tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post207236580471850441..comments2023-10-25T05:30:54.507-04:00Comments on Oh Get A Grip!: The Red DressAshe Barkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03390519279886657608noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-43015819099105433472016-05-05T12:01:04.035-04:002016-05-05T12:01:04.035-04:00Incredibly powerful post, Jean. I'm glad you&#...Incredibly powerful post, Jean. I'm glad you're talking about what's happening with native women. On top of that, the first two paragraphs of your piece are a chilling representation of what's underneath lots of supposedly benign interactions.Annabeth Leonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07455191827664110878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-13959258946461541332016-04-11T18:36:08.459-04:002016-04-11T18:36:08.459-04:00Wow, Jean. I didn't know this. The empty red d...Wow, Jean. I didn't know this. The empty red dresses, empty and unworn, shifting and swaying in the wind...what an evocative, touching image.Suz dehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236960359162948178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-43127546924414668202016-04-11T11:47:20.672-04:002016-04-11T11:47:20.672-04:00There's a current story of San Francisco cops ...There's a current story of San Francisco cops killing a guy who was waving a kitchen knife. According to witnesses, he never rushed the cops. Thirty seconds after the cops arrived, the guy was dead. WTF. I've taken knives away from drunks in bars on several occasions. Not something I liked to do, but as bartender, bouncing came with the job. You'd think that with their resources, they could train the police to disarm somebody like that. What about all the martial arts guys? It's only a knife for chrissakes. Instead, they just shoot. The poor fuck didn't even speak English, so when he didn't 'drop it', they opened fire. Seven bullets hit him and there were a score of cops around. What fucking wusses. He never attacked, just was twirling around in a circle like he didn't know what was happening. Bam.Daddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-56023183174764545092016-04-10T11:43:51.805-04:002016-04-10T11:43:51.805-04:00Thanks for commenting, all.
- The total disappear...Thanks for commenting, all. <br />- The total disappearance of certain people seems creepier, in some sense, than the discovery of a body. The disappearance of a victim usually makes it hard to find a perpetrator. <br />- The double whammy of racism mixed with sexism in the history of the Western Hemisphere definitely sets up certain people as targets of violence. I've heard complaints that native women are not the only victims, and therefore the "missing & murdered indigenous women" movement (with its visual symbol of a red dress)should be expanded to include other demographics. This seems parallel to criticisms of the slogan "Black Lives Matter." I think there is room for several parallel protest movements against the abuse and murder of particular groups of people. A targeted campaign seems much more effective than general statements that human beings should be nicer to each other.<br />- I don't honestly know if I could write a story from the viewpoint of the perpetrator, but even if I couldn't, I would like to know what motivates such people, beyond an upbringing in a racist & sexist culture. (For that matter, I would like to know what motivated people who formed lynch mobs, back in the day. The end of lynching as a tradition seems to show that publicizing and prosecuting crimes really does have a deterrent effect.) Jean Robertahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08805088081675965859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-34716336133606849002016-04-10T11:24:25.442-04:002016-04-10T11:24:25.442-04:00As a human being, I'm not so sure I want to kn...As a human being, I'm not so sure I want to know how such a mind works. If I can't wrap my head around that kind of logic, that's just fine. I knew a black guy from Mississippi who said that in his neighborhood, people went missing every year. He didn't specify gender, but said that every black family could tell of relatives who went out in the morning and never came back. I also heard about 5 years back that around Juarez, hundreds of women's bodies have been uncovered. I don't know if any perps have been caught.<br /><br />If anybody is interested in the inner workings of a nutcase in that realm (Though not with a racial aspect) see Rose B. Thorny's "Power and Glory" in the ERWA Treasure chest.<br /><br />http://erotica-readers.com/GD/TC-EF/Power_and_Glory.htmDaddy Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12927663248424944119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-570381332687385592016-04-10T10:44:36.376-04:002016-04-10T10:44:36.376-04:00It might well be an instructive (though possibly h...It might well be an instructive (though possibly harrowing) exercise to try writing a story from the perspective of an imagined perpetrator. That's probably more of a stretch than I am capable of, but you might be. <br /><br />I do think that some people (not just men) have the conviction that people of other races (especially, though not exclusively women) are subhuman. This is what the European invaders coming to the New World truly believed. They were God's chosen, and the other peoples they encountered were Godless, soulless barbarians. This attitude may endure, to a greater extent than one would think.<br />Lisabet Saraihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05162514190572269660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156334464585894857.post-9107683320437424702016-04-10T10:38:44.209-04:002016-04-10T10:38:44.209-04:00To me, the most shocking part is that so many are ...To me, the most shocking part is that so many are missing, almost certainly murdered with no trace of their bodies found. I wonder how this rate compares with that in more densely settled urban areas. Maybe we just don't hear much about it. Or maybe even less effort is made to solve crimes involving indigenous women in Canada than is true for minorities in the USA. Sacchi Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10801164916418570059noreply@blogger.com