Curved lines
Light falls
Most seductive shadows
Open mouths
Digitally perfect
Non human - a goddess
No competition
All is won and lost
Kill womankind
Worship imagination
Monday, June 22, 2015
Friday, January 30, 2015
Betterment Over Anger
This morning I was reading an article on Facebook posted by a particularly vocal and self-identifying feminist.
Are you still reading? Great. I'm pleased. No, don't be offended, it's just that it's not a popular word here in the conservative Bible-belt community of Lynchburg, VA. My intent is not to incriminate feminism. I am also a self-identifying feminist, but don't misunderstand me. What that means exactly is another blog for another day...
This friend is constantly posting controversial and sometimes shocking articles on the newsfeed followed by remarks of outrage sprinkled with sassy witticisms. Despite my better judgement, I sometimes (sigh) fall for the ploy and open the article to check it out. After all, it was a story of college rape; something that we should all be informed of.
I began reading hoping to... well I don't know what I was hoping for, but the title had a positive and hopeful phrasing indicating that this university was handling such a situation in the correct way. I'm a sucker for optimism. I'd rather read an article about how we can do things right instead of reading an article pointing fingers at vilified corporations and businesses.
I'm a few paragraphs in. Sarcasm. Indirect blame shifting. Strong opinionated language. Enough already. All typed out in the confident anonymity of a username.
I was so disappointed. I wanted to read something beneficial - something constructive. This argumentative non-factual mess was nothing close to helpful. The thing is, even if the writer was a credible and informed source, I still cannot trust them because of the humorous cynicism that littered the language. I do not believe I am alone when I say that it is easier to trust information from a source that seems more detached as an observant third party, and not a fight-picking vigilante that wants to jump in the fight themselves using the internet as some digital weapon.
If I felt that the writer was open to new information, methods of betterment, and understanding, then I would find it much easier to give into their perspective and collaborate with my own thinking as to how we can work to prevent such tragedies in the future. I am asking a lot of those providing the internet with information, and I realize there are several million of "those people."
But aren't we interested in betterment anymore and not solely expressing anger?
I'd love to hear more thoughts on this. Please change my mind.
Are you still reading? Great. I'm pleased. No, don't be offended, it's just that it's not a popular word here in the conservative Bible-belt community of Lynchburg, VA. My intent is not to incriminate feminism. I am also a self-identifying feminist, but don't misunderstand me. What that means exactly is another blog for another day...
This friend is constantly posting controversial and sometimes shocking articles on the newsfeed followed by remarks of outrage sprinkled with sassy witticisms. Despite my better judgement, I sometimes (sigh) fall for the ploy and open the article to check it out. After all, it was a story of college rape; something that we should all be informed of.
I began reading hoping to... well I don't know what I was hoping for, but the title had a positive and hopeful phrasing indicating that this university was handling such a situation in the correct way. I'm a sucker for optimism. I'd rather read an article about how we can do things right instead of reading an article pointing fingers at vilified corporations and businesses.
I'm a few paragraphs in. Sarcasm. Indirect blame shifting. Strong opinionated language. Enough already. All typed out in the confident anonymity of a username.
I was so disappointed. I wanted to read something beneficial - something constructive. This argumentative non-factual mess was nothing close to helpful. The thing is, even if the writer was a credible and informed source, I still cannot trust them because of the humorous cynicism that littered the language. I do not believe I am alone when I say that it is easier to trust information from a source that seems more detached as an observant third party, and not a fight-picking vigilante that wants to jump in the fight themselves using the internet as some digital weapon.
If I felt that the writer was open to new information, methods of betterment, and understanding, then I would find it much easier to give into their perspective and collaborate with my own thinking as to how we can work to prevent such tragedies in the future. I am asking a lot of those providing the internet with information, and I realize there are several million of "those people."
But aren't we interested in betterment anymore and not solely expressing anger?
I'd love to hear more thoughts on this. Please change my mind.
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