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Posted on 08/24/2017 3:32:06 PM PDT by lowbridge
As a child in Glasgow, I learned that sticks and stones might break my bones but words didn’t really hurt. I’m now at New York University studying journalism, where a different mantra seems to apply. Words, it turns out, might cause life-ruining emotional trauma.
During my ‘Welcome Week’, for example, I was presented with a choice of badges indicating my preferred gender pronouns: ‘he’, ‘she’, ‘they’ or ‘ze’?
The student in front of me, an Australian, found this hilarious: ‘Last time I checked, I was a girl.’ Her joke was met with stony silence. Later I realised why: expressing bewilderment at the obsession with pronouns might count as a ‘micro-aggression’. Next stop, ‘transphobia’.
It was soon obvious to my fellow students that I was not quite with the programme. In a class discussion early in my first semester, I made the mistake of mentioning that I believed in objective standards in art. Some art is great, some isn’t, I said; not all artists are equally talented. This was deemed an undemocratic opinion and I was given a nickname: the cultural fascist. I’ve tried to take it affectionately.
After a year on campus, on a course entitled ‘Cultural Reporting and Criticism’, I still feel unable to speak freely, let alone critically. Although it doesn’t apply to my own course, friends have told me about ‘trigger warnings’ that caution they are about to be exposed to certain ideas; the threat of micro-aggressions (i.e. unintended insults) makes frank discourse impossible. Then there is the infamous ‘safe space’ — a massage-circle, Play-Doh-making haven — where students are protected from offence (and, therefore, intellectual challenge).
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LOL! Yes, that's why I heard the next renovation of the Sistine Chapel will be to replace the ceiling with kindergarten doodles and finger paintings ... from all around the world! So it is equally great art, plus far more multi-cultural than that coming from some dead Italian guy. LOL!
Tangled, pinging in case this is of interest. :)
Wonderfully engaging young writer. I’d love to meet her and her uppity crew.
“some dead Italian guy was gay”, so his stuff can’t be touched ... its on the ceiling ...
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Good article. It’s nice that the young lady survived with her sense of humor intact.
Worldwide joke links to a tweet with this Chinese joke:
Heard an argument the music was more important than the musician, the best reply was - have a 10 year old play Mozart and Miles Davis play Happy Birthday to you.
The comments at the site are quite interesting, btw. Thanks for posting this, lowbridge! :)
Oh, well, if he was gay, then obviously it's sacred. ;)
btw, didn't the left claim in the past that Lincoln was gay? Well then his memorial is totally out of bounds and must be protected at all costs (not because he is one of the most important presidents we have ever had, but simply because he was gay). ;)
The left needs to get its story straight! LOL!
Or, how about we just stick to history. Then you don't have to worry about keeping your lies straight. :)
That’s a great article. Thanks for posting.
That’s a great article. Thanks for posting.
Yes, I found it interesting that Scotland appears to have its head on straight. I do not understand what has happened/is happening in the U.S.
I suppose too many years of degrees in alternative soft fields that mean nothing to employers.
I majored in history in the ‘80s. We actually had to learn history, not what could have, should have, etc. happened.
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LOL! Literally!
If it were the real 10 year-old Mozart, that would be one thing. ;)
Although if I could book the Miles Davis band to play Happy Birthday for me, that would be awesome! Gosh, if the band's publicist sees this...they should whip out a version and make it downloadable on the 'net! Many would love to hear that and would pay a small sum for it. :)
Two musical geniuses... but gosh, that is just wrong to celebrate excellence.
Guess you didn't watch the Rome epi of "Hooten & the Lady"?
I think you are right!
I hail from "The Land of Lincoln," btw. :)
Oh gosh, what a peach!
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