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Apr. 27th, 2010
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Apr. 27th, 2010 12:52 pmI know that everybody to hell and gone has already linked to ephemere's* excellent essay, but there's a portion of it that I really want to highlight:
"This is a necessary realization: perpetuating colonial mindsets and ideologies isn't just "getting it wrong". What concerns me, when I read outsider perspectives that continue to misconstrue what the Philippines is and who Filipinos are, is not that the writer has gotten it wrong, but that the written work is contributing to a structure of ideas that are preventing us from shaping who we are."[emphasis in original]
Does this need expansion, or a note marking its broader application? I hope not.
* apparently I've forgotten how to link to DW users. Sorry.
"This is a necessary realization: perpetuating colonial mindsets and ideologies isn't just "getting it wrong". What concerns me, when I read outsider perspectives that continue to misconstrue what the Philippines is and who Filipinos are, is not that the writer has gotten it wrong, but that the written work is contributing to a structure of ideas that are preventing us from shaping who we are."[emphasis in original]
Does this need expansion, or a note marking its broader application? I hope not.
* apparently I've forgotten how to link to DW users. Sorry.
1. G. has a job with the census--he has training tomorrow through Friday. I have a short-term (part time) contract. I still don't know how to drive. Schedules may be about to get really interesting.
2. Two things that make me incoherent with rage at the moment:
a. Arizona. Having a Mexican-born grandfather and a Tucson-born mother is really not helping right now.
b. This particular appropriation of V for Vendetta. (The Salon article on the subject argues that ""V" is wish fulfillment and comfort food for a certain kind of IT-type guy, just like "Twilight" is for tween girls," and they may have a point, but I came at it from a very different angle, I did.)
3. I need to get to the thrift store soon.
4. This morning the ladies played dress-up with some shirts from their mother's closet. Extra thanks to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
goodbadgirl for the see-through black ruffle shirt that Simone found particularly alluring (it makes a great veil).
5. The familiar refrain: so many ideas, so little time.
2. Two things that make me incoherent with rage at the moment:
a. Arizona. Having a Mexican-born grandfather and a Tucson-born mother is really not helping right now.
b. This particular appropriation of V for Vendetta. (The Salon article on the subject argues that ""V" is wish fulfillment and comfort food for a certain kind of IT-type guy, just like "Twilight" is for tween girls," and they may have a point, but I came at it from a very different angle, I did.)
3. I need to get to the thrift store soon.
4. This morning the ladies played dress-up with some shirts from their mother's closet. Extra thanks to
goodbadgirl for the see-through black ruffle shirt that Simone found particularly alluring (it makes a great veil). 5. The familiar refrain: so many ideas, so little time.