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Tuesday, October 10, 2006
helen @ 1:54 PM
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oops..have we discussed our internet identities yet?
MB
I DONT CARE IF U HAVE AN ASSIGNMENT OR NOT..
THIS IS CALLED MER N CO.
AND I INSIST! U MUST INPUT AT LEAST ONCE A DAY
>.< color="#993399">LL: we are meant to have internet identities? what a big ask !! to create a personality that is intelligent but not too geeky, magnetic without being an attention-seeking camwhore. it's just too much to bear.
merrrrrrrrrr >> what book are you reading? sounds really um .. complex. if it marginalises and stereotypes, then wouldn't it provoke more arguments especially from the people it's marginalising and stereotyping? tiny voices of dissent that grow into the calls of revolution ?! do you hear the people sing, singing the song of angry men? it is the music of a people who will not be slaves again ... &c &c.
ummmmmmm ... or maybe that made me sound like an idiot. oh look a shiny object! [runs after the the shiny object]
MB: ok i dont know how to change font colours. internet identities hey. can we still be the same ppl via an anonymous electronic interface? is it possible to have mulitple identities online? what happens to the individiual when the individual has power over the construction of their identity, even down to choosing what sex you are. yes all highly problematic questions.
the book im reading or wrtiing about rather is not targeted to me or any academic reader. so im not going to say its content is wrong. its just that from an acaemic perspective, specifically from a literary analysis p.o.v, the way in which the text represents certain muslims and islam is through a binar, because its communicating a really complex idea,
islam is consistently constructed in the negative. its only from an academic perspective that i can do this reading, ya know the stuff i told u earlier about derrida? and how a text is open to multiple readings? well this is one of the readings, and it proves problematic because in its construction Islam in the negative, it has pretty much positioned Islam as not being able to coexist with the west. (unless u conform to the view of Islam the text holds)
so basically it tells me, that i cant exist in the west in the way that i practice my religion. even though i can, because..i am living here and quite happily so.
and while its great that the text calls for reform in islam, yay great, woohoo
that reform means nothing to me if according to the text, i cant pratice it
so yea, thats what it is, and i think my head just exploded, i have enough trouble articulating this to my superviser. in conclusion using binaries as a strategic tool silences voices and these voices have to speak out if this text is to be considered as performing cultural work. which its, as exemplified by the fact that its a bloody new york bestseller
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LL : in the editing page there's an icon with a 'T' & a pallette. change colours as you would any other word doc. or you can just keep typing in black. i might stick with purple. i can't help you with your exploded head though .. although we could pass a collection plate around and collect some $$ to buy you a new one? =P
anyway your argument sounds pretty articulate from here. maybe you can copy and paste that entire chunk of text into your thesis !!
i did some readings + an essay on orientalism once, but it was more focused on the way that the architecture was perceived. sometimes it seems that things aren't all that different from what they were in the 17th-18th century, when all things 'eastern' have a tendency to be misunderstood, deliberately or otherwise, by the western world. and in some ways it seems that things haven't really changed. it can be really annoying. i guess i can't exactly relate to everything you're talking about but i can certainly sympathize with yr frustration.
semi-related to your topic. when i was flying to melb in august, this old-ish lady from bunbury was sitting next to me. the rich country type. and we were chatting about light-hearted things like shopping etc. when all of a sudden she goes "what do you think about muslims? don't you think they should take off those scarves?" i was pretty speechless .. i think my answer put her off though.
MB: i dont get a t with a palette. yes architecture is great for considering how cultural movements affect physical objects like modernist architecture and its focus on efficiency, etc
what was your answer to this lady from bunbury? yes numerous amounts of ppl have told my sister that they are offended by her hijab
theory aside, i tell the ignorant fools to shove it!
lepanda: i totally can't believe you used mer's full name on the internet. now everyone knows where she lives and what she ate for breakfast.
MB: ok so theres bits of this of this post missing...how odd. yes lz how dare u use my full name. it shall be deleted.
LL: in the "edit" page there's [font] [normal size] [b][i] and then T. there you can pick your colours. .. anyway i told her that it wasn't any more offensive to me than christians wearing crucifixes. and personally in terms of offensiveness/annoyance, i found jehovah's witnesses far more annoying, and yet they are allowed to go on knocking on doors. and then there was an awkward silence. and then i took a nap.
MB: i tell you woman theres nothing! theres like this little abc thing with a tick under it and that check spelling yea, then i click on that and go into the palette thingo, then i highlight the text i want coloured then the post changes colour! and you know what? im just going to stick to black...
or automatic
yes, religious signifiers...they really shouldnt offend anybody i mean, who has the right to get offended abt what ppl wear? if someone has bad fashion sense and is wearing like...polka dot overalls with like nothing underneath i would go that offends me, id go...think again! or something along those lines
ignorance offends me.
lz: black is a good colour to choose..but i dont understand why u dont have that tool bar thing
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