For one moment, I was my own shining star
Aug. 26th, 2010 11:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bewizeI ran 4 miles this week. Why yes, I *am* a bad ass. I'm going to run that far again tonight. Because? I *am* a bad ass. :D
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So, Viggo.
Ummm, his new movie has him cast as Sigmund Freud.
It probably says something about my psyche how I reacted to that. Just saying...
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I'm hungry, but lately everything I eat feels like it gets stuck in the base of my throat, where it lies in wait to choke me to death. This is most displeasing.
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I interviewed Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor about their new book today. Sue Kidd wrote The Secret Life of Bees. We got into a fascinating discussion of what myths mean to modern audiences, how the Persephone and Demeter myth can be taken in so many ways, what the purpose of travel for spiritual enlightenment is, why women in particular seem to be gravitating towards this idea now, rather than generations ago, and the complexities in a mother/daughter relationship, as well as what it means to figure out what you want from your life, and what it means about going to get it.
It was really interesting. I'm going to write an article about it, but I may end up writing a blog about some of the things it made me think about my own life.
This is one of those days where I really, really love my side job. I love people and fascinating people are, well, fascinating. Not because they're better, but because they somehow do something that I want to do, or seem to have figured out something that I'm struggling with.
This also leads me to some thoughts about cultural appropriation, but I'm not sure that most people I know would agree with me. In the end, I'm not sure taking something you've learned and making it your own in some way is a bad thing. Dismissing the original is a bad thing, yes, but no man is an island and if we don't learn from each other, we'll kill each other eventually.
Okay, stopping this point before I blog too much.
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So, Viggo.
Ummm, his new movie has him cast as Sigmund Freud.
It probably says something about my psyche how I reacted to that. Just saying...
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I'm hungry, but lately everything I eat feels like it gets stuck in the base of my throat, where it lies in wait to choke me to death. This is most displeasing.
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I interviewed Sue Monk Kidd and her daughter Ann Kidd Taylor about their new book today. Sue Kidd wrote The Secret Life of Bees. We got into a fascinating discussion of what myths mean to modern audiences, how the Persephone and Demeter myth can be taken in so many ways, what the purpose of travel for spiritual enlightenment is, why women in particular seem to be gravitating towards this idea now, rather than generations ago, and the complexities in a mother/daughter relationship, as well as what it means to figure out what you want from your life, and what it means about going to get it.
It was really interesting. I'm going to write an article about it, but I may end up writing a blog about some of the things it made me think about my own life.
This is one of those days where I really, really love my side job. I love people and fascinating people are, well, fascinating. Not because they're better, but because they somehow do something that I want to do, or seem to have figured out something that I'm struggling with.
This also leads me to some thoughts about cultural appropriation, but I'm not sure that most people I know would agree with me. In the end, I'm not sure taking something you've learned and making it your own in some way is a bad thing. Dismissing the original is a bad thing, yes, but no man is an island and if we don't learn from each other, we'll kill each other eventually.
Okay, stopping this point before I blog too much.
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Date: 2010-08-26 09:49 pm (UTC)Oh, I didn't even know about that part of it. *facepalm*
If the fail comes from not being Filipino, then I don't know that I would know what to suggest to the non-Fillipino author.
It's a lack of...verisimilitude, I think. The references to the Philippines are just a little too general.
I keep thinking some issues/stereotypes/fail could be mitigated if writers were more specific about who they were writing about (including, but not limited to, 'why is this character white') and why they do the things they do, instead of - as in this case - trying to capture a broad sense of 'Filipino culture'. Which I suppose leads back to the idea of how stories are not 'one size fits all'.
If the fail comes from being a Filipino with internalized sentiments, I wouldn't tell the author anything at all. It's not up to me to decide how zie feels about zir race/history/background/life.
Yeah. It's a tricky thing. I mean, I don't think I'd say anything anyway (directly to the fic author), because IDK what his/her policies are about receiving crit in comments.
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Date: 2010-08-27 02:53 am (UTC)Yeah, that's a good point, too. Although by virtue of being a public fic, it's open to public crit, I suppose.
It is a tricky thing. You know, I think, that my BFF is Indian and she gets shit from all sides. "Not Indian enough. Not American enough." It infuriates me for her, whichever side it comes from. And when it comes to my godson, who is biracial, I foresee it being even worse in the future.
*sigh*