Comments for Rebecca Allen

Comment on More On Baseball, This Time With Feminism by Hanachan

Hanachan — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:50:04 +0000

I agree with this so much. Well, except for the “Jeter is hot” part, but then again I’m a Red Sox and Mets fan who is obsessed with the other NY shortstop, so….yeah. Anyways, I always get this too. I’m lucky that one of my best friends is even more of a baseball fan than I am, so I always have someone to watch the games with who understands me.

By the way, I’ve noticed that because of “machoness” possibly, guys talk about sports in a much more serious way, while the female fans are more likely to talk about both stats and really silly stuff. Possibly this is because we aren’t expected to be sports fans, there are no expectation on how we should act as sports fans? We aren’t trying to prove how “manly” we are, so maybe we can be freer?

Comment on Running Laundry. Um, Also Writing. by Rebecca

Rebecca — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:02:15 +0000

@Nova: But not too shy to share that tidbit? Thanks for all the support, though. ♥ Right now things are feeling pretty good, but I’m sure you know how that changes day to day…

@Lily Cate: Man, that does sound like luxury. (Sigh.) And my revisions are definitely taking longer than the actual writing, but I still am hopeful I can do this. We’ll see, I guess!

Comment on Running Laundry. Um, Also Writing. by Lily Cate

Lily Cate — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:59:11 +0000

Blech, laundry!!
Did that highrise laundry thing for about 9 years, and then we moved to a little cottage in the country. The single biggest luxury in my life right now is getting to use the washer whenever I want!

I’ve never done NaNo, but I do like to pound out the first drafts pretty quick. It usually takes me 2 to 3 times longer to revise than to write the first draft. After the fever pace of putting several thousand words a day on the page, I need to let it all stew… I’m kind of a crock pot writer, I suppose!

Comment on Running Laundry. Um, Also Writing. by nova

nova — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:41:04 +0000

This is an amazing goal to tackle, and you can do it, I know it! I agree that revising a rough draft into something readable by other humans is far harder than getting out all the rough stuff at first—it is for me—but also it’s much more rewarding and fun, the sculpting part, the GOOD STUFF. I hope you feel the same when you’re in it. Please keep me posted.

As for your laundry situation… if I lived in your building with that token situation, not to mention the machines (hysterical explanation btw), I don’t know if I’d EVER have any clean underwear! You know, I’d probably just stop wearing them altogether. I am that shy, and that lazy.

Comment on Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Pop Music, and Respect by Pen

Pen — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:04:05 +0000

Hanachan, unfortunately an apology is NOT an apology when in the very middle of it you defend your boorish actions “Beyonce’s video was the best of this decade” and “Everybody wanna boo me but I’m a fan of real pop culture.”

He seems to almost insinuating that Taylor doesn’t even belong in an awards show dedicated to pop culture.

Comment on Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Pop Music, and Respect by Hanachan

Hanachan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 13:04:19 +0000

I was more talking about the fools who are defending Kanye, not Kanye himself (sorry if I wasn’t clear- this is why posting late at night is a bad idea! xD). He was just a drunk guy and was bound to stir up trouble up in someway. I’m sorry, I was very angered after reading a bunch of pro-Kanye posts and took it out on your comments section.

Comment on Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Pop Music, and Respect by Jennifer

Jennifer — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 05:16:59 +0000

While I agree with everything you’ve said here — that young women don’t get respect in the music industry, that pop music is undervalued, etc. — I also think it’s important not to forget that Kanye’s outburst was done with the intent of giving awards and credit to a female artist making pop music (hip hop pop, yes, but still definitely pop) with a very female-focused (and female-empowering) song. What he did is, as you said, UNDOUBTEDLY wrong, and the facts you point out are absolutely correct; I’m just not sure he, and his outburst, are really connected to the ills you’re pointing out.

Comment on Taylor Swift, Kanye West, Pop Music, and Respect by Hanachan

Hanachan — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:26:47 +0000

I agree with all this. I have seen many adult men say disgusting things cheering on Kanye because Taylor Swift is “ruining country music.” Maybe they don’t get why it’s awful because they’ve never been a teenage girl? I find the concept of adult men cheering on another adult man humiliating a teenage girl disgusting and creepy.

I’ve been a huge Kanye fan for awhile, so on his behalf, I will point out that he apologized in a nice way. Still doesn’t make what he did any less wrong, but at least he acknowledged he fucked up. Apology is here- http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/blog/?em3106=239462_-1__0_~0_-1_9_2009_0_0&em3298=&em3282=&em3281=&em3161=

One note about the prefabricated pop star thing- Taylor Swift actually does write her music and lyrics, they are often mocked because they are written for young girls.

I made a similar post in my LJ, but this is much more eloquent, so I’m going to link to this! This is a great post!

Comment on Gender and the Geek by Revenge of the Lazy Sunday Link Dump | Rebecca Allen

Revenge of the Lazy Sunday Link Dump | Rebecca Allen — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 18:59:40 +0000

[...] women are socialized to want to be cute, to be recognized for that; but it’s so, so, so frustrating when that’s absolutely not what you [...]

Comment on Let the wild rumpus start! by A_Flama

A_Flama — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 18:49:01 +0000

cool
Good blogging!!!