Monday, July 14, 2008
News Atlanta blogs today
Posted by Scott Freeman on Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 6:57 PM
— Our buddy over at ATLmalcontent delves into the outrage over the satirical cover for this week's New Yorker, which depicts Barack Obama as a Muslim terrorist and his wife, Michelle, as a '60s radical complete with an assault rifle and ammo belt. He also whips off my favorite line of the day: "Must we always play down to the audience, sanitizing cleverness so as not to confuse the stupid?"
— What does it take to be a male feminist ally? Glad you asked because over at Being Amber Rhea, the burning question is answered. And, as it turns out, it's not so easy. In fact, there's a whole list of qualities it takes to be a proper male feminist ally, and giving mere lip service isn't nearly enough.
— Can the quest to become a male feminist ally cause an existential crisis? Perhaps. But Maigh's existential crisis seems caused by a move to the burbs. Her hope is that her purchase of a new loft/condo in Downtown will make her feel whole again. I hope so, too, because she has the best mission statement I've ever read: "I ramble. You read it. It's a clean and simple relationship." Ah, if only all relationships were so simple.
— Juliana at Blog For Democracy takes a break from politics to note the passing of the world's oldest blogger, an 108-year-old woman from Australia.
— Over at the Bitchslappin' blog, there's a theory that calculating our Carbon Footprint is already yesterday's news. The new catch phrase here in Georgia is our Water Footprint, self-sufficiency vs. dependency, as in: Hey, we're running out of the stuff.
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Statements regarding the cover that I agree with: "You cannot fight racism by using racist imagery. It is disgusting and demeaning on many levels. This is not the work of an ally, this is someone pandering to the lowest common denominator. How many times are minorities going to be objectified to prove a point? They might as well have depicted the Obama’s kids as video hos and completed the racist imagery trifecta." They made the Obamas the subject of the satire, instead of the people who believe such things about them. That’s where they went wrong. "When benefactors of racism and sexism spoof either or both from their comfort levels of course, it’s hard to trust their intentions are what they state them to be."
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