tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post116921085605334913..comments2024-01-26T10:20:37.836+00:00Comments on Diary of a Goldfish: Five Things I Like About My CarcassThe Goldfishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1169405784239991592007-01-21T18:56:00.000+00:002007-01-21T18:56:00.000+00:00I take your point about beauty... 'if one is in th...I take your point about beauty... 'if one is in the business of selling things, one does what is necessary in order to sell them' but when exactly do you equip us with responsibility as consumers? I would not have thought it is particularly an issue for women at this time over and above other times. When can we be assumed to make intelligent decisions about our purchasing and our ideas of beauty? You have assumed that we (I am a man - if gender specification is important here, I have assumed the pronoun as a descriptor of 'we purchasers' - I buy skin care, I look in the mirror, I observe, more than ever, the eroticised male in popular culture) that 'we' purchase with no control, that we blindly consent to the myth of repair and perfection; this is to assume a consumer without will. To a certain extent these mechanisms are more transparent than they have ever previously been and I think there is a much broader interplay of image and consumption at work here. I would suggest that the consumer is cleverer than ever at steering his or her path, with a certain amount of irony and creativity. Of course we must be cautious, but let's not to oppress ourselves by precipitating the cultural models that we already think are bearing down upon us and end up neurotic when we could have been serene. We only feel demoralised if we accept the model that condemns us, we only only 'deviate' when we hold up this model to begin with. It's not about money, it's about language.<BR/><BR/>And now that's me bushed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1169293148118762492007-01-20T11:39:00.000+00:002007-01-20T11:39:00.000+00:00"stubbing one’s toe directly before making love…" ..."stubbing one’s toe directly before making love…" <BR/><BR/>ouch<BR/><BR/>lol<BR/><BR/>alex<BR/>http://www.howtowheelchair.com/latest-wheelchair-news/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1169290340366540702007-01-20T10:52:00.000+00:002007-01-20T10:52:00.000+00:00Goldfish, I really really like point number 4.Goldfish, I really really like point number 4.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11639094548415759560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1169275707508361422007-01-20T06:48:00.000+00:002007-01-20T06:48:00.000+00:00I read the original post and Blue's post and Mark'...I read the original post and Blue's post and Mark's post. AND I have been sitting on this. <BR/><BR/>Dammit, I AM good looking. No, I am spectacularly beautiful. <BR/><BR/>1. I like my eyes.<BR/>2. I like my the curves of my ass.<BR/>3. I like my shoulders/collar bones.<BR/>4. I like my waist.<BR/>5. I LOVE my feet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1169263223713396002007-01-20T03:20:00.000+00:002007-01-20T03:20:00.000+00:00I don't think your post is crap at all. I found i...I don't think your post is crap at all. I found it very provocative. I love it when your writing gets me thinking.Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481252201307998355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1169247361584601712007-01-19T22:56:00.000+00:002007-01-19T22:56:00.000+00:00That was such a crap post, I'm really wading throu...That was such a crap post, I'm really wading through fog today. My apologises.<BR/><BR/>Yes Sage, to answer your question, I think we can. If I am brighter tomorrow I shall attempt to consider this further.The Goldfishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15213378454070776331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10557263.post-1169223790685307752007-01-19T16:23:00.000+00:002007-01-19T16:23:00.000+00:00I was motivated to do the meme after I made a comm...I was motivated to do the meme after I made a comment somewhere that a dress can accentuate my beautiful, hairy legs, and another poster was totally grossed out by this. Beauty is a matter of perception which can be altered by the surroundings. And now, after reading your post, I'm wondering whether or not beauty and/or pleasure is <I>necessarily</I> relative. Hairy legs are beautiful only after surrounding yourself with other hairy women, but surrounded with mainstream images, they don't hold up. Or orgasm is better when it's also a relief of chronic pain. Or, as I said in my post, writing about having straight teach makes me feel like I'm insulting anyone without. Can't we perceive beauty without comparason?<BR/><BR/>I have no further analysis, just thought I'd throw that out there!Sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14481252201307998355noreply@blogger.com