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quote: Originally posted by foreignfilmfreak
said that there's more important issues around to be discussing
This is seriously one of the dumbest things you can say in any conversation. Unless that person spends their entire life discussing how to end the world's wars, disease, and hunger, they're in no position to criticise. You know what it means when someone says this? It means 'I don't like what you're saying, but I can't think of a good argument against it so I'll just belittle you instead'.
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Saddletank
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Yeah, some people really reveal their own stupidity and lack of depth when they think they're being smart and putting you down. I have a little chuckle at these people and move on.
Given the subject you were raising maybe they're a closet racist too? Who knows.
Inter-racial dating? I think it's cool. If nothing else its a key foundation for getting different cultures to understand more of each other. If the world gets filled with inter-racial marriages and families this has got to be a good thing for everyone as the barriers are being broken down.
*hugs FFF*
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Saddletank
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HL1: New job is going well, but is exhausting.
HL2: Meeting someone new. Who knows where it might go.
HL3: Online friends, man did we laugh so hard tonight. I love these guys.
LL0: None yet for a few days. Maybe my 2 years of bad luck is coming to an end.
LL1: Ah, yes, forgetting the edit button. Gnnn.
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foreignfilmfreak
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Thanks guys. I went back to check the thread and wow... it sorta got worse. One guy called me judgmental for pointing out how some white guys will chase after only Asian girls (which I thought most people acknowledged the fetishization of women of colour in western culture (and also vice versa)...). Or other women based on their race. This is actually common here, and my friends point it out to me too. But maybe it's just my boyfriend and I's background that makes it easier for us to tell this (we're not talking about regular guys, but the ones who only date Asian girls, etc.).
It's also pretty sad seeing people say that me and another girl, who are in interracial relationships, tell us we can't handle sarcasm and that if we point out if someone has used a wrong term that they get mad and say they should be allowed to because freedom of speech (yeah, let's ignore the fact it's a discriminatory word). The fun thing is, it's only guys arguing against us.
Anywho.
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husky51
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hahaha, don't worry about it, Saddles, you are just in a euphoric state of mind... lol
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I told my kids all along that I didn't care what race they dated or married, be they black, white, or purple with green polka-dots, that was their business. My only concern was that a young married couple had enough new issues to deal with being newly married, without having to deal with a lot of society's feelings against inter-racial marriages.
That said, my daughter was still worried about telling us that she was seeing a Saudi Muslim and I don't know why. This was before 9/11, so that public sentiment wasn't prevalent in the US at that time. I gently chewed her out about it at the time. She was her own woman and had to make these decisions on her own. I think her marriage fell apart mainly from cultural differences and the fact that she grew up in the USA where male and female mingled freely as good friends and nothing more.
Quite a bit different from living in the KSA. Her husbands outlook was that it was alright to be abusive, that it was his right as her husband, but breaking arms and refusing medical treatment was a bit over the line, even there. My dau felt trapped and didn't know where to turn until the incident with him and their daughter occurred, then the tigress roared, so to speak, protecting her cubs. It has been hard and she is still struggling, but she has her faith (Islam) and her kids to keep her going and she speaks a lot with family and friends via texting. She has gotten help from many unexpected sources while over there, including lesser members of the royal family...
HL:
Things are going well, so far...
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@husky
thanks for that update on your daughter
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Saddletank
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@ FFF - sounds like you just shouldn't bother with that subject on that forum. Walk away time I think. The internet is not the best place to raise sensitive subjects you're passionate about - you're basically shouting out loud to a concert hall full of strangers and those who reply remain anonymous so yeah, you'll get some useless responses.
Try not to let it get to you is the main thing.
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10.27.2014, 03:31 PM |
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foreignfilmfreak
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Yeah, I should have known. Sadly, some of the posters are people I've talked to over the years. It's just sort of sad to see how close minded some individuals can be.
LL: I have so much to do for next week. Anyone mind helping me come up with a topic for my feminist research course? It can be on anything, so if there's something of interest to you, please share and I'll look into the subject. I usually try to stay within the realm of intersectionality and gender identity.
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quote: Originally posted by foreignfilmfreak
Yeah, I should have known. Sadly, some of the posters are people I've talked to over the years. It's just sort of sad to see how close minded some individuals can be.
LL: I have so much to do for next week. Anyone mind helping me come up with a topic for my feminist research course? It can be on anything, so if there's something of interest to you, please share and I'll look into the subject. I usually try to stay within the realm of intersectionality and gender identity.
well you can research on the movement inside the feminist organizations to involve males in the feminist movement, also if the males and females are actually positive of helping each other out.
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its a uniquely Miyazaki film, one only he could make and its uniqueness places it beyond being easily critiqued.[About Porco Rosso] taken from a quote of Saddletank and Orphic Okapi
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foreignfilmfreak
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quote: Originally posted by saviour2012
quote: Originally posted by foreignfilmfreak
Yeah, I should have known. Sadly, some of the posters are people I've talked to over the years. It's just sort of sad to see how close minded some individuals can be.
LL: I have so much to do for next week. Anyone mind helping me come up with a topic for my feminist research course? It can be on anything, so if there's something of interest to you, please share and I'll look into the subject. I usually try to stay within the realm of intersectionality and gender identity.
well you can research on the movement inside the feminist organizations to involve males in the feminist movement, also if the males and females are actually positive of helping each other out.
That's actually a great idea. I might need to make it a bit more specific, but it'd be a good start. Or even just the role of male feminists in the feminist movement. My topic doesn't have to directly tie into feminism either, but I have to use a feminist researcher perspective.
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Highlight: got one of the references for my JET application and the transcript from my year abroad! Also redid a group presentation that faced technical difficulties this time last week. A pretty good day!
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Were they impressed by your scary mask?
From what I can judge as a disinterested adult with no small children into the event, in Britain in the last 5 years or so there has been a change with Halloween. It is now far less about knocking on stranger's doors and trick-treating (unless its teens out to be a nuisance) and more on parties for the very young children organised by parents and arranged in groups of friends in the warmth and safety of a home.
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11.01.2014, 09:44 AM |
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foreignfilmfreak
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quote: Originally posted by arren18
Highlight: got one of the references for my JET application and the transcript from my year abroad! Also redid a group presentation that faced technical difficulties this time last week. A pretty good day!
Yay! I'm worried about getting references. My boyfriend has no problem getting great, thorough references but I'm always so quiet I don't know if anyone will write me one (particularly professors). I have tons of work related references and the group I volunteer for probably would. It's just the academic reference I'm worried about... I'm not doing so great in university and the profs for my departments are varied and might not do one for me.
Although I really hope one might..
Also, oddly Halloween is still pretty big here. I haven't really heard of children having parties on Halloween. We get less kids at our house because kids can't walk there and need a drive. Older kids also go trick-or-treating. My sister went to the city with her friend trick-or-treating and got two huge sacks of sweets that she split with me. In my university town, it's not surprising if students go trick-or-treating. The residences also have trick-or-treating.
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Sounds like you guys had fun. Or generally
Me, my cousin got married, after which the rest of us cousins not going on a honeymoon went to catch a movie.
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Kazegami
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LL: My flatmates were being so loud and annoying so late at night last night that security had to warn them several times and eventually threatened to call the police. :| And I didn't eat all night because they and some friends of theirs I'd never met were being all drunk and rowdy in the kitchen and I was too intimidated to go into that situation. I mean, don't get me wrong, my flatmates are decent enough people but last night just needs to not happen ever again.
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quote: Originally posted by foreignfilmfreak
quote: Originally posted by arren18
Highlight: got one of the references for my JET application and the transcript from my year abroad! Also redid a group presentation that faced technical difficulties this time last week. A pretty good day!
Yay! I'm worried about getting references. My boyfriend has no problem getting great, thorough references but I'm always so quiet I don't know if anyone will write me one (particularly professors). I have tons of work related references and the group I volunteer for probably would. It's just the academic reference I'm worried about... I'm not doing so great in university and the profs for my departments are varied and might not do one for me.
Don't worry too much about being able to get one. I think if you ask a nice teacher they're not going to turn you down. The only issue is that you want to choose somebody you have a decent relationship with, so that they can write a more specific and therefore useful reference.
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