I was reading up on Charlotte Perkins Gillman and literary criticisms. What I found was interesting. She disapproved of her contemporary time's version of feminism because they were too narrowly focused on just one sole topic -- voting. Suffrage.
Which is important, sure, but it was not the only critical issue that women faced back in the day. She disliked their approach, not because it was too radical, but in fact for the blazing reason that it was not radical <enough.>
I thought, hmmm, interesting. Well, trends do ebb and flow; they do cycle around from a time-point in one generation to a counterpart time-point in the next generation. Or several generations down the line. People and society in general do not really change that much. From the 1910s when Charlotte Perkins Gillman lived, to the current day, not even a century later. So it is entirely possible that this limiting attitude is in reign today, at the expense of ignoring all other important social issues. So chances are that that sort of weird narrow approach on sociopolitical topics is still in [[[action, function]]] today.
Yep, as a matter of fact it is. It is quite evident that the only, but the <only> matter that the mass media deem worthy of [[[notation, accolade, mention]]] is "body confidence."
There is praising the Bridget Jones movie because the actress looks sexy and isn't a stick figure. I have to admit that she does look really good, and she does look much, much better now that she is healthy.
But that is not the disturbing part. I read a review lauding and fawning over the body but being disappointed that Bridget Jones' life was not depicted to be as much of a pathetic mess as the books apparently are. Gushing over the appearance of her body and praising over the fact that she is "speaking out about women's concerns." She is supposedly a voice for women in the modern day. Keep in mind that all these fawning sycophantic fans specifically think of her as trailblazing *because* her life is in the pits, not in spite of it. Why is the appearance of her body more important the fact that her life is in shambles?
Look around you. Look at the glossy women’s magazines in the checkout lane at the grocery store or drug store. They all have large annoying obnoxious typeface insisting, nay, ordering you to have body confidence or else. This is pretty much the only issue that they concern themselves with. The repetition is making me allergic.
I suppose it would be better if they didn't use such a phenomenally, woefully, lambastably inaccurate definition of the term. I don't think they understand what "body confidence" is. What is with all the batty, dippy people insisting that if people ran around naked all the time, they would have fewer body issues? Isn’t having an abnormal desire to run around batty and naked, considered body issues?
I was reading I think Newsweek magazine. There was a fat actress being all indignant about the indignity of lamenting a person's weight gain of five pounds. Well, I agree with that aforementioned sentiment; gaining five pounds will not cause the earth to tilt and shift off its axis (hehe). But uh, sweetie, you are not just a mere five pounds overweight. You could be classified as severely overweight or even morbidly obese.
There is a sociopolitical protest movement called the Million Pound March, in which a bunch of morbidly obese people protest the media making them feel bad or something like that. As you can see in plain sight, true body confidence is not what is being practiced.
Are you eating more healthily? Are you getting regular checkups with your doctor? Are you exercising? THAT is real body confidence.
Can you identify internal organs? Like if you were to see a diagram in a medical textbook, would you be able to identify the gallbladder, the pancreas, the kidneys? Do you have a well-versed understanding of how the body’s metabolism functions? If you are experiencing aching or soreness in the general hip area, can you determine if it is bone or muscle that is hurting? If your abdomen area is aching, can you identify whether it is a stomachache or menstrual uterine cramps? Do you have a pretty good idea of what kind of over-the-counter medicines or other treatment you can administer to treat the ailment?
That oddity is still true today in the very recent interpretation of the feminist movement. The entire mass media have zeroed in on this one topic while neglecting several other issues -- such as women’s education especially in fields that are actually useful. There are so many major issues surrounding women today, which are only marginally related to body confidence.
What about women studying science and mathematics? What about women taking self-defense classes? What about enforcing current laws and penalties of violence against women? What about enacting stricter laws to take care of violence against women?
Why have all these other very important issues suddenly been shoved to the back burner? Why is "body confidence" hailed for some mysterious reason as the second coming of the Messiah? They have insisted on narrowly obsessing over this one solitary topic at the detriment of everything else.
Which is important, sure, but it was not the only critical issue that women faced back in the day. She disliked their approach, not because it was too radical, but in fact for the blazing reason that it was not radical <enough.>
I thought, hmmm, interesting. Well, trends do ebb and flow; they do cycle around from a time-point in one generation to a counterpart time-point in the next generation. Or several generations down the line. People and society in general do not really change that much. From the 1910s when Charlotte Perkins Gillman lived, to the current day, not even a century later. So it is entirely possible that this limiting attitude is in reign today, at the expense of ignoring all other important social issues. So chances are that that sort of weird narrow approach on sociopolitical topics is still in [[[action, function]]] today.
Yep, as a matter of fact it is. It is quite evident that the only, but the <only> matter that the mass media deem worthy of [[[notation, accolade, mention]]] is "body confidence."
There is praising the Bridget Jones movie because the actress looks sexy and isn't a stick figure. I have to admit that she does look really good, and she does look much, much better now that she is healthy.
But that is not the disturbing part. I read a review lauding and fawning over the body but being disappointed that Bridget Jones' life was not depicted to be as much of a pathetic mess as the books apparently are. Gushing over the appearance of her body and praising over the fact that she is "speaking out about women's concerns." She is supposedly a voice for women in the modern day. Keep in mind that all these fawning sycophantic fans specifically think of her as trailblazing *because* her life is in the pits, not in spite of it. Why is the appearance of her body more important the fact that her life is in shambles?
Look around you. Look at the glossy women’s magazines in the checkout lane at the grocery store or drug store. They all have large annoying obnoxious typeface insisting, nay, ordering you to have body confidence or else. This is pretty much the only issue that they concern themselves with. The repetition is making me allergic.
I suppose it would be better if they didn't use such a phenomenally, woefully, lambastably inaccurate definition of the term. I don't think they understand what "body confidence" is. What is with all the batty, dippy people insisting that if people ran around naked all the time, they would have fewer body issues? Isn’t having an abnormal desire to run around batty and naked, considered body issues?
I was reading I think Newsweek magazine. There was a fat actress being all indignant about the indignity of lamenting a person's weight gain of five pounds. Well, I agree with that aforementioned sentiment; gaining five pounds will not cause the earth to tilt and shift off its axis (hehe). But uh, sweetie, you are not just a mere five pounds overweight. You could be classified as severely overweight or even morbidly obese.
There is a sociopolitical protest movement called the Million Pound March, in which a bunch of morbidly obese people protest the media making them feel bad or something like that. As you can see in plain sight, true body confidence is not what is being practiced.
Are you eating more healthily? Are you getting regular checkups with your doctor? Are you exercising? THAT is real body confidence.
Can you identify internal organs? Like if you were to see a diagram in a medical textbook, would you be able to identify the gallbladder, the pancreas, the kidneys? Do you have a well-versed understanding of how the body’s metabolism functions? If you are experiencing aching or soreness in the general hip area, can you determine if it is bone or muscle that is hurting? If your abdomen area is aching, can you identify whether it is a stomachache or menstrual uterine cramps? Do you have a pretty good idea of what kind of over-the-counter medicines or other treatment you can administer to treat the ailment?
That oddity is still true today in the very recent interpretation of the feminist movement. The entire mass media have zeroed in on this one topic while neglecting several other issues -- such as women’s education especially in fields that are actually useful. There are so many major issues surrounding women today, which are only marginally related to body confidence.
What about women studying science and mathematics? What about women taking self-defense classes? What about enforcing current laws and penalties of violence against women? What about enacting stricter laws to take care of violence against women?
Why have all these other very important issues suddenly been shoved to the back burner? Why is "body confidence" hailed for some mysterious reason as the second coming of the Messiah? They have insisted on narrowly obsessing over this one solitary topic at the detriment of everything else.
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