Chapter Six -- Blog Post 7

Ok, so I apologize for my random thoughts but here they are:

At the risk of offending a random relative I have to say I have this "married-in" extended family member who has the highest most feminine voice. She seems like a sweet girl and she's going into nursing so I'm sure she is smart but it's so hard for me to concentrate when I'm talking with her. She has this hyper 'feminine' voice. It makes it hard to see past everything.

Actually since a lot of my friends are singers, when I was in high school we realized what pitch all of our talking voices were at. Out of all the girls I had the lowest pitched voice, which made me feel rather masculine and I was frustrated. I made up reasons like I have four brothers which may or may not contribute.

I have also found myself 'making fun' of other females by raising the pitch of my voice, also I call out the men in my life for using "The Voice" when talking about their mom or girlfriend they also use this naggy high pitched tone for everything they say.

Sorry for how random this all is but there it is.

Beauty Redefined

http://www.beautyredefined.net/beauty-whitewashed-how-white-ideals-exclude-women-of-color/

Starr's Comic

I think this is the cartoon Starr talked about in class (a few weeks ago) but it particularly related to page 144 of the text.

Chapter Five - Blog Post 6

I am totally guilty of this. We got a new manager at the place I work and the woman that replaced our old manager was immediately nicknamed "bosslady". This can go both ways with "bossman" but is usually just a way of diverting power from the title 'boss' and establishing a more casual relationship but still. I know how powerful thoughts and feelings are and how language can start those thoughts and feelings that turn into actions.

Chapter Four - Blog Post 5

I'll be honest I really don't know what to say about this chapter. I wish I had a week to learn about these different groups. The last two chapters are so full with groups and different fractions and its hard to keep them all straight. The biggest comment I have on chapter four is that it seemed like there are more exclusively male groups than in were mentioned in the chapter about pro feminine organization. I'm not sure how to feel about it, while there were some extremest 'female driven' groups it seemed like 'male dominant' organizations are more extreme and exclusive.