Post by sortilegio on Mar 13, 2015 18:13:37 GMT
Hello my fellow Trout-Followers.
In reading Jenny's blog I have been enlightend. Not by anything she said, mind you. But by Kevin Weinberg and Jaid Black (whose name sounds made up.). Up till now, I honestly believed I was a woman with my own believe system, thoughts and values. But I have been horribly mislead. I have been wrong. I've now learned, that I have been brain-washed by the sweet , sweet words of our very own Jenny Trout.
The pure notion that I, as a woman of color (this recently made up phrasing obviously shows that I follow the troutism), could in anyway be offended by a story that romanticized rape and slavery, is laughable and wrong. The only reason why I would be offended is that I don't like or understand BDSM. I understand that now. It has nothing to do with the fact that I am GLAD that I have not to be the first one to speak up about a racial topic. That the whole sentence starting with "As a woman of color" starts to give me an ulcer because it implies that my whole thinking process is ... well... colored by my skin tone. So, Jenny speaking up about a topic that makes me, literally sick, is of course wrong.
I usually don't speak up on things like this. Because I am tired. I am tired of defending why I am offended by things. I am tired of explaining. I am sure, that I am rambling right now. But I am ... so pissed of. And yes. In a very, very selfish way. I know that Jade and Kevin attacked Jenny, not me. I know that they probably meant well. But the good feeling I got from Jenny's post about why this book is so wrong, got shit all over.
So here! I stand up. I am a proud member of the Troutnation. I may not follow Jenny, since I am a grown ass woman who can make her own decisions, but it is DEFINITLY on my bucket-list to high-five her hand and high-five her face with several drinks of her choosing should we ever meet.
P.S. to Jaid Black: Is your name made up? I could google you but I am wearing my panda onesie and it's making me lazy and mellow.
Edit: God, I'm pissed. I apologize but I am so pissed. I don't know what to do with myself.
In reading Jenny's blog I have been enlightend. Not by anything she said, mind you. But by Kevin Weinberg and Jaid Black (whose name sounds made up.). Up till now, I honestly believed I was a woman with my own believe system, thoughts and values. But I have been horribly mislead. I have been wrong. I've now learned, that I have been brain-washed by the sweet , sweet words of our very own Jenny Trout.
The pure notion that I, as a woman of color (this recently made up phrasing obviously shows that I follow the troutism), could in anyway be offended by a story that romanticized rape and slavery, is laughable and wrong. The only reason why I would be offended is that I don't like or understand BDSM. I understand that now. It has nothing to do with the fact that I am GLAD that I have not to be the first one to speak up about a racial topic. That the whole sentence starting with "As a woman of color" starts to give me an ulcer because it implies that my whole thinking process is ... well... colored by my skin tone. So, Jenny speaking up about a topic that makes me, literally sick, is of course wrong.
I usually don't speak up on things like this. Because I am tired. I am tired of defending why I am offended by things. I am tired of explaining. I am sure, that I am rambling right now. But I am ... so pissed of. And yes. In a very, very selfish way. I know that Jade and Kevin attacked Jenny, not me. I know that they probably meant well. But the good feeling I got from Jenny's post about why this book is so wrong, got shit all over.
So here! I stand up. I am a proud member of the Troutnation. I may not follow Jenny, since I am a grown ass woman who can make her own decisions, but it is DEFINITLY on my bucket-list to high-five her hand and high-five her face with several drinks of her choosing should we ever meet.
P.S. to Jaid Black: Is your name made up? I could google you but I am wearing my panda onesie and it's making me lazy and mellow.
Edit: God, I'm pissed. I apologize but I am so pissed. I don't know what to do with myself.
