inequality is alive and well, alas.
11. Don’t get confused, though: Unless you are actually poor, you are not actually poor.
I know I said “poor” in item #10, but I was being lazy. I’m sorry. What I really meant was “broke.” Don’t get some chip on your shoulder about how disenfranchised you are because all you have is a liberal arts degree and 100 Top Ramens. It will make you sound silly and careless. Some people have been systemically disadvantaged their entire lives and now they live in their cars and don’t even have Bottom Ramen. Here’s an easy way to tell the difference: If you got arrested, do you have someone that could bail you out of jail? If the answer is yes, then you are broke and not poor. “Poor” is not a game. You are “broke.
I know I said “poor” in item #10, but I was being lazy. I’m sorry. What I really meant was “broke.” Don’t get some chip on your shoulder about how disenfranchised you are because all you have is a liberal arts degree and 100 Top Ramens. It will make you sound silly and careless. Some people have been systemically disadvantaged their entire lives and now they live in their cars and don’t even have Bottom Ramen. Here’s an easy way to tell the difference: If you got arrested, do you have someone that could bail you out of jail? If the answer is yes, then you are broke and not poor. “Poor” is not a game. You are “broke.
Holly gets class-y
No, really, stop using the term ‘classy’, it’s really horrid and classist. I mean it. Yes, I know I just used it in the title but I was being ironic. Yeah. Smooth.
This was really difficult for me to make, so please forgive it being a bit choppy. Let’s talk more, yeah?
(I wasn’t here when this got uploaded, but it’s been pointed out that no-one blogged it. So here, go watch now because it’s important stuff! - Becca)
Feminism and class: an apology
Sorry it’s so late again, I had to publish this 4 times at around 4am this morning to stop the sound going funny. A curs’d technical difficulties!
We’re going to be on TV! Asasgdgshgfghf!!!!! https://www.facebook.com/events/335518116518115/
The type of class based feminism fail I was talking about: http://manarchistryangosling.tumblr.com/
Feminism is not simply a struggle to end male chauvinism or a movement to ensure women have equal rights with men; it is a commitment to eradicating the ideology of domination that permeates Western culture on various levels - sex, race, class to name a few- and a commitment to reorganising US society so that the self-development of people can take precedence over imperialism, economic expansion and material desires.
- bell hooks
