Prin `97-`98 am gustat prima data din ceea ce mai general se numeste “altfel de muzica decat ce ne dau sa inghitim posturile de televiziune sau de radio”. Odata cu stilul muzical diferit de al “majoritatii”, au venit un altfel de stil vestimentar, frecventarea unor altfel de locuri, altfel de obiceiuri si, per total, o altfel de atitudine, care ma detasa complet de “majoritate”. Ceea ce intelegeam mai putin la momentul respectiv era ca aceasta atitudine ma detasa mai degraba de celelalte fete de varsta mea, decat de o majoritate generala. Spre deosebire de muzica ascultata de ceilalti, in care se regaseau frecvent destule modele feminine, muzica rock si toate derivatele ei pareau o “chestie de baieti”. Putinele femei care realmente cantau in trupe de gen erau aproape complet masculinizate si in general despre ele se spuneau lucruri de genul “tipa asta e extraordinara, nici nu-ti vine sa crezi ca-i femeie” sau “ce bine ca reuseste totusi sa se remarce printre atatia barbati”. O “rockerita” era echivalentul de atunci al unei femei sofer de tir [ambele stereotipuri inca persista].
De atunci am trecut prin cateva asa numite “scene”, fara sa-mi pun intrebarea de ce felul in care ma comport si muzica pe care-o ascult e considerata “o chestie de baieti” si de ce asta e unul dintre motivele pentru care eu credeam ca ma regasesc in ea. Prima explicatie care imi vine acum in minte e ca acea muzica era asociata unui mesaj profund, fie sentimental, fie politic, profunzime care era, desigur, apanajul baietilor care de altfel se si pricepeau mult mai bine la matematica decat fetele, in vreme ce fetele erau asociate cu superficialitate, pantofi, culoarea roz si pisicute pufoase. Eu insami asociam fetele cu aceleasi lucruri si presiunea familiei, venita odata cu trecerea anilor, de a fi “mai mult ca o fata”, ma facea sa le urasc.
Incet-incet, muzica pe care o ascultam la inceput a intrat in mainstream si am descoperit punk-ul, o muzica si o cultura aparte ce se doreau a fi “pentru toata lumea”, indiferent de categoria sociala din care facea parte. Insasi provenienta termenului o declara clar. Un “punk” era denumit la inceput un fel de gunoi al societatii, un respins, sau chiar, in sens mai restrans, un detinut de sex masculin care “servea” drept parte pasiva in relatiile sexuale dintre detinuti. Asadar, punk-ul era pentru toti si aduna la un loc pe toti cei ce nu se regaseau in alte culturi, cu toate astea, fetele erau la fel de putine daca nu chiar mai putine ca in celelalte scene prin care trecusem, iar lucrul asta m-a facut, in sfarsit, sa ma gandesc ca poate, pe undeva, se face o nedreptate. N-a fost nevoie sa ma intreb de ce, explicatia venea chiar din versurile unor trupe foarte populare in randul punkistilor sau din spusele putinelor fete care ascultau si “traiau” punk [“e greu ca fata sa fii punk”, “cele mai multe fete o fac doar ca sa impresioneze, sa para altfel”, etc.].
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Category Archives: sexuality
[zina lf-ro#2] Despre stereotipuri cu Guerilla Girls
Stereotipurile feminine sunt asemeni tic-tac-ului pe care il auzi zilnic de cateva zeci de ani al unui ceas de perete: te obisnuiesti atat de mult cu ele incat uiti ca exista, dar devin suparatoare cand le constientizezi. Sunt atat de bine imprimate in mentalitate si, pe deasupra, nu fac parte din nici un cod al vreunui limbaj corect politic incat e extrem de greu de scapat de ele. Cand trebuie sa descrii o persoana de sex feminin, vei folosi aproape inevitabil unul dintre ele. Am intalnit chiar si feministe “cu experienta” care le folosesc cu nonsalanta. Sigur, se poate spune ca exista si stereotipuri masculine, cine nu a auzit de “baiatul mamei”, “himbos” sau ca “toti barbatii sunt porci”? Dar turul stereotipurilor care urmaresc femeile “din leagan in mormant” pe care ni-l propun Guerilla Girls in Bitches, Bimbos and Ballbreakers te fac – asa cum spune si coperta – “sa razi, sa te enervezi sau poate chiar sa te razgandesti”.
Guerilla Girls pornesc de la ideea de diferenta intre stereotipuri si arhetipuri si atrag atentia ca, despre oricare dintre ele ar fi vorba, fie pozitive sau negative, canoanele pe care le presupun sunt rareori alegerea proprie a unei femei.
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[zina lf-ro#2] Femeia in Orientul Mijlociu
-Intre dorinta de emancipare si conservatorism-
De ce un astfel de subiect? Din necesitate… In ultima perioada de timp, Orientul Mijlociu a constituit un subiect de discutie extrem de abordat si mai ales controversat, insa ce ma nemultumeste cel mai mult este faptul ca problema conditiei si viziunii femeii in acest areal este inexistenta si astfel am simtit nevoia sa ma documentez ceva mai mult despre ceea ce multa lume nu vrea sa vada si auda.
Primul lucru si probabil cel mai important in cultura islamica este religia: citind putin despre inceputurile islamismului am gasit un lucru ce mi-a atras atentia, si anume ca femeia avea mai multa libertate atunci decat astazi, surprinzator, nu-i asa? De ce s-a ajuns in situatia de astazi? Sa stea oare raspunsul in scrierea alegorica a Coranului, care are un inalt grad de subiectivism? Eu inclin sa cred ca da, de-a lungul timpului s-au facut tot felul de interpretari asupra lui, iar factorii sociali si economici nu au facut decat sa stirbeasca din libertatea femeii.
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from the global feminist newswire
Egypt Moves to Ban Female Genital Mutilation (6/29/2007)
Egypt’s health ministry announced yesterday that it would close a legal loophole allowing female genital mutilation (FGM), days after a 12-year-old girl died from the procedure…
UNFPA Briefing on New Report Focuses on Urbanization (6/28/2007)
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) released its annual report on the State of World Population at a briefing this week at the National Press Club…
Setback for Saudi Business Women (6/28/2007)
Under new segregation rules, female bankers in Saudi Arabia are being separated from their male counterparts and supervisors…
New Anti-Rape Law in Thailand (6/25/2007)
The National Legislative Assembly of Thailand approved a new law last week that criminalizes marital rape…
Colombia to Pass Law Giving Rights to Same-Sex Couples (6/18/2007)
With backing from President Alvaro Uribe, a Colombian bill giving same-sex couples rights to health insurance, inheritance, and social security that recently passed by a 62-43 vote in Congress is likely to become law…
Fatal Shooting Outside Afghan Girls’ School (6/14/2007)
Two gunmen killed two girls and wounded six others, including a teacher, outside a girls’ school in Logar Province, Afghanistan on Tuesday…
Over 100 Women Activists Arrested in Zimbabwe (6/13/2007)
More than 100 members of Women of Zimbabwe Arise (WOZA) were arrested June 11 in Filabusi, Zimbabwe during a peaceful demonstration to launch the Peoples’ Charter, which includes demands for social rights and liberties…
Kuwaiti Women Barred from Working at Night (6/13/2007)
The Kuwaiti Parliament unanimously passed a law earlier this week to restrict women’s rights by restricting the hours that women are allowed to work…
Ministers in UK Government Draft New Anti-Discrimination Legislation (6/12/2007)
The United Kingdom government published today a consultation document that included proposals for a Single Equality Bill that will cover England, Wales, and Scotland…
Mozambique Considers Lifting Abortion Ban to Protect Women’s Lives (6/11/2007)
In order to improve the health and safety of women, policymakers in Mozambique have announced that they will consider lifting the country’s ban on abortion…
Afghan Radio Owner and Reporter Killed (6/6/2007)
Zakia Zaki, the owner and manager of Peace Radio and a headmaster of a girls’ school in Parwan province, was shot dead inside her home early this morning…
Report Links Discrimination Against Women and HIV Infection Rates (5/31/2007)
Physicians for Human Rights released a report on Friday demonstrating that discriminatory views against women contribute to the spread of HIV…
Mexican Supreme Court Will Consider New Abortion Law (5/31/2007)
The Mexican Supreme Court announced on Tuesday that it will hear a case filed by the National Human Right’s Commission (NHRC) and the Attorney General’s Office to determine whether Mexico City’s law allowing abortion in the first three months of pregnancy is constitutional…
Women’s Rights Activist Suspended from Afghan Parliament (5/22/2007)
Women’s rights activist and lawmaker Malalai Joya, a 29-year-old from the Farah province, was suspended from the Afghan Parliament yesterday after she described the Parliament as a barn full of animals…
adresind violenta normalizata
doua initiative importante:
“Because it’s no longer enough to be a decent person. It’s no longer enough to shake our heads and make concerned grimaces at the news. True enlightened activism is the only thing that can save humanity from itself. I’ve always had a bent towards apocalyptic fiction, and I’m beginning to understand why. I look and I see the earth in flames. Her face was nothing but red.” – Joss Whedon, May 20 2007, Whedonesque.com
Yet more evidence as to why the newly devised Anti-Rape Demonstrations are so important when the legal system actively condones and promotes male sexual violence against women and girls. No clearer message than this can be sent to all men and boys that they can continue committing rape and sexual abuse with impunity. As regards women and girls – well, make-up, clothing, sexual precociousness etc. are the REAL RAPISTS not men. Yet another male judge believes and actively condones myths concerning male sexual violence against women and girls. Continue reading
another listen up
new video by the gossip: re-edit of “listen up” (and re-designed site)
(the older video, for the album version of the song, is here)
muzic newz
- the ex-members‘s new ep is out and available for download on their myspace! yipee!
- new boyskout video:
Call for Papers : heterosexuality
HETEROSEXUALITY
Editor: Yasco Horsman
Book Series: Thamyris / Intersecting: Place, Sex, and ‘Race’
Publisher: Rodopi (Amsterdam / New York)
Series Editor: Ernst van Alphen
Deadline for Proposals: July 1, 2007
“Thamyris / Intersecting,” a book series on place, sex and ‘race’ seeks contributions to an upcoming volume on heterosexuality.
Heterosexuality has long been considered the norm, the unmarked category from which all ‘perversions’ deviate – in short, something that is in itself not in need of an explanation. With the emergence of queer theory in the 1990’s, and its insistence on the constructed and flux nature of all sexual identities, straightness itself was shown to be neither as monolithic nor as stable as had once been assumed. This opened the doors for a project that Calvin Thomas has recently dubbed ‘straight queer theory,’ a rigorous analysis of the cultural and social construction of heterosexuality that refuses to take sexual identity as fixed.
ziua barbatului, yaaay
si ca tot am amintit din nou “ziua barbatului”, eu ma gindeam s-o sarbatoresc azi. de ce azi? hm, dar de ce nu?
deci cu ocazia acestei zile, cintece feministe de trupele mele preferate de tipi feministi:
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down the global feminist wire
- Women’s Rights Activist Suspended from Afghan Parliament (5/22/2007)
Women’s rights activist and lawmaker Malalai Joya, a 29-year-old from the Farah province, was suspended from the Afghan Parliament yesterday after she described the Parliament as a barn full of animals… - Iranian-American Scholar Charged with Revolutionary Conspiracy (5/22/2007)
Iranian-American academic Haleh Esfandiari was charged yesterday with conspiring to overthrow Iran’s government after being imprisoned two weeks ago when she tried to return to the US from Iran… - Renewed Efforts to Implement One-Child Policy Spark Protests in Rural China (5/21/2007)
Villagers in southwestern China have been protesting and rioting over the past four days in reaction to a recent crackdown on violators of China’s so-called one-child policy… - New Report Ranks Best and Worst Countries for Mothers and Children (5/11/2007)
In its annual “Mother’s Day Report Card,” Save the Children this week released a ranking of the best and worst countries for mothers and children…
[Romania is 38th out of 41 countries in its group ahead of only Albania, Macedonia and Moldova] -
Amnesty International Increases Support for Abortion Rights (5/11/2007)
Amnesty International — a human rights group that had previously remained mostly neutral on abortion — has released a new policy on sexual and reproductive rights that increases the organization’s support for abortion rights… - Women Primarily Contract HIV from Their Husbands, Study Finds (5/10/2007)
Worldwide, marital sex is the leading cause of HIV infection in women, according to a new study by researchers at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health… - Irish Teen Wins Right to Travel to England for Abortion (5/10/2007)
Ireland’s High Court ruled yesterday that a pregnant teen carrying a fatally deformed fetus can travel outside the country to obtain an abortion, after the motion was previously defeated by the lower and middle courts…