tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15103525.post8561045629383457092..comments2023-10-09T13:28:54.668+01:00Comments on My word!: Feminism in a desi settingDesiGirlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09719027278943104286noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15103525.post-13059554499651499362007-05-27T23:14:00.000+01:002007-05-27T23:14:00.000+01:00Liberated Advertising? The Exploitation of Women i...Liberated Advertising? The Exploitation of Women in the West <BR/>The irony of women's liberation in western societies is a deeply imbedded form of mental slavery that is hostage to sexist advertising, a hugely profitable cosmetic (from gels to surgery and wire-bras to stilletos) industry, and the widely held notion of progress by "comparison" with the sorry state of women in the third world.<BR/>Women are meek, servile, wretched, abused, housemaids....in the other/Eastern societies. In the West, they speak in a masculine tongue/harsh/gravel voice, they are "equal" to men, they work outside the home, they smoke, drink, take drugs, shave their legs and armpits in ritual fashion/fashion ritual, wear make-up their entire lives, wear restrictive underwear, and are made to sell everything from cars to razor blades through their physical nakedness. Now in the globalizing convergence of progress the mysterious separateness of men and women that constituted the most beautiful aspect of humanity is being diluted by Body Shop, an obligingly carbon-neutral guilt free removal of layers of difference and a plastering of organic make-up that will enslave all women as made-up gloss at the altar of those asexual objects, the Gods (Godesses?) of Equality.Svahahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05460716511285660726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15103525.post-21933514710517392052007-04-16T09:00:00.000+01:002007-04-16T09:00:00.000+01:00Saw yours, Kishore. I am just tagging. I think Ams...Saw yours, Kishore. I am just tagging. I think Ams is keeping track. <BR/><BR/>Yeah MM, I know the post you are talking of - I will ask Ams or Apu to link it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15103525.post-40403106570946116752007-04-13T08:40:00.000+01:002007-04-13T08:40:00.000+01:00hey i did one of these a few days back.. does that...hey i did one of these a few days back.. does that count? http://themadmomma.blogspot.com/2007/02/tag-on-five-things-feminism-gave-me.htmlthe mad mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535453643548976883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15103525.post-29738722921224291892007-04-13T04:16:00.000+01:002007-04-13T04:16:00.000+01:00Mine's up.. Mine's up...http://dayswork.wordpress....Mine's up.. Mine's up...<BR/><BR/>http://dayswork.wordpress.com/2007/04/13/demystifying-feminism<BR/><BR/>:)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15103525.post-51155646911534947332007-04-11T13:13:00.000+01:002007-04-11T13:13:00.000+01:00Excellent. One thing you mentioned really struck a...Excellent. One thing you mentioned really struck a chord - it is important to start forming these attitudes young. Our culture not only assigns us specific roles, it also doesn't encourage questioning. When combined, it is easy to see why many people (both men and women) find it difficult to think beyond traditional roles. <BR/><BR/>I am going to combine all these posts in one place somewhere...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com