Sasquatch link haze

[rzep]

I love The Stranger in Seattle. I have the Slog on my Google Reader, and I was hoping for some Sasquatch posts. I was not disappointed

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[centerlightpop]

I usually think broad, sweeping generalizations are bad (i.e. maybe there's some meathead-looking jocks who are actually really nice, friendly, music-loving allies who now felt totally alienated and unwelcome?) but I take your word that there was shiz going on that motivated his statements

[rzep]

For sure. I personally err on the side of "just suck it up" - I might feel out of place or uncomfortable or left out but people that belong to marginalized groups feel like this WAY more often on a day to day basis...and well, if that's what some folks have to put up with I think that other folks can handle the occasional outburst venting frustration.

I find stuff like this interesting:

http://www.case.edu/president/aaction/UnpackingTheKnapsack.pdf (deals with white privilege but can be applied elsewhere)

http://www.derailingfordummies.com/

And other things like this pop up on blogs a lot. Food for us to think about anyway!

[centerlightpop]

You know, it seems obvious, but I hadn't thought about it that way before... that the irony of my feeling out of place at Pride could almost make the experience of going much more meaningful for me, because feeling out of place could help me empathise? Hmm...

Yeah, I definitely "suck it up." Totally agreed. So much so that I feel weird even talking about it!

[tamtar]

oh my goodness i love perry farrell so hard

[rzep]

Right?!! People were going on about how embarrassing it was to see a grown man act like that and I was like "he's a fucking ROCK STAR" so yeah, he can be as weird as he wants, folks.