Yep, Marxism.
I promised that every one of my posts this month would have something to do with the radical left, and that includes skewering ’em on Shame Day for their many, many sins of commission and omission alike. Let it never be said that I’m an impartial judge, so let’s get right to the charges- there are a lot of ’em.
Posted in America, bizarreness, Christianity, Economy, history, politics, Shame Day
Tagged America, anti-america, capitalism, communism, Communist, great moments in leftism, language, left, leftist, Life of Brian, Marxism, Marxists, party, people's front of judea, PR, prussia, radical, sawant, sectarian, sectarianism, shame day, Socialist party, Socialists, terminology, Trotskyism, working class
“So just what will a Communist world look like?”
I don’t know how many times I’ve heard that question- it seems that any discussion or (as it mostly is) debate on the subject of Marxism turns inevitably to that issue. How will _____ work under Marxism?
For the most part, Socialists won’t answer this question, claiming that predictions about the future are overwhelmingly wrong. I think there’s some points to be awarded for being cautious in the regard, but let’s face it- the absence of a clear picture of the world we’re trying to build does the movement more harm than it does good. Conservatives, after all, can point to a heavily mythologized Rockwell-esque picture of 50s America as the “good ol’ days” they’re looking to restore…
Elements like these tend to be left out of such descriptions…
…while Liberals, on the other hand, can point to a hybridization of Scandinavian and Western European welfare states.
Minus the rampant racism, corruption, and unemployment…
Ok, so that’s a bit of a potshot, but the truth of the matter is that both of the mainstream tendencies in this country have decently clear visions of the social system they’re trying to create, and there’s really no way the radical left can expect to compete for the hearts and minds of the public at large if all we have to offer is some vague, pie-in-the-sky promise that things will be infinitely better. We need a picture of a Socialist America, and while we’re gradually coming around to this concept, we could stand to do a lot more (and reciting this scene from Monty Python doesn’t count).
Here’s me pitching in. Continue reading
Posted in America, Christianity, Economy, education, government, media, money, religion
Tagged America, art, civics, communism, Communist, conservative, copyleft, decentralization, direct democracy, economy, Education, government, hours, liberal, manual labor, marx, Marxism, Marxist, politics, production, religion, socialism, socialist, Socialist America, USA, work day
Mother’s Day is around the corner. Soon we’ll all be out buying flowers and chocolates for our moms and trying to make up for the way we talked to her in our teens (or is that just me?). If we aren’t already out buying something for mom, then a whole bunch of really emotional commercials are going to try to guilt us into doing so.
While we often see mothers celebrated in media, usually for their hard work and dedication in the home, these ads tend to avoid any of the messy biological stuff that tends to go hand and hand with motherhood. You want examples? Well how about breastfeeding and periods? Continue reading
Posted in advertising, feminism, health, sex
Tagged adoption, arrested, aunt flo, beautiful, blood, blue liquid, boobs, breast, breastfeeding, celebration, clean sanitation, feminine hygiene, menstruation, messy, mother nature, mother nature Uterus Punch, mother's day, motherhood, objectified, pads, period, poop, red badge of courage, red flower, sexualized, shame, Sparrow Folk, tampons, Unicef
It happened in an instant.
One moment film producer Avi Arad was sleeping peacefully in his bed, the second a chilling sensation ran the course of his entire body, forcing his eyes open. He could feel it in his gut, the dreadful realization that this was it. There was no going back to the way things were before.
Standing up, he wearily made his way over to the bedroom window. He looked out upon a world that continued to doze, blissfully unaware. They had no idea what had just taken place, how everything had changed.
Inwardly he took some small solace in the fact that he had expected this. Those who can foresee what is to come, even if powerless to stop it, can revel in making the choices that will one day become unavailable to them.
Everything was different now, and he knew that. This was a brand new world, one he had no part in creating.
Posted in film, morality, race
Tagged Amazing Spider-Man 2, Avi Arad, black, cinematic universe, diversity, inevitable, Latino, Marvel, Matt Tolmach, Miles Morales, race, Spider-Man, Susana Polo, The Mary Sue, Ultimate Spider-Man, white
Saturday Night Live is a very White show.
This isn’t news for almost anyone who has been watched the late night sketch comedy mainstay at any point in the last four decades. Still, this fact was made all the more apparent when they announced the six new cast members that would be coming aboard last September. In case you didn’t know, they amounted to five men and one woman, all Caucasian.
Given the fairly sizable [and reasonable] amount of outcry over this, Lorne Michaels and the powers that be ushered in Black comedian Sasheer Zamata. Given the speedy response to their complaints the internet quieted, content with SNL and how it was dealing with race for the time being. That ended, of course, this past Saturday.
While Zamata’s casting was lauded by many, something else occurred concurrently which was less publicized, though arguably just as important: LeKendra Tookes and Leslie Jones, both Black women, joined the show’s writing staff. Ideally such a move would help the show to broaden its comedic range given life experiences that differ vastly from that of a White person, male or female, living in the USA. That particular perspective was showcased front and centre when Leslie Jones made her on-camera debut during the most recent episode’s Weekend Update-
Posted in Comedy, Fame Day, feminism, race, television
Tagged aesthetics, African-American, beauty, black, comedian, feminism, funny, Leslie Jones, Lupita Nyong'o, race, racism, Saturday Night Live, slave, slavery, SNL, standards, strength, strong, Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell, TV, W. Kamau Bell, Weekend Update, white
KAT: Greetings friends! Tonight Evan and I bring you a topic that is close to the heart of anyone with the ability to hear (or feel vibrations): music.
EVAN: In particular, we’ll be discussing lyrics, appropriate since I can just barely sound out “Amazing Grace” on the piano. As far as pop music goes nowadays the words our favourite artists are singing are not always ones we can agree with.
It’s why this version of a certain Robin Thicke song is the only one I can listen to with a clean conscience:
KAT: It’s also why I just can’t enjoy jamming out to Rihanna and Eminem’s romanticization of domestic abuse (“Love The Way You Lie”). Continue reading
Posted in Culture War Correspondence, morality, music, writing
Tagged behaviour, Blurred Lines, censorship, children, Christian Music, conscious consumer, content, DC talk, Eminem, Get Lucky, Holocaust, homophobia, Kelly Clarkson, kids, lyrics, moral obligation, morality, music, Nazi sympathizer, obedience, objectification, Pharrell, Robin Thicke, sex, sexism, Slayer
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