Why Blaming Lily is Rooted in Misogyny - Part 3/Conclusion/What I've learned in the last 4 years

[ravenstar84]

"Patriarchy has no gender." ~Bell Hooks
I don't know who else is still around the fandomsphere that may read this. The few people I was close to here I've connected with on Facebook, and real life has a taken a toll on all of us in different ways. But writing out Part 3 was always my unfinished business, and at least now I have a slightly more

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[inverarity]

Hey, you're still on my flist. I'm too lazy to move off of LJ. :P

I admit, I watch all the HP fandom drama and debates from a considerable remove, having come into it very late and at a much older age. Don't apologize for being argumentative, though!

[ravenstar84]

Thank a bunch!

I'm thinking about getting back into being more active here and changing things up. I've gone on a mission to watch all things Star Trek with enough to rant and rave about. :-p

[inverarity]

I'm not quite old enough to have watched TOS when it was first aired, but it is the one I grew up with (in reruns). I remember what a big deal the first Trek movie was. And I've been very meh about the more recent adaptations.

My favorite Trek series was Deep Space Nine, but no one else seems to appreciate it. :(

[ravenstar84]

I'm definitely going to watch DS9 once I finish with the TOS cartoon series. :D This may just turn into a Star Trek blog after all. XD

[sailorlum]

I can honestly say that your anti-misogyny Lily posts have been an inspiration to my calling misogyny out

[ravenstar84]

I think the books give a good example of racism and prejudice and why it's wrong. What I kept seeing in the past was everyone constantly throwing out real life words and situations. It just doesn't sit well with me looking back on it.

And omg! I'm now at the age where my friends have babies, and shopping for baby showers/birthdays for toys/clothes is so annoying! It's so hard to find anything gender neutral or anything that's not strictly pink and blue. I remember growing up playing with multiple toys and wearing every color when I was kid. Even looking for baby shower cards and gift bags gets complicated. -_-

[sailorlum]

I think the books give a good example of racism and prejudice and why it's wrong. What I kept seeing in the past was everyone constantly throwing out real life words and situations. It just doesn't sit well with me looking back on it.

Ah, I can dig it. I've backed off on that, myself, tbh.

And omg! I'm now at the age where my friends have babies, and shopping for baby showers/birthdays for toys/clothes is so annoying! It's so hard to find anything gender neutral or anything that's not strictly pink and blue. I remember growing up playing with multiple toys and wearing every color when I was kid. Even looking for baby shower cards and gift bags gets complicated. -_-I wore and played with anything I pleased, that I could get my parents to buy for me, and they'd let me break gender norms so it was just a matter of affording it (although my peers were not always down with that and there was some ostracizing and slurring, now and then), but it would be even harder for me today. It's just mind boggling. -_

[ravenstar84]

If anything, you should be able to find colors with kid clothes. The only problem is that when it comes to boy clothes, the color combo is usually brown, blue and green, while girls have the pink and purple colors. Then again, maybe I need to shop at places other than Target. <.