(I'm sorry... I had to slip that in...)
Casey
http://www.galacticast.com/
--- In [email protected], "Lisa Ours" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Thank you both Casey and Bill.
>
> As the proud posessor of both Boobs and a Uterus as well as a very
healthy
> sense of humor I'm simply not easily offended..... However I would
just like
> to say that as a Redhead I am easily annoyed... so I was chewing my
> fingernails off trying to decide whether to respond or not to this
fiasco,
> entertaining fiasco to be sure, but still.
>
> OH and just for the record Paul duck... Women do make Knob jokes....
we just
> don't do it when your around to hear it,after all, we do have an
image to
> uphold *Wink*
>
>
> Laughter, Mirth, and snarky comments for all!!
>
> Viva Les Vlog!
>
> Daughtershow
>
>
>
> >From: "Casey McKinnon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [email protected]
> >To: [email protected]
> >Subject: [videoblogging] Re: Sick of the sexism
> >Date: Thu, 11 May 2006 00:34:40 -0000
> >
> >AMEN, Bill!
> >
> >--- In [email protected], "Bill Streeter" <bill@> wrote:
> > >
> > > First of all I have to wonder what thread you're reading that could
> > > have made you this angry. I didn't see a lot of sexism in it, or
> > > people saying it was okay, all I saw was people cracking jokes about
> > > it. If thats all it takes to make you that angry, I'm really sorry
> > > about that. But I think you're reading WAY too much into
it--including
> > > reading stuff into it that is not even there, and taking it WAY too
> > > seriously. Are there real problems with sexism in this world? Yup.
> > > There are also problems with about a million other things too. If I
> > > spent my time making videos about all the things that made me angry
> > > every day I wouldn't have much time for anything else. I do what
I can
> > > do about the things I can do something about but that's it.
> > >
> > > Second this list is not the "Vloggesphere" just a small part of
it. A
> > > very small part of it. So I don't think it's fair of you to
claim that
> > > the entire vloggesphere is a group "with that kind of problem."
Guess
> > > what? If you think this is bad, wait till it goes really mainstream
> > > and the racists, and the homophobes and all the other extremists in
> > > the world get a hold of it. But that's the world we live in
isn't it?
> > > Why did you think that the "vloggesphere" would be any different?
> > >
> > > Of course I fully understand that based on how you've
interpreted the
> > > messages in the thread in question that you will probably completely
> > > misinterpret everything I just said but I'll take that chance I
guess.
> > >
> > > Oh and I'm sorry to have committed the sin of being born a white
man.
> > > It was a total accident I swear.
> > >
> > > Bill Streeter
> > > LO-FI SAINT LOUIS
> > > www.lofistl.com
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "Brittany Shoot"
> > > <brittany.s.shoot@> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I'm pretty angry, but please take this in the spirit in which
it is
> > > intended.
> > > >
> > > > I made a video about how the sexist comments on this listserv
made me
> > > > feel. It's not all in fun, and having just joined the list after
> > > > resisting for months, I know why I was warned not to bother
with this
> > > > "conversation" at all. I'll keep my subscription, but I'll
probably
> > > > go back to deleting all of the messages. Thanks to one
like-minded
> > > > female who emailed me to alert me to today's dose of bullshit.
> > > >
> > > > Go watch this:
> > > >
http://modernfeminist.blogspot.com/2006/05/sexism-in-vlogosphere.html
> > > >
> > > > And thank you to all of the men and women who tried to put a
stop to
> > > > all of this. It mostly amazes me what will be said when you know
> > > > countless people will read these emails...but I guess if you're so
> > > > unaware that you're being sexist, you may not care.
> > > >
> > > > See you at VloggerCon, where I'll be discussing inclusion in the
> > > > vlogosphere...or lack thereof.
> > > >
> > > > Brittany
> > > > http://bshoot.blogspot.com
> > > > http://modernfeminist.blogspot.com
> > > >
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