tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post6654625701533428777..comments2024-03-28T23:06:10.904-04:00Comments on Bless Our Hearts: I Don't Know. I DO NOT KNOW!Ms. Moonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-53796882971437565212017-10-17T14:29:19.579-04:002017-10-17T14:29:19.579-04:00Never understood how people, decent people can thi...Never understood how people, decent people can think that fb likes and memes do anything other than exposing a person('s ignorance).<br />It's distraction and ultimately exploitation.<br /><br />Whereas blogging like you do - that's real life changing stuff.<br />Thank you Ms Moon.Sabinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09015827501648296977noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-76527309618285857322017-10-16T18:50:03.863-04:002017-10-16T18:50:03.863-04:00I have spoken to more than one man who found himse...I have spoken to more than one man who found himself genuinely shocked to realise the woman walking up the street in front of him at night was clearly scared he was following her with malicious intent. <br /><br />But they're nice guys... why would the women think that?? Don't they understand they don't mean any harm? <br /><br />I think men need to know that 99% of women have been casually harmed by men at some point in their lives. Maybe that other men have too. They're largely oblivious, and obvlivious to the damage they've done themselves. <br /><br />If all your friends start posting that they've been harassed/assaulted etc. it might start to strike home. You might say something next time your friend is acting like an asshole. You might kick a guy out of your shop for harassing someone, you might stop and check if someone needs help if you get a bad feeling about their situation. <br /><br />Personally, I joined in because I think it's something that's both widely accepted but swept under the carpet, and I think it's time the burden of shame and frustration women feel about it was shared about a bit. <br />Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08988685736635515808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-70469976308291572402017-10-16T12:50:35.182-04:002017-10-16T12:50:35.182-04:00I suppose the Facebook participation at least make...I suppose the Facebook participation at least makes people feel like they're speaking up; they're participating. And they are. It does good in that it makes the rest of us aware. I know on an abstract level that there's a lot of harassment going on out there, but I was surprised to read that certain of my friends and colleagues had experienced it.<br /><br />As for Jane Fonda, you mentioned on my blog your antipathy toward her because of the exercise videos. I have to admit that whole aspect of her career slid right past me with very little notice. Exercise videos just weren't something I paid any attention to, which is why they never bothered me, I suppose. (And I realize there's an inherent sexism in the fact that I could afford to ignore exercise videos.)Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-20835477365841089052017-10-16T11:00:56.254-04:002017-10-16T11:00:56.254-04:00Angella is right, Mary. And please know you are al...Angella is right, Mary. And please know you are always welcome here and free to say whatever it is you need or want to say. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-24770890463278853742017-10-16T11:00:49.514-04:002017-10-16T11:00:49.514-04:00I think you had a LOT to talk about and you did so...I think you had a LOT to talk about and you did so very well... Fuck Yes about it ALL! But I too find it mildly annoying when social media wants to do those informal Surveys of who agrees or disagrees with whatever...Bohemianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743017084098726581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-6846855456449788332017-10-16T10:13:50.286-04:002017-10-16T10:13:50.286-04:00I scroll past all that shit. though I did a me to...I scroll past all that shit. though I did a me too but only to post a different person's version of who ought to be saying me too. as if that'll happen. I don't sign those petitions anymore either because all it gets me is a mountain of spam. ellen abbotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00535475792150335186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-78330042641784248452017-10-16T09:57:04.717-04:002017-10-16T09:57:04.717-04:00Mary Armour, this humbles me, makes me rethink how...Mary Armour, this humbles me, makes me rethink how flip i can sometimes be about those Facebook memes. I totally understand what Ms. Moon is saying in her post, but I also appreciate your offering another way to see. 37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-5119222682712112962017-10-16T09:36:54.910-04:002017-10-16T09:36:54.910-04:00So far, I've never been on facebook and don...So far, I've never been on facebook and don't ever intend to. It's probably saved me from hu dreds of futile arguments.<br />Instagram is all I can handle. A big resounding YES!<br />Xoxo<br />BarbaraAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-12628579119942894762017-10-16T09:04:12.626-04:002017-10-16T09:04:12.626-04:00I hear you, Ms Moon. Posting on social media isn&#...I hear you, Ms Moon. Posting on social media isn't going to end rape culture, gun culture, illegal wars of occupation, bombing raids, or oust corrupt tyrants and buffoons in power. But I know how excruciatingly hard it was for some of my friends to post 'me too' knowing that family members, employers, rapists were going to read that. And solidarity does mean something to some of us in the developing world.<br /><br />I know you went through a similar hell as a child. And after the child abuse there was the GP who stuck his tongue in my mouth, the Catholic priest who masturbated in front of me at a church picnic, the lecturer who downgraded my marks when I wouldn't be 'nice' to him afterhours, the brother of a friend who said he'd teach me to like sex, the groping and cat calls and threats. What so many of us go through all our lives. No way to afford therapy, no money to pay lawyers, no no way to press charges without facing intimidation, ostracism, disbelief. But we can say two words on twitter: it isn't enough but better than nothing.MaryLouisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726522310120595062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-24293804832746828632017-10-16T08:40:16.426-04:002017-10-16T08:40:16.426-04:00Please don't get me wrong. I have written volu...Please don't get me wrong. I have written volumes about how the sexual abuse I experienced as a child has affected my life. I spent years in therapy and in a sexual abuse survivor group. Those things have probably saved my life. I am absolutely not silent nor will be silenced and I am so sorry that you experienced what you did as a child. Ms. Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09776404747858099919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-50458991535424359262017-10-16T08:24:48.826-04:002017-10-16T08:24:48.826-04:00Some of us post because it might help some women f...Some of us post because it might help some women feel less alone. That is what rape survivor groups did for me 30 years ago. I thought I was the only one who had been raped as a child. The indifference of that luxury of silence depresses me from the US when we in Africa fight so hard and speak up even when it is dangerous to do so.MaryLouisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00726522310120595062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-27585997081769165172017-10-16T07:03:59.610-04:002017-10-16T07:03:59.610-04:00YES! And amen. Love you, Ms. Moon!YES! And amen. Love you, Ms. Moon!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-23747231419516734052017-10-15T23:31:31.871-04:002017-10-15T23:31:31.871-04:00I am completely overwhelmed by all of the shit on ...I am completely overwhelmed by all of the shit on Facebook. I can barely stand it. It disheartens me. Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06671446238805535547noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-80133307757303702992017-10-15T21:15:31.431-04:002017-10-15T21:15:31.431-04:00I fucking love this post. I totally agree. What go...I fucking love this post. I totally agree. What good does it do to type yes and do nothing more. On principle I never type yes on those things. I never share them. Now this post. It has heart, which means it has the power to shift thought. Big hugs.37paddingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12400464105403622384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-61907170095322371842017-10-15T20:19:59.191-04:002017-10-15T20:19:59.191-04:00I never cease to be amazed.....by events out in *t...I never cease to be amazed.....by events out in *the world* ........ or by your wonderful writing down of my exact thoughts. Thank you for that........you make me feel like I'm not alone in any of it<br />Susan MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-2857184778091110762017-10-15T20:15:42.571-04:002017-10-15T20:15:42.571-04:00The older I get the less I know. That’s all I know...The older I get the less I know. That’s all I know. Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2086296370004835655.post-53151728376567017472017-10-15T19:18:27.031-04:002017-10-15T19:18:27.031-04:00Yes. THIS. Thank you. Yes. THIS. Thank you. Mama Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02486091328948046021noreply@blogger.com