Comments on: unmotivated to post http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/01/18/unmotivated-to-post/ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:39:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: yosef http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/01/18/unmotivated-to-post/comment-page-1/#comment-330 yosef Wed, 24 Jan 2007 17:14:35 +0000 http://www.accidentalfeminist.com/wordpress/?p=245#comment-330 the site will thus be renamed: <i>"Accidental [in the Aristotelian sense] Feminist"</i> everyone good with that? the site will thus be renamed: “Accidental [in the Aristotelian sense] Feminist”
everyone good with that?

]]> By: rachel http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/01/18/unmotivated-to-post/comment-page-1/#comment-329 rachel Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:48:23 +0000 http://www.accidentalfeminist.com/wordpress/?p=245#comment-329 I had assumed, upon beginning this site, that it was #2. Abba (my granfather, for all two of you who read this and are not related to me) once introduced me to someone by saying, "This is my granddaughter; she used to be a feminist." (This was in my more conservative phase). So I answered, "I was never a feminist", in that I don't percieve myself as such, persay. I've always said that I'm far too open-minded to have strong convictions, a quip that I've wondered about recently; as in, do I have the luxury not to have convictions. Similar to the question, "can you teach high school English without teaching ethics?" And if the answer to either is no, then it's probably also true that I do have a default ideology that pervades my thought, speech, and behavior, but, in a way, it is "accidental", as in, despite my efforts not to choose it, it is a part of me. Tear apart my vague use of sociological and philosophical terms please; we are nothing if we are not precise (or, as Socrates said, and I am reminded of Matt every time I pass the plaque with this quote on it at school: "The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms".) I had assumed, upon beginning this site, that it was #2. Abba (my granfather, for all two of you who read this and are not related to me) once introduced me to someone by saying, “This is my granddaughter; she used to be a feminist.” (This was in my more conservative phase). So I answered, “I was never a feminist”, in that I don’t percieve myself as such, persay. I’ve always said that I’m far too open-minded to have strong convictions, a quip that I’ve wondered about recently; as in, do I have the luxury not to have convictions. Similar to the question, “can you teach high school English without teaching ethics?” And if the answer to either is no, then it’s probably also true that I do have a default ideology that pervades my thought, speech, and behavior, but, in a way, it is “accidental”, as in, despite my efforts not to choose it, it is a part of me.

Tear apart my vague use of sociological and philosophical terms please; we are nothing if we are not precise (or, as Socrates said, and I am reminded of Matt every time I pass the plaque with this quote on it at school: “The beginning of wisdom is the definition of terms”.)

]]> By: yosef http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/01/18/unmotivated-to-post/comment-page-1/#comment-328 yosef Tue, 23 Jan 2007 19:53:31 +0000 http://www.accidentalfeminist.com/wordpress/?p=245#comment-328 oh wow... all this time i though this site was the <i>occidental</i> feminist. silly me. oh wow… all this time i though this site was the occidental feminist. silly me.

]]> By: matthew http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/01/18/unmotivated-to-post/comment-page-1/#comment-327 matthew Tue, 23 Jan 2007 17:58:14 +0000 http://www.accidentalfeminist.com/wordpress/?p=245#comment-327 <p> i'll have to start checking in more regularly if i'm gonna get called out... geez </p> <p> i'm wondering what people make of the 'accidental' attributed to this feminist. (1) is she 'accidental' in that she wishes she weren't one, but keeps on messing up and being one? (2) is 'accidental' meant in contrast to 'essential,' [accidental feminist vs. essential feminist] in that the perspectives do not begin with or assume feminism, but from the 'essentials' of her thinking result feminist directives as 'accidental' [i.e. non-essential] features? if so, how does this work? (3) was she an accident? (4) is it something else all together? </p> <p> i patiently await your suggestions. -MM </p> i’ll have to start checking in more regularly if i’m gonna get called out… geez

i’m wondering what people make of the ‘accidental’ attributed to this feminist. (1) is she ‘accidental’ in that she wishes she weren’t one, but keeps on messing up and being one? (2) is ‘accidental’ meant in contrast to ‘essential,’ [accidental feminist vs. essential feminist] in that the perspectives do not begin with or assume feminism, but from the ‘essentials’ of her thinking result feminist directives as ‘accidental’ [i.e. non-essential] features? if so, how does this work? (3) was she an accident? (4) is it something else all together?

i patiently await your suggestions. -MM

]]> By: rachel http://accidentalfeminist.com/2007/01/18/unmotivated-to-post/comment-page-1/#comment-326 rachel Mon, 22 Jan 2007 00:29:22 +0000 http://www.accidentalfeminist.com/wordpress/?p=245#comment-326 That just disappoints me, Matthew. That just disappoints me, Matthew.

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