tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post8812886711650766864..comments2023-10-03T18:30:42.773-05:00Comments on Meta Watershed: A PRIMER ON UNLEARNING CLASSISMMaggie Jochildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-91890883904361362682007-10-17T00:16:00.000-05:002007-10-17T00:16:00.000-05:00Yeah, Victoria, the first time I ran this exercise...Yeah, Victoria, the first time I ran this exercise was at a local women's music festival in an open-air canvas tent. I wound up outside, as did one of my best friends at the opposite end of the tent. (Like you, I was the one taking a step backward every time.) Painful but extremely illuminating -- much more so for her than for me, because of course we carry all these class secrets inside and bridge the gap, those of us in the lower classes. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for reading.Maggie Jochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-2964585645996097752007-10-17T00:06:00.000-05:002007-10-17T00:06:00.000-05:00Well, that was painful... Reading through the work...Well, that was painful... Reading through the workshop thing and mentally going through the steps, wondering when I wouldn't be stepping back or might even get to step forward (or at least go through one round standing still). But, no, per the instructions I would have had to have stepped back every single time. I guess you'd have to have a <EM>really</EM> big room in which to conduct this exercise?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-31645691615171298352007-10-01T19:14:00.000-05:002007-10-01T19:14:00.000-05:00Okay, the universe does work in odd ways. This rea...Okay, the universe does work in odd ways. This really breaks a lot of what I've been writing about on my blog over the past few months down in some really basic ways. Would you mind if I linked to this? It's much more comprehensive than what I've written and much less full of cuss words. :)Dark Daughtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461439416312772862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-28929923745756527252007-09-27T13:20:00.000-05:002007-09-27T13:20:00.000-05:00Whaddya mean, "nothing"? That's important news! ...Whaddya mean, "nothing"? That's important news! <BR/><BR/>There's a place here in Austin that serves it regular tea so sweet we called it DKA Brew (diabetic ketoacidosis). You have to ask for unsweetened specifically to get it that way.<BR/><BR/>Myra will want to go to that Berkeley place when Ginny has one of her art shows in the Bay Area again. But I can just imagine what Ginny will have to say about it. She can quote entire paragraphs from <I>Sugar Blues</I>, and when Myra argues with her, Ginny points out how the production of sugar has been used to perpetuate classism and racism for centuries.<BR/><BR/>However, as Hank Hill says with regard to alcoholism: "Don't blame the beer..." (grin)Maggie Jochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-90490085395692847462007-09-27T13:11:00.000-05:002007-09-27T13:11:00.000-05:00a propos of nothing:there's a new cafe in berkeley...a propos of nothing:<BR/>there's a new cafe in berkeley in which one can acquire sweet-tea! It's ever so exciting.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-4408656537097586842007-09-21T19:04:00.000-05:002007-09-21T19:04:00.000-05:00Thanks, Amazon Women Rise. I obviously agree with...Thanks, Amazon Women Rise. I obviously agree with you about it being vital to our collective well-being. I thought my decades of collecting articles and good thinking should get out here in a more accessible form. <BR/><BR/>I know that what appears to be resistance to thinking and motion is always fear, and that choosing to "shut up" a messenger is always rooted in the emotion of hurt, but some weeks it's easier to remember than that others. When it's a hard week (and the news this week seems especially tough), I go back to basic theory and hopeful writing. And, if possible, I share it on -- acting powerful -- not power over, but power <I>full</I>.<BR/><BR/>Ya'll come back when you can, we'll have some iced tea and talk.Maggie Jochildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577090500862823864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3576716365575919550.post-83061618264401285352007-09-21T16:22:00.000-05:002007-09-21T16:22:00.000-05:00Brilliant article, thank you for all the work that...Brilliant article, thank you for all the work that you have put into it.<BR/><BR/>There is so little to be found on this subject, and it is so vital to our collective well-being.Mary Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12767714005232178505noreply@blogger.com