Comments on: Burn it Down http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/ Thu, 24 May 2012 03:14:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Tricia Spiegel http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107782 Tricia Spiegel Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:09:51 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107782 No reason why we can't have both. If you look at the critical influence some commissions have played in the past, you would be more in favor of one. No reason why we can’t have both. If you look at the critical influence some commissions have played in the past, you would be more in favor of one.

]]> By: Anita http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107777 Anita Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:00:38 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107777 <del datetime="2009-01-06T21:16:04+00:00">Every woman should be insulted that this guy using the name NewHampster who opens his post with “My goddess…” First off, NewHampster is a male who does porn. He likes and approves of porn.</del> <strong>[ADMINISTRATOR: THE rest of this fictional post has been deleted. It is repugnant to post such filthy lies about a fine man who cares so much about women's rights.]</strong> Every woman should be insulted that this guy using the name NewHampster who opens his post with “My goddess…”

First off, NewHampster is a male who does porn. He likes and approves of porn.

[ADMINISTRATOR: THE rest of this fictional post has been deleted. It is repugnant to post such filthy lies about a fine man who cares so much about women's rights.]

]]> By: NomNomNom http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107717 NomNomNom Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:32:22 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107717 I'm not disagreeing that women's lives in other countries are usually far worse than women's lives here. But I don't understand your vitriol being directed at women here for protesting the inequality here. Are you suggesting that American women may not complain until everyone else's situation is corrected first? That's the kind of thinking that got women the right to vote 50 years after black men. I'll pass, thx. Also, do you truly think that there are no snuff films being made here? No women held prisoner in dungeons as sex slaves? No little kids being held prisoner as indentured servants (slaves)? No genital mutilation practiced in America? No trafficked women? Reality check: there are. I’m not disagreeing that women’s lives in other countries are usually far worse than women’s lives here. But I don’t understand your vitriol being directed at women here for protesting the inequality here. Are you suggesting that American women may not complain until everyone else’s situation is corrected first? That’s the kind of thinking that got women the right to vote 50 years after black men. I’ll pass, thx.
Also, do you truly think that there are no snuff films being made here? No women held prisoner in dungeons as sex slaves? No little kids being held prisoner as indentured servants (slaves)? No genital mutilation practiced in America? No trafficked women? Reality check: there are.

]]> By: NomNomNom http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107707 NomNomNom Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:19:24 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107707 sorry, "Donatella" sorry, “Donatella”

]]> By: NomNomNom http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107704 NomNomNom Tue, 06 Jan 2009 18:18:11 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107704 the title of the article, "Donna Versace and her leather bags" was incredibly offensive: they did <strong>not</strong> mean handbags; and the comments were exceptionally cruel. I found it ironic that the commenters did not recognize their handiwork in Versace. the title of the article, “Donna Versace and her leather bags” was incredibly offensive: they did not mean handbags; and the comments were exceptionally cruel.
I found it ironic that the commenters did not recognize their handiwork in Versace.

]]> By: OBAMA IS A FRAUD http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107684 OBAMA IS A FRAUD Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:48:53 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107684 The so called "feminists" in this country were too busy attacking Sarah Palin this year to get anything done. Quite frankly NOW is where I would start the trashing and rebuilding the women's movement. They seem a tad out of touch, and really not pro-modern women. The so called “feminists” in this country were too busy attacking Sarah Palin this year to get anything done. Quite frankly NOW is where I would start the trashing and rebuilding the women’s movement. They seem a tad out of touch, and really not pro-modern women.

]]> By: mcnorman http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107682 mcnorman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:44:43 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107682 It's Donatella. They have other pics of her on the beach in other bikinis. Donatella once said she spent 18 years of her life on coke. I suppose she was not watching Allegra during that time. If Donatella is happy, that is wonderful. I have read that her pain comes from her daughter's spiraling health problems. It doesn't stop the ads in the fashion industry. It’s Donatella. They have other pics of her on the beach in other bikinis. Donatella once said she spent 18 years of her life on coke. I suppose she was not watching Allegra during that time.
If Donatella is happy, that is wonderful. I have read that her pain comes from her daughter’s spiraling health problems.
It doesn’t stop the ads in the fashion industry.

]]> By: mcnorman http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107677 mcnorman Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:41:17 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107677 I am so sorry about your sister. I understand the disease. It is a horrible progression. I am so sorry about your sister. I understand the disease. It is a horrible progression.

]]> By: RIChris http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107597 RIChris Tue, 06 Jan 2009 15:09:48 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107597 Unless women respect themselves and others, raise their children to respect themselves and others and take responsibility for themselves and not expect others to take the responsibility for them, nothing will change. Unless women respect themselves and others, raise their children to respect themselves and others and take responsibility for themselves and not expect others to take the responsibility for them, nothing will change.

]]> By: American Girl in Italy http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107568 American Girl in Italy Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:01:53 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107568 I almost don't even think that is Donatella. She looks so different! her daughter has a serious disorder. She is so thin. If this is donatella, she went down hill! I mean, she was never a grand beauty, but she had some meat on her bones. Now, she is gone! I almost don’t even think that is Donatella. She looks so different! her daughter has a serious disorder. She is so thin. If this is donatella, she went down hill! I mean, she was never a grand beauty, but she had some meat on her bones. Now, she is gone!

]]> By: basil http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107555 basil Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:04:59 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107555 Agreed. What I've been trying to say is there seem to be as many misogynistic women as there are men. But footbinding (which is a disgustingly crippling custom) was not entirely forced on women; rather, some women thought it made them more attractive and insisted on undergoing it and then forced their daughter to do the same. It became a tradition. Not all traditions are beneficial. When it as finally banned there was some resistance from women who wanted to continue the practice. A modern analogy to footbinding, without the horrible crippling associated with it, might be breast augmentation, cellulite removal, nose jobs, even bikini waxes which I have never and will never have as it sounds absolutely tortuous. Agreed.

What I’ve been trying to say is there seem to be as many misogynistic women as there are men.

But footbinding (which is a disgustingly crippling custom) was not entirely forced on women; rather, some women thought it made them more attractive and insisted on undergoing it and then forced their daughter to do the same.
It became a tradition. Not all traditions are beneficial.

When it as finally banned there was some resistance from women who wanted to continue the practice.

A modern analogy to footbinding, without the horrible crippling associated with it, might be breast augmentation, cellulite removal, nose jobs, even bikini waxes which I have never and will never have as it sounds absolutely tortuous.

]]> By: wodiej http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107538 wodiej Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:41:40 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107538 Well I don't give a rat's ass what names anyone calls me...I don't need a man to stand up for me, I stand up for myself and do just fine. Women waiting for a man to defend them is perpetuating the myth that women can't stand up for themselves...no? Well I don’t give a rat’s ass what names anyone calls me…I don’t need a man to stand up for me, I stand up for myself and do just fine. Women waiting for a man to defend them is perpetuating the myth that women can’t stand up for themselves…no?

]]> By: Snickers http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107524 Snickers Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:05:14 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107524 Having a women's commission under Obama's administration would allow him to just give lip service to women's equality rather than implementing actual change. After his campaign perpetrated the worst misogyny in election history, I doubt that That One will do anything for women anyway, beg anyone ever so hard. We're already seeing his choices before his "historic celebration," and they don't represent women's equality or much equality for anyone except for himself. Having a women’s commission under Obama’s administration would allow him to just give lip service to women’s equality rather than implementing actual change. After his campaign perpetrated the worst misogyny in election history, I doubt that That One will do anything for women anyway, beg anyone ever so hard. We’re already seeing his choices before his “historic celebration,” and they don’t represent women’s equality or much equality for anyone except for himself.

]]> By: elise http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107515 elise Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:46:28 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107515 You are so right, mcnorman. I watched my sister purge herself after taking a few bites of food constantly trying to be thin enough to be a model. It damaged her heart and she died far too young. You are so right, mcnorman. I watched my sister purge herself after taking a few bites of food constantly trying to be thin enough to be a model. It damaged her heart and she died far too young.

]]> By: elise http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/10078/burn-it-down/#comment-1107513 elise Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:37:17 +0000 http://www.noquarterusa.net/blog/?p=10078#comment-1107513 I agree with you completely, NoBama. It was shocking to me to learn not all women supported the passage of the ERA and I have been disgusted by the vocal minority of women who, in this election cycle, have supported the sexism in the media and Bama supporters. The more historic reference isn't an excuse for that, but I believe it explains, to some extent, the lack of self respect and pride. This isn't just an American problem, but the shock came in finding how deeply ingrained it is here. The role models are not Hillary or Sarah. They are Brittney and Paris and what drives that? The media! Who controls the media? I haven't found a single media conglomerate controlled by a woman. Are the ads in the video targeting men or women? They don't represent the fantasies of any woman I know, but the data shows women make up the largest consumer group. It is a form of indoctrination. At the end of the 1960's, the pill came along and women were given more sexual freedom. In 1973 the Roe ruling which gave women more power over their own bodies. I believe that, as much as anything threatened many men so they have re-defined the feminist movement as something to be mocked and ridiculed. I agree with you completely, NoBama. It was shocking to me to learn not all women supported the passage of the ERA and I have been disgusted by the vocal minority of women who, in this election cycle, have supported the sexism in the media and Bama supporters.

The more historic reference isn’t an excuse for that, but I believe it explains, to some extent, the lack of self respect and pride. This isn’t just an American problem, but the shock came in finding how deeply ingrained it is here. The role models are not Hillary or Sarah. They are Brittney and Paris and what drives that? The media!

Who controls the media? I haven’t found a single media conglomerate controlled by a woman. Are the ads in the video targeting men or women? They don’t represent the fantasies of any woman I know, but the data shows women make up the largest consumer group. It is a form of indoctrination.

At the end of the 1960′s, the pill came along and women were given more sexual freedom. In 1973 the Roe ruling which gave women more power over their own bodies. I believe that, as much as anything threatened many men so they have re-defined the feminist movement as something to be mocked and ridiculed.

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