Random fashion thoughts

[hendrix]



Responding to perceived ignorance with an ad-hominem attack isn't intellectualism either. With all due respect.

My comment wasn't an attempt at intellectualism. I don't spend my free time researching ways to justify ignorance. I was merely pointing out where he might find some friends who enjoy such a hobby.

Anyway, I'm sure we've been through this before...

 

[Distorbiant]

Maybe I'm just getting older, but I don't see the point of most confrontations, having had more than my share of them. I've never seen them change minds, and honestly, I don't feel like beating any more people up, whatever form that takes. It's a lot of energy for no gain. The world is very large, and there is a place for just about everyone.

Re. gender politics. I think that a lot of the debates currently taking place are on topics of little to no value, and that the conclusions have no intellectual consequence. So they don't interest me.

This is on point. Nobody ever changes their mind in these arguments, especially on the internet. It's just butting heads with a lot of emotion behind it. Arguing over the drape in spacepope's latest fit is more productive than discussing gender politics online. (Which is what we're on styleforum for in the first place, right?)

 

[brad-t]



So going to Thailand, boring choice but whatever

man the fact that thailand could legit be considered a "boring choice" ever really makes me wonder about my life

 

[hendrix]



man the fact that thailand could legit be considered a "boring choice" ever really makes me wonder about my life

Thailand is a boring choice when you live in Asia or Australasia.

Mexico or the Bahamas or something would be considered somewhat interesting. It's just geography.

 

[LA Guy]

The hypocrisy of Western feminisms's self-righteous victimhood while they themselves oppress and exploit not only animals but women and men of poorer nations is well illustrated by this recent irony http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...arriet-s-45-Feminist-Looks-Like-T-shirts.html

Not to mention the fact the men in the west have poorer physical health, poorer mental health, more likely to be the victims of violence, more likely to die in wars, less social and emotional support and so on and so forth.

It is astonishing the depth of the guilt that has been instilled in young brad-t by this relentless dogma, just for the fact that he has two balls dangling between his thighs; they don't need you to stand up for them, they are plenty good at doing that for themselves.

This article has nothing to do with hypocrisy or feminism and excepting the fact that some fool is trying to shame feminists by (and pretty cynically) trying to make a stupid argument that goes something like: "Women are being oppressed in the factories where "This is what a feminist" t-shirts are made, therefore those who wear those tee shirts are actually bad to women. Therefore we can discount them."

That we need to make a profit seling $2 teeshirts, something that simply couldn't exist until we decided that it's okay to pay people nothing to work in horrendous conditions is a real and salient issue, and does have to do with human rights, and more specifically, the treatment of women, globalized labor, and so on, but this "article" is just tremendously bad. The editor who greenlighted this dreck should punch himself repeatedly, in the mouth.

 

[brad-t]

Dude, the concept of leisure travel being boring just strikes me insane.

 

[LA Guy]

Dude, the concept of leisure travel being boring just strikes me insane.

It becomes that way. Back in college, and really, even into my early 30s, I used to really get excited about getting on a plane and going somewhere. These days, it takes a lot more energy to muster up the enthusiasm.

 

[nicelynice]

Yeah, it's just geography and access, not actually objectively boring Thailand is just really easy to get to and really easy to travel around from Asia, can book everything from hotels, trains, even boats trips online no problem. Transport infrastructure is fantastic and the scams are few. Last couple trips I've taken have been to developed countries that are easy to travel - Indonesia and Vietnam. Was planning on going some place a bit more "rough" but it wasn't in the cards

 

[Best Budz]

Go to India

 

[ridethecliche]

Maybe I'm just getting older, but I don't see the point of most confrontations, having had more than my share of them. I've never seen them change minds, and honestly, I don't feel like beating any more people up, whatever form that takes. It's a lot of energy for no gain. The world is very large, and there is a place for just about everyone.

Re. gender politics. I think that a lot of the debates currently taking place are on topics of little to no value, and that the conclusions have no intellectual consequence. So they don't interest me.

While I agree with your bit about confrontations, I'd argue that the same logic you applied to gender politics here was applied to gay men and lesbian women a few decades ago.

 

[accordion]

do you guys like camille paglia? I think she's pretty cool

 

[pickpackpockpuck]

interesting and kinda sorta related? http://mashable.com/2014/11/12/nike-foundation-girl-effect-accelerator-event/

 

[LA Guy]



While I agree with your bit about confrontations, I'd argue that the same logic you applied to gender politics here was applied to gay men and lesbian women a few decades ago. 

I suppose that I would say that while gender studies has been extremely politically successful, and has moved the needle quite a bit in the past several decades, that it has always been intellectually suspect.

 

[jet]

glad to see we've moved on

 

[accordion]

The most intellectually unsuspect work I've read in the past year has been Martha Nussbaum's Fragility of Goodness. It's not a feminist work, but the degree of scholarship and clarity of thought made me feel ****** about myself. Not that I hold all theory to some Aristotelian standard of clarity and concision but there are lots of feminist academics who ball pretty hard and have paid their dues. Paglia in particular constantly whines about the lack of scholarship and fundamentals in modern academia.

somewhat off topic: everyone should watch the show Transparent on Amazon.