Greetings from the casa de Jason. It was a relaxing and restorative weekend, and I will be working from here for most of the week in the living room of many windows. While it is not sunny out, there is at least an abundance of natural light, which helps with "dontgiveafrakitis." J and I are falling into comfortably domestic rhythms and I think we have more fun that two people in a relationship reasonably aught to.
I've been catching up with the most recent round of Cultural Appropriation of Doom / Racism "discussions"-- I use the quotes because while I've seen an awful lot of good commentary come out of it, I've also seen a handful of people on both sides acting like knee-jerky namecallers, and that's tempered my reading some. I had actually planned a larger post sorting out my responses to various things, but realized it would likely be interpreted as my privileged ass trying to define the 'proper' way to address discourse, and also realized that my being white both limits me to only a part of the whole picture. I will say that the discussion made me very uncomfortable (as it should have), it made me examine when to just shut up (and that is very uncomfortable for me when I'm trying to sort something out internally), and it's reinforced for me that recriminations only oversimplify and widen the gulf between understanding one another. However, I did have the opportunity to talk my reactions over with Jason, and he opened up on how that relates to his own reluctance to jump headfirst into discussions of Feminism. It was a good conversation to have.
As for me, I have work to do. I am aiming for a Friday update and have some more Valentine's Day stuff to make. I am trying to make things that I personally would wear, as I often find the tone of holiday-themed art quite limiting... I don't want to create cutesy bits that can only be worn around certain holidays, nor do I want a random pinksplosion that isn't quite in keeping with my own aesthetic.
And now, I make more tea and set up a movie and get my space set up.
I've been catching up with the most recent round of Cultural Appropriation of Doom / Racism "discussions"-- I use the quotes because while I've seen an awful lot of good commentary come out of it, I've also seen a handful of people on both sides acting like knee-jerky namecallers, and that's tempered my reading some. I had actually planned a larger post sorting out my responses to various things, but realized it would likely be interpreted as my privileged ass trying to define the 'proper' way to address discourse, and also realized that my being white both limits me to only a part of the whole picture. I will say that the discussion made me very uncomfortable (as it should have), it made me examine when to just shut up (and that is very uncomfortable for me when I'm trying to sort something out internally), and it's reinforced for me that recriminations only oversimplify and widen the gulf between understanding one another. However, I did have the opportunity to talk my reactions over with Jason, and he opened up on how that relates to his own reluctance to jump headfirst into discussions of Feminism. It was a good conversation to have.
As for me, I have work to do. I am aiming for a Friday update and have some more Valentine's Day stuff to make. I am trying to make things that I personally would wear, as I often find the tone of holiday-themed art quite limiting... I don't want to create cutesy bits that can only be worn around certain holidays, nor do I want a random pinksplosion that isn't quite in keeping with my own aesthetic.
And now, I make more tea and set up a movie and get my space set up.