Tuesday, June 22, 2010

Mind your big FAT business!


Everyday we hear people making comments about weight, regardless of sex. I hear both men and women say dispicable and embarassing judgemental things about other people and their size. If there is one thing I genuinely despise it's people who do not mind their business about other people's body types.

Just in my workplace alone I hear other women making comments to other women about wether they have lost or gained 10lbs, these women who are by far fitting into any perfect body category themselves! It is just plain rude to bring that topic up with anyone- I am sorry no one is close enough with anyone to ever make those types of remarks. And in fact it just not your business, plain and simple.

Listen, if I don't ask your opinion on anything about me or my appearance, then just don't give it. I don't need help or tidbits on how i dress, or do my make up, or even what to listen to on my ipod- so i damn well don't need any help on deciding if I am overweight or underweight! In fact, I don't see why you would care anyway!

If you find yourself in one of the categories of people who are always watching other people's weight than read it loud and clear: GET YOURSELF A LIFE! Stop being a rude, inconsiderate bitch, you most definately are not helping anyone with your ignorant statements. Your only making an ass out of yourself.

If I want to down two ice cream cones and pile of fries well that's probably because you annoyed me with your nosy comments. If I want to eat 2 carrot sticks and a salad well that's also probably because of your nosy comments. So do the rest of the world a favor watch you own waist, not mine!

It's ridiculous to have these people walking around thinking that they are involved in some secret weight watcher's police. If your worried about fat than worry about your fat nose in everyone else's business! Oh by the way...this cheesebuger tastes awesome...you should try it sometime!

Thursday, June 10, 2010

Jobless Generation?


I have been noticing a change in our generation from those of us who graduated college in 2006 to the present. Maybe it's just me, but everyone around me is either losing their job, unable to find one, or unable to find one in their field. This situation is making for some depressed, over anxious and just plain miserable citizens of the world.

Yeah, we're in a depression; everyone realizes that. But trust me, it makes no one feel better that the world is taking a one way trip to hell and we are all stuck on the downward spiral. Between unemployment and the natural disasters that have been plaguing earth this year, it seems that there may be no hope for the future.

The situations are becoming redundant, SoandSo loses their job, becomes depressed, gets prescription meds and starts to feel like they are losing their minds. It is no longer a few people going through a bad hump but almost damn near EVERYONE!

I apologize, I know there are a few people out there who still have their jobs, theirs careers and seem altogether uneffected by the problems of the world. But it is time to peek outside your microcosm and realize that other people on this planet are going through some serious hard times. And it is affecting them financially, physically, emotionally, and mentally.

Who ever thought that we would be in such a state of peril and turmoil during their own generation? At eighteen, all i knew was that I was going to college, getting a degree, and eventually conquering the world; however, I never imagined myself suffering from anxiety, working at a dead end job, and still living at home with my parents. No, it doesn't help that there are thousands of young adults in the same situation.

The worst part is that it is not over. We still have yet to fully feel the effects of the oil catastrophe in the Gulf of Mexico. Yeah, it's wreaking havoc in the southern fishing industry right now but it hasn't spread globally yet and believe me it will.

All these problems stem from the fact that the earth has become a breeding ground for greedy and mindless human beings who are more worried about making their next dollar and less worried about deceiving their family and friends. We are in for a more dramatic wake up call before the priorites of society change. It is just a shame so many people have to suffer be we do.

Sunday, June 6, 2010

The Macho Complex


Feminists take a lot of shit for demanding equality for women and wanting to break free from the bimbo mold; however, when I say gender roles I also mean that male macho shit that men get forced into by society.

For the most part men and women are told how to act, and dress, what to like and dislike almost from the moment they are conceived. Pink if it's a girl and blue if it's a boy. As we develop into toddlers girls play with Barbie and boys get fake tools and cars. Even the toy store is seperated into boys' and girls' sections. But what would children individually choose to play with if they weren't told that girls play with dolls and boys play with tools?

This dilemma is the beginning of the torture society puts little boys through. They are taught to be strong and tough, leaving quieter, brainier men to feel less adequate. I mean what mental image do you get when you hear the word "man?" Something similar to the Brawny Paper Towel Guy perhaps? I am sure the image of, let's say, Bill Gates wasn't anywhere close to the image. But should he be considered any less of a "man" than the Brawny dude?

There are alot of men who are the typical jock type and there are alot of men who are not. There is a sad dynamic between the macho and the not so macho. One group making the other group feel bad for not being physically powerful and unappreciative of the others' mental power.

Men fight daily to live up to some Bruce Willis image of being a man. They are taught that they need to love action movies, watch sports and not act like "pussies." If they are are not Macho men and they are not gay then they are stuck in some in between area. And even if they are macho or gay then they are still victims of the macho society.

This is clearly a topic too broad for a few paragraphs. But the bottom line is feminism is Not just a movement that will benefit women. It's a movement that needs to benefit gender period. Another aspect of being a feminist is not just to benefit women but to benefit all of us from being victims of what society dictates we should be as men and women and impede us from being what we are as individual human beings.