Mark and I have been arguing on music/writing and where it intersects with gender issues for ... probably a couple of years to different degrees, now. I think it's getting more personal now because we're both writers/musicians (or I WAS a musician ... I haven't picked up my clarinet in six years). And he's getting more into writing and I'm getting more into music. I think we butt heads because we both respect the work and taste of the other so whenever there's a huge impasse, especially about something we really like, we flip out.
Actually, one bad habit I think we have as a family is taking our preferences too seriously. Mom especially flips out if we don't love what she loves/she hates what we love. (Like the documentary Paper Clips, but that's a whole other story.)
The sad, quirky thing about discrimination is its constantly perpetuated in the form of humor- and yet, humor is often the only recourse against all the bitterness that comes from trying to overcome discrimination. [/paradox] °~°
Yeah, yeah. Very true. Requires more thought, I believe. Maybe when I write that thing on Sam Kinison ...
And I really want to lead by example by respecting the other party's views, if only they weren't SO HELLBENT on being right and claiming absolute victory on the subject, which only forces me to call their bluff and raise the ante. ;P
Heh. I've been caught in that, too. I have a need to get the last word that works against me sometimes, too.
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Date: 2008-12-07 04:04 am (UTC)Actually, one bad habit I think we have as a family is taking our preferences too seriously. Mom especially flips out if we don't love what she loves/she hates what we love. (Like the documentary Paper Clips, but that's a whole other story.)
The sad, quirky thing about discrimination is its constantly perpetuated in the form of humor- and yet, humor is often the only recourse against all the bitterness that comes from trying to overcome discrimination. [/paradox] °~°
Yeah, yeah. Very true. Requires more thought, I believe. Maybe when I write that thing on Sam Kinison ...
And I really want to lead by example by respecting the other party's views, if only they weren't SO HELLBENT on being right and claiming absolute victory on the subject, which only forces me to call their bluff and raise the ante. ;P
Heh. I've been caught in that, too. I have a need to get the last word that works against me sometimes, too.