Yesterday I went to the gym with a buddy of mine. After a while we wanted to get on the chest fly machine. So we go over there and there's an African-American fellow wiping down the machine. He told us we could have the machine when he was done wiping it down (which is good etiquette). When he finishes and walks off some white guy comes up and starts to wipe down the machine. "Oh were you working out with the other guy?" my friend asks, "'cause he cleaned the machine already."
Whitey tells us no and just states tat he thought it should be cleaned again because "guys like that leave residue."
Needless to say my buddy and I, who are both white, were shocked. Which leads me to the question, my fellow white males: why the fuck do you think you can go up to any other white guy, say something terrible, and expect them to agree? This isn't 1945. What you think isn't right. What you feel isn't right. And sharing it with others doesn't make you any more right. If you're counting on other white boys to justify your grandpa's ass backwards ideas, you're a dying breed. A lot of us are getting fed up with it. So keep it to your damn self.
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Spontaneously Gay
A Brazilian Cardinal in the Catholic Church thinks that Brazilian teenagers are becoming "spontaneously gay" in response to a corrupt society that is driving them away from a sexuality that is "human and suitable". Other members of the Church in the article claim that acceptance of homosexuality will lead to exception pedophilia (I'll make the joke in your head for you: so what's the Church's problem then?).
The idea that non-hetero expressions of sexuality is still considered a side effect of society or some sort of mental disorder is getting a little old these days. The desire of religious and social institutions to force their definitions of what is moral and immoral down peoples throats is also getting a little old. So I have to ask a question myself: why do people cling to churches that want nothing to do with them? I understand that faith is a personal experience and some people don't want to give up God all together, but why stick with a church that defines you as a sinner for something that does not hurt anybody? Why surround oneself with those who will make one feel guilty? The idea that non-heterosexuality is the cause of some damage is sickening me. Gay catholics unite and let the institutions your helping to support know how wrong they are.
The idea that non-hetero expressions of sexuality is still considered a side effect of society or some sort of mental disorder is getting a little old these days. The desire of religious and social institutions to force their definitions of what is moral and immoral down peoples throats is also getting a little old. So I have to ask a question myself: why do people cling to churches that want nothing to do with them? I understand that faith is a personal experience and some people don't want to give up God all together, but why stick with a church that defines you as a sinner for something that does not hurt anybody? Why surround oneself with those who will make one feel guilty? The idea that non-heterosexuality is the cause of some damage is sickening me. Gay catholics unite and let the institutions your helping to support know how wrong they are.
A Much Better Blog
So I pilfered this image from http://thesisterproject.com/smith, which is a much better blog than mine. The image itself if from an old series of books informing women of the do's and don'ts of dating. The advice is awfully reminiscent of the drinking advice given to Lil' Bit by her mother in Paula Vogel's play "How I learned to Drive". Check out the blog and the play for lots of entertainment.
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