It is nearly impossible to be a Dusty Lady and not have your body become a canvas of comments, critiques and opinions; specifically the one’s you didn’t ask for. You know the ones by orthodox ladies — and sometimes, not so orthodox people — who say things like, “I liked it better when your face [...]
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Re-Presenting Absences
As a simple defense of the well-being of my lobes, I tend to not interact with people who believe Culture is one monolithic and omnipresent entity, that somehow it is the particular duty of the “youth” to uphold it and keep it intact, for reasons that sound eerily close to neo-colonisation and imperialism. However, there is only [...]
Posted by Jaded on December 5, 2010
http://jaded16.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/re-presenting-absences/
Shame Is A Weapon You Are Not Entitled To Wield
Trigger warning: This post discusses shame as a motivator for weight loss, and as such might be triggering for anyone with a history of disordered eating and/or feelings of strong body shame. —- Have you ever been ashamed? Not just a little embarrassed, actually ashamed. Did you do something you knew you shouldn’t have; something [...]
Posted by Jaded on November 14, 2010
http://jaded16.wordpress.com/2010/11/14/shame-is-a-weapon-you-are-not-entitled-to-wield/
On ReDrawing Borders
Earlier this week, I got to hear President Obama during his stay in Mumbai as a part of the student’s interactive session where we were supposed to ask questions as he wanted to ‘know’ and ‘connect’ with the youth of India. Of course this demographic was rounded off from the most affluent and well known [...]
Posted by Jaded on November 11, 2010
http://jaded16.wordpress.com/2010/11/11/on-redrawing-borders/
David Cameron, What A Racist
David Cameron, our benevolent and democratically-leader, here in the U.K, recently made a speech about the widespread problem of terrorism which the world currently faces, and the causes there of. You might be surprised to discover that this speech is almost entirely devoid of racism! Cameron instead focuses on actual and true facts, that just [...]
Posted by Jaded on February 15, 2011
http://jaded16.wordpress.com/2011/02/15/david-cameron-what-a-racist/