateful, but the latter are very healthy-- they expose the absurdity of racist hate. <br /><br />Most cultural groups who have been the victims of racism (like the Irish) understand this difference very keenly. <br /><br />Once, at a party here, I silenced most of a room by making an "off-color" joke (it was a joke ABOUT racism, I assure you). Only two people "got it" and laughed-- an American Jew and a black South African.<br /><br />This was not an isolated incident-- I've been to other parties, however, that were all-American, and I wanted to be swallowed up by a hole in the floor at such moments.<br /><br />I'd love to know what your husband (and you) thinks of my theory.annemarienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-48802470230004739212010-05-05T06:08:49.475-07:002010-05-05T06:08:49.475-07:00Lovely post, Bumble. You can be anything you want,...Lovely post, Bumble. You can be anything you want, you know. Come to think of it, I think you should be a writer. :)<br /><br />Best to you and yours.<br /><br />DavidUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15467867257305996009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-13948303151559878172010-05-05T02:44:13.122-07:002010-05-05T02:44:13.122-07:00Beautiful writing. I think life is so complex and...Beautiful writing. I think life is so complex and the things that happen to you along the way so arbitary that sometimes we have no choices. A commune is on the outside an attractive idea but reading all those 'green' magazines as I did years ago there were many pitfalls. Idealising a future is maybe a bad idea ;)thelmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934860502828923562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-92203854047565716322010-05-05T02:01:29.433-07:002010-05-05T02:01:29.433-07:00I adore this post. It has a poetic, almost mesmeri...I adore this post. It has a poetic, almost mesmeric quality to it. I love the sound of your family.<br /><br />Slightly like your daughter, my best girlfriends and I have agreed that when we are old we shall all go and live on a commune together. Husbands may come, but they shall have a special annexe of their own. We are all rather more excited about this plan than possibly we should be. <br /><br />Love from rainy Scotland xxTania Kindersleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18355967725006605825noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371572.post-22026174067182658922010-05-04T10:48:09.084-07:002010-05-04T10:48:09.084-07:00"If you've grown up with oppression, even..."If you've grown up with oppression, even in the mildest form, you don't really have to be a psychoanalyst to know that you will, subconsciously seek it out. Many of the women of our generation married men who were like their fathers." Well, yes. And it's not always overt. Lovely post. I hope your friend finds comfort with you.LPChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18209861350905135093noreply@blogger.com