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michelledean<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Last night, after watching the first UCLA video, I posted this parody<\/a>, which I thought was pretty brilliant particularly for its chorus.\u00a0 The catchiness of it immediately overwrote the ugly rant in whatever neurons in my brain had stored it for me.\u00a0 And if there is a greater activist achievement than that – than cleverly replacing<\/em> all the ick in your head with a kind of joy – well, I don\u2019t know what that is.<\/p>\n

I did, however, take it down shortly thereafter.\u00a0 I noticed people were having a discussion of whether the song\u2019s four or five mentions of Alexandra Wallace\u2019s looks made it ultimately sexist.\u00a0 And you know, I personally thought that sure, they were a bit sexist, although mostly I think they were mean, but they didn\u2019t strike me as virulent enough in their sexism to obviate the entire song. But it wouldn\u2019t be the first time my first impression failed me, and not wanting to be the asshole, I took it down to think about it some more.\u00a0 I\u2019m leaning towards reposting.<\/p>\n

Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Let me preface this by saying I agree with everything you wrote on your post about Wallace. However, as a person “classified” as Non White (I am not comfortable using PoC because, theoretically, I am caucasian, but since I am a South American Latina\/ Hispanic not the kind that is considered “native” in The Netherlands, where I live; long story, the state has classified me as a \u201cNon Western PoC\u201d), I can also understand the reaction behind those who justify any attack on her (even those attacks that are sexist) on the basis that her \u201ccrime\u201d is worth making an exception.<\/p>\n

These are not logical, well thought out reactions. These are visceral FUCK YOU\u2019s, which are not borne out of activism and awareness but out of a frustration at taking one too many hits and suddenly realizing that it is enough.<\/p>\n

You know I am usually calm and try to be reasonable in my responses. Still, there are times when I find myself having the most disgusting thoughts directed at those who attack immigrants or PoC. The kind of disgusting reactions that make me recoil and wonder where that anger comes from. I cannot answer for others here, but in my case, my seething rage (those rare moments I experience it) comes from issues like being beaten up for the mere fact of being a foreigner who speaks another language (happened to me twice, luckily once the guy was too drunk to inflict any real damage; the second, I was \u201clucky\u201d enough to \u201conly\u201d be elbowed while the racist douchefuck yelled I should \u201cfucking learn Dutch\u201d). So yeah, I understand the argument against \u201cbeing nice\u201d. And I guess it\u2019s one of those issues where the feminism of WoC will differ from what is usually called \u201cmainstream feminism\u201d. <\/p>\n

For what is worth, I work hard not to let those frustrations come out. But that doesn\u2019t mean I haven\u2019t experienced them. Or that sometimes I am not tempted to retaliate or lower myself to less than pleasant tactics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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