tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post6654050957199629013..comments2023-12-29T18:13:21.495-06:00Comments on pink scare: You're privileged; now what?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-68667608175096861872009-02-16T16:26:00.000-06:002009-02-16T16:26:00.000-06:00Absolutely, Daisy. That is something I definitely ...Absolutely, Daisy. That is something I definitely came up against and continue to encounter. <BR/><BR/>I mean, sure, COMPARED TO SOME stuff (i.e. becoming an investment banker), I guess doing "good works" abroad is "self-sacrificing." But when it costs you $1200 just to get over there and do that, a lot of shit has to fall into place before you can get your butt in that chair to do that work.<BR/><BR/>It reminds me of something else that really grates on my nerves: the idea that because people (mostly Americans) don't travel, they're unworldly xenophobic idiots. There's a total lack of awareness of class when we discuss the value of travel. i.e., "Traveling makes you so aware! of other cultures! so much better than other Americans!" When in fact, traveling is fun, expensive, and makes you a lucky bastard, not a hero. <BR/><BR/>Whew!lnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18148078831002612623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6058072377999486184.post-44534921165307747922009-02-16T13:49:00.000-06:002009-02-16T13:49:00.000-06:00Just a cursory glance at your blog lets me know yo...Just a cursory glance at your blog lets me know you are too cool to do what I am about to describe, but rest assured--once you spot this, it will make you tear out your hair.<BR/><BR/>You wrote: <I>that I was able to work in Africa for virtually no money, and have the experience of a lifetime.</I> <BR/><BR/>I like how you called that a PRIVILEGE. (excellent awareness! radical points!)<BR/><BR/>Now, imagine someone who has this privilege, writing something like, "I <I>care</I> so much about blabbity blabbity, that I volunteered to work in Rwanda/Chechnya/wherever, so I am a GOOD PERSON AND EXCELLENT LIBERAL/RADICAL!"--sometimes they will actually assert they are a "better" radical than I am, because they had the privilege to go to some exotic place and work with the poor. <BR/><BR/><I>This is the kind of thing</I> that can drive you utterly around the bend. <BR/><BR/>You'll note this rhetorical tic is pretty common on the "big" liberal blogs--constant comments about how they performed some (time-consuming, far-away) righteous act, but never telling us <I>how</I> they could take off from work long enough to do the righteous act in the first fucking place.Daisy Deadheadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17993200276152025235noreply@blogger.com