Comments for Hmm... http://ghart.umwblogs.org Just another UMW Blogs.org weblog Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:06:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 Comment on Thursdays Presentations… by » Thursdays Presentations… Intro to New Media Studies, Spring 2008 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/05/03/thursdays-presentations/#comment-319 » Thursdays Presentations… Intro to New Media Studies, Spring 2008 Sat, 03 May 2008 22:46:56 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/05/03/thursdays-presentations/#comment-319 [...] Original post by ghart [...] [...] Original post by ghart [...]

]]> Comment on Interesting… by » Interesting… Intro to New Media Studies, Spring 2008 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/04/28/interesting/#comment-311 » Interesting… Intro to New Media Studies, Spring 2008 Sat, 03 May 2008 01:09:34 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/04/28/interesting/#comment-311 [...] Original post by ghart [...] [...] Original post by ghart [...]

]]> Comment on Dolls get “enhanced”…. by Dr. C. http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/27/dolls-get-enhanced/#comment-144 Dr. C. Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:16:44 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/27/dolls-get-enhanced/#comment-144 Thank you for this post. I hadn't heard about "Miss Bimbo." The mind boggles. Truly hurtful stuff, in my judgment. As the parent of a 13-year-old girl, I see the particular difficulties young women go through as they try to mature into adults. The male side I know (and knew) well, but now I understand what I always knew intellectually--that young women have their own hells to get through. I see stuff like this Bimbo game and I feel my optimism slipping away. But then I see these perceptive comments, and good humor to help to mock and laugh the nonsense away, and I feel better. If I'm an optimist, my students are partly to blame. :) Thanks. Thank you for this post. I hadn’t heard about “Miss Bimbo.”

The mind boggles. Truly hurtful stuff, in my judgment.

As the parent of a 13-year-old girl, I see the particular difficulties young women go through as they try to mature into adults. The male side I know (and knew) well, but now I understand what I always knew intellectually–that young women have their own hells to get through.

I see stuff like this Bimbo game and I feel my optimism slipping away.

But then I see these perceptive comments, and good humor to help to mock and laugh the nonsense away, and I feel better. If I’m an optimist, my students are partly to blame. :) Thanks.

]]> Comment on Immigrant… by elemons http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/31/immigrant/#comment-132 elemons Tue, 01 Apr 2008 14:25:55 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/31/immigrant/#comment-132 Reading your blog post, I'm wondering if you've read much science fiction. Is this in the future? Or is it a parallel present? Would it really matter if you knew what year it was? What if the author said it was the year 2000 or maybe 2020 or even 3020? The credits thing is kind of screwy. When he said that 100 was 10 times what he was paid on Earth I thought maybe 1 credit = $10. Then again, he thinks 20 credits won't cover a round of drinks. I would compare our thinking that Earth is the only livable planet to Europe in the Dark Ages. They didn't realize that there was a whole other hemisphere full of people, which eventually they found and exploited. Reading your blog post, I’m wondering if you’ve read much science fiction. Is this in the future? Or is it a parallel present? Would it really matter if you knew what year it was? What if the author said it was the year 2000 or maybe 2020 or even 3020?
The credits thing is kind of screwy. When he said that 100 was 10 times what he was paid on Earth I thought maybe 1 credit = $10. Then again, he thinks 20 credits won’t cover a round of drinks.
I would compare our thinking that Earth is the only livable planet to Europe in the Dark Ages. They didn’t realize that there was a whole other hemisphere full of people, which eventually they found and exploited.

]]> Comment on Immigrant… by Gwen http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/31/immigrant/#comment-131 Gwen Tue, 01 Apr 2008 06:55:42 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/31/immigrant/#comment-131 I totally respect and love my dog too. Some people love their dogs too much. my old roommate told me that if me and Rosie (her collie) were both about to fall off a cliff, that she would save Rosie. Because she "loves Rosie and doesn't love me." I was like what...what...BUT I'M A HUMAN!!! I totally respect and love my dog too. Some people love their dogs too much. my old roommate told me that if me and Rosie (her collie) were both about to fall off a cliff, that she would save Rosie. Because she “loves Rosie and doesn’t love me.” I was like what…what…BUT I’M A HUMAN!!!

]]> Comment on Dolls get “enhanced”…. by Gwen http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/27/dolls-get-enhanced/#comment-130 Gwen Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:48:51 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/27/dolls-get-enhanced/#comment-130 that is truly despicable. stuff like this makes me soo afraid for my hypothetical future children. i hope that my daughter will be wise enough to not get sucked into any of this oppressive gender-programming, but if she heaven-forbid EVER asked me for a Bratz doll, i would say, "No. But I'll give you anything, anythingg else- bourbon! Ferrets! Power tools! Now go play outside where nobody can brainwash you." that is truly despicable. stuff like this makes me soo afraid for my hypothetical future children. i hope that my daughter will be wise enough to not get sucked into any of this oppressive gender-programming, but if she heaven-forbid EVER asked me for a Bratz doll, i would say,
“No. But I’ll give you anything, anythingg else- bourbon! Ferrets! Power tools! Now go play outside where nobody can brainwash you.”

]]> Comment on Dolls get “enhanced”…. by Emily http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/27/dolls-get-enhanced/#comment-129 Emily Tue, 01 Apr 2008 00:06:47 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/27/dolls-get-enhanced/#comment-129 Wow, that's all very appalling. I can't imagine who would come up with such a thing and think that it's a good idea to teach young girls that things like breast implants are normal and necessary to be rich and popular. It's no wonder society has become so focused on body image and so many young girls are struggling with eating disorders, etc. etc. etc...Things like this are just ridiculous and I'm sure it's just the beginning. Wow, that’s all very appalling. I can’t imagine who would come up with such a thing and think that it’s a good idea to teach young girls that things like breast implants are normal and necessary to be rich and popular. It’s no wonder society has become so focused on body image and so many young girls are struggling with eating disorders, etc. etc. etc…Things like this are just ridiculous and I’m sure it’s just the beginning.

]]> Comment on Thought this was interesting… by kateh http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/25/thought-this-was-interesting/#comment-128 kateh Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:14:14 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/25/thought-this-was-interesting/#comment-128 That is AMAZING. I am not an active gamer ( I usually just watch), but there is one game I absolutely love, and that is Guitar Hero! That is AMAZING. I am not an active gamer ( I usually just watch), but there is one game I absolutely love, and that is Guitar Hero!

]]> Comment on Dolls get “enhanced”…. by kateh http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/27/dolls-get-enhanced/#comment-127 kateh Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:09:03 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/27/dolls-get-enhanced/#comment-127 That's just wrong. I thought the bratz dolls were bad enough. Seriously, what were they thinking when they createad that site? Ridiculous. That’s just wrong. I thought the bratz dolls were bad enough. Seriously, what were they thinking when they createad that site? Ridiculous.

]]> Comment on Thought this was interesting… by » Thought this was interesting… Intro to New Media Studies, Spring 2008 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/25/thought-this-was-interesting/#comment-125 » Thought this was interesting… Intro to New Media Studies, Spring 2008 Thu, 27 Mar 2008 14:58:06 +0000 http://ghart.umwblogs.org/2008/03/25/thought-this-was-interesting/#comment-125 [...] Original post by ghart [...] [...] Original post by ghart [...]

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