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It was in one of the classes, about race and gender. I expected a class on how to create interesting different races and genders (or at least a mention of LeGuin) in sf and fantasy, but instead it ended up being a guilt trip on how we treat women and minorities. I am a woman, and I was offended. The speaker argued that men and women were no different mentally, that our perceived differences were all due to our upbringing and expectations. In other words, pink blankets and "aren't you pretty!" equals later oppression.
Some guy (who I remember looking like you) started suggesting that this might not be entirely true, and she started yelling and turning red, and then he started talking louder to be heard, and finally she screamed, "We don't have time to talk about this now!" (probably because she knew she had no argument), and continued on her soapbox.
quote:Quick question. Does anybody know any proper curses and insults in Spanish? Don't know anything about the language myself but what I'm after is pretty tame. Something like their equivalent to fool, imbecile or damn etc.
Tu es loco in la cabasa? You are crazy in the head Not sure on the spelling *chuckle*
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It's not a yelling contest until I win. But yea, something like what could easily have happened, people yell at me a lot.
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Not sure on the spelling *chuckle*
