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I see the stupid juice has started flowing north now.
*sigh*
I see the stupid juice has started flowing north now.
*sigh*
Sep. 3rd, 2008
Why oh *why* did they stop making those lovely tennis shoes with no heels?
Okay maybe not in stark white, but whatever. I had a pair a few years ago which were divine. They zipped up. No laces. Love. I never found any after. I imagine they went out of style, as things are wont to do. But had I known I'd never find a pair again, I'd have bought 5 or 10 pairs and hid them. Really. Hell I'd even deal with laces now.
I walk around 2 miles a day with Ruby and with pregnancy meaning my weight is ballooning to levels unacceptable to my frame, my feet are killing me. I don't think less walking is the answer. Especially when I put on my comfortable supportive tennis shoes and feel fine... save the fact my heel is chewed up. Also, I really want to save those for treadmill running. I just want a pair of plain walking tennis shoes with no heel on the back.
Why is this so hard?
*sigh*
Okay maybe not in stark white, but whatever. I had a pair a few years ago which were divine. They zipped up. No laces. Love. I never found any after. I imagine they went out of style, as things are wont to do. But had I known I'd never find a pair again, I'd have bought 5 or 10 pairs and hid them. Really. Hell I'd even deal with laces now.
I walk around 2 miles a day with Ruby and with pregnancy meaning my weight is ballooning to levels unacceptable to my frame, my feet are killing me. I don't think less walking is the answer. Especially when I put on my comfortable supportive tennis shoes and feel fine... save the fact my heel is chewed up. Also, I really want to save those for treadmill running. I just want a pair of plain walking tennis shoes with no heel on the back.
Why is this so hard?
*sigh*
Isn't it tokenistic
Sep. 3rd, 2008 02:02 pmwhen ANY non-aboriginal plays a didgeridoo, not just a female?
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=e5656b25-97a7-4cec-afd1-29e0d95488fb
At what point do we draw the line between respecting culture, and propagating absolute sexist nonsense? I absolutely refuse to tell my kid it causes infertility. Though I might tell her it was disrespectful. I need more info first.
I'm just trying to imagine Australian parents telling their daughters "no Fiona, that's disrespectful, here Ned, you go play it while chasing the 'roos" and that being culturally sensitive! (Yes I know I was just totally obnoxious there, I was trying to be silly).
Then again, is it viewed as a toy by non-aboriginals? I'm thinking it might be similar to "how to make an indian headdress" type of thing in a north american book. I can't decide if I'd object to that or not. There's something about lecturing about tokenism to little kids playing cowboys and indians that bothers me. (And yes I know they're native americans or first nations or aboriginal but you know no book saying "how to make an indian headdress" is going to use those terms!).
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=e5656b25-97a7-4cec-afd1-29e0d95488fb
At what point do we draw the line between respecting culture, and propagating absolute sexist nonsense? I absolutely refuse to tell my kid it causes infertility. Though I might tell her it was disrespectful. I need more info first.
I'm just trying to imagine Australian parents telling their daughters "no Fiona, that's disrespectful, here Ned, you go play it while chasing the 'roos" and that being culturally sensitive! (Yes I know I was just totally obnoxious there, I was trying to be silly).
Then again, is it viewed as a toy by non-aboriginals? I'm thinking it might be similar to "how to make an indian headdress" type of thing in a north american book. I can't decide if I'd object to that or not. There's something about lecturing about tokenism to little kids playing cowboys and indians that bothers me. (And yes I know they're native americans or first nations or aboriginal but you know no book saying "how to make an indian headdress" is going to use those terms!).