tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post13917466302811387..comments2023-10-09T09:07:18.186-04:00Comments on My Ecdysis: "Radical," Feminism, Boston, and WAM: Free WriteLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16013142465038823597noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-65968569885377801382008-04-05T13:23:00.000-04:002008-04-05T13:23:00.000-04:00belle, somehow the good in boston forced its way t...belle, somehow the good in boston forced its way through and i received in the mail yesterday, courtesy of the boston pd, my purse with my ipod, digital camera, planner, scarf and nadia's newest zine. my wallet was gone, but everything else was found in the bathroom of the restaurant while it was taken. and i would rather get a new wallet than buy a new ipod or camera. so i suppose this is the twisted theft silver lining. or something.<BR/><BR/>and i learned from lex that you can use a police report as id to board a bus home. BUT greyhound will make you buy you a new bus ticket, even though yours is documented online and on said police report.<BR/><BR/>[by "the good in boston" i think i mean "sudy lives there." i still imagine her sitting the city down and going "look, this is not acceptable behavior." and boston shaking her head and saying "okay, okay, i'll see what i can do. i'm sorry."]Katiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09347627527421421710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-41251012536069358232008-04-04T17:34:00.000-04:002008-04-04T17:34:00.000-04:00what La Mala said--you really can't make that shit...what La Mala said--you really can't make that shit up. and, wtf bumping someone because the plane is too heavy?! WHAT?!<BR/><BR/>the purse stealing episode sounds like a fucking nightmare. did K ever get any of her stuff back? how'd she manage the trip back without ID?<BR/><BR/>and yeah, I'd probably be thinking about taking up smoking too.<BR/><BR/>My best friend loathes Boston. The last few times I was there I began to see what he meant. It's...yeah. A lot of things; but New England is definitely one of them, under all the shiny yuppie and liberal spillover from old-school Cambridge and so forth, I would say.<BR/><BR/>I just wish Detroit was anywhere near anywhere I'd be easily able to get to or likely to go otherwise.belledame222https://www.blogger.com/profile/13947289856453172848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-47151138553913624642008-04-03T16:32:00.000-04:002008-04-03T16:32:00.000-04:00I am radical because while I may not agree with ot...<I>I am radical because while I may not agree with others, I will stand by their anger and support their voices...The space provided where womyn can safely create, remember, and piece their vision together is the face of feminism to me.</I><BR/><BR/>I'm a new reader to your blog, and I wanted to chime in and say that this whole post, and especially the above, is beautifully stated. Staying steady together, across any lines/difference/distance, as womyn who are made of anger, joy, hope, all of it -- that is truly radical. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for your words here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-51302608989764109122008-04-03T09:35:00.000-04:002008-04-03T09:35:00.000-04:00I left a similar comment for Jessica Hoffman about...I left a similar comment for Jessica Hoffman about how when I reviewed the brochure for WAM! after arriving, I was suprised to see the word "feminist" used as though it had a settled meaning - that everyone might already have an understanding of what it meant, because I know that in the places I read and write, it is the least settled term I can think of.<BR/><BR/>I suggested to the CNW exec director that we need to think about the linguistics of feminism, and she said that that sounds like a session. <BR/><BR/>The more I'm reading all these posts from attendees and presenters, the more I'm convinced that there needs to be an open dialogue between all of us who use these words and more - because if we don't even understand what they mean to each of us, I'm not sure how we can promote any of what it means with as much success as we could if we DID have better understanding.<BR/><BR/>Anyway - thanks for writing these reflections. I'm so sorry for the purse experience too.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02175591212176951287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-56156561988761462712008-04-03T09:34:00.000-04:002008-04-03T09:34:00.000-04:00Seriously you can't make that shit up.Drama and al...Seriously you can't make that shit up.<BR/><BR/>Drama and all I just wish I could could have squeezed by ass in the minivan with you all.Maegan la Malahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150905635603224058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-73278342239414013962008-04-03T08:05:00.000-04:002008-04-03T08:05:00.000-04:00As one of those people who "can't make it" to stuf...As one of those people who "can't make it" to stuff like this, I am so grateful that you brave the threats on our behalf to tell us what went on. I am in turn shocked and not-so-much by much of what you have written here. It hurts me to know that women I love and respect so much had to go through all that. And that there is/was nothing I can do that takes away your/their pain. Except to get a better understanding of media JUSTICE and do my part to help make it a reality. Thank you for sharing this so raw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-31961368000283135062008-04-03T00:47:00.000-04:002008-04-03T00:47:00.000-04:00love love love reliving this with you, even the "n...love love love reliving this with you, even the "need to smoke" parts.<BR/><BR/>beautiful, completly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30786752.post-60607582916404072932008-04-03T00:15:00.000-04:002008-04-03T00:15:00.000-04:00sudy - this is beautiful. amazing how the accumula...sudy - this is beautiful. amazing how the accumulation of all the pieces - the real, lived scenes - says so much more sometimes than, well ...<BR/>truly - there is something to the way you are laying out one scene after another, human, emotional, the relationships mixed with the politics ... i think that's a lot of what the reformist/scared-of-radical folks are missing, what made so much of the conference feel disorienting/crazy-making/disjointed. this isn't abstract or distant but right here, where people are feeling and perceiving and being marginalized and knowing precisely because of that how important it is to get at the root and not play superficial, power-grabby, false, misguided games. <BR/>love to you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com