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elidet reyes
port hueneme, CA
Yes, the economy as we know it has changed, but that does not mean there are no opportunities. On the contrary, it has created a plethora of new ones.
Remember, Monopoly became successful during the Great Depression!
So are you the one whining about it or are you the one doing something with it?
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elidet commented on the article |When I look in the mirror, trust me when I say I am glad I don't look like Palin....much less sound like her.
Jealous? Not me. -
elidet commented on the article |
@Paul
As a female, I've gotten my success from hard work. I didn't do it by parading around in bikinis like Palin. Also, as much as I've been offered great contracts for lingerie modeling when I was in my early 20's, it's not what I wanted to do.
While I don't consider myself hot by any means, beauty is probably more of an asset than a problem. Being a girl has probably gotten me attention, but ultimately, it has been my hard work and results that land me a client.
People like Jen the writer and James here have a problem with generalizing groups of people. It's not about liberals or conservatives, or smart and ugly or dumb and sexy. It's about the person as an individual.
Palin was given an opportunity and she ruined it. She has no one to blame but herself. McCain's fault was his bad judgment in choosing Palin.
People like the writer are always looking for an excuse to blame the woman for a downfall instead of being held accountable.
If Jen really wanted to empower people, her articles would be about empowering, and not always looking for someone to blame. I have yet to read an article that is about anything positive that women have done, unless you consider Sex and the City a positive role model for women, as Jen does. -
elidet commented on the article |
My point was that Palin did it to herself. She's not the first woman in politics, and certainly not the most beautiful in politics.
She actually added to the stereotype that pretty women ARE dumb by the way that she speaks. She was judged on her own merit.
I stand by what I say: Society objectifying women has more to do with the women themselves and not society, so if you really are a feminist, you should focus on empowering women and showing the way to self respect.
Defending Palin is probably not the way to go, considering that she has let herself be objectified when she did her pageants. -
elidet commented on the article |
Sarah Palin's downfall was not her beauty.
She was not qualified to run for the position she was running for, not because she didn't have the experience, but because she didn't have good judgment or knowledge of the economy, politics or women's rights.
She claimed foreign knowledge experience because she lived next to Canada, yet, the day she got pranked by the Masked Avengers, they told her they were in Montreal and she thought that was in France.
Mismanagement of monies while she was campaigning didn't help either.
If anything, it was her looks that people were drawn to, but it was her incompetence that lost her the campaign.
If you would have seen the interview Tina Fey did as Sarah Palin and compared it to the one that Sarah Palin actually did, you would have seen that Fey did not need a script, they went by the actual words Palin spoke.
Palin lost on her own merit for a position she was not qualified to run for. But you fail to mention that she was mayor and governor of Alaska, so obviously, her beauty didn't hinder her success.
Palin was not good for the feminist movement you claim to be part of, and neither is modern America, so please don't make it look as if she lost because she was considered "pretty."
That is typical of a feminist, isn't it? It's never the person's fault, but rather, society's?
You can't blame people looking at women as a piece of meat. You can, however, blame the WOMEN who let themselves get treated as a piece of meat. After all, that's were the problem starts. -
elidet commented on the article |As a digger pointed out in YOUR article:'Is Digg Sexist? That is the question I've been asking myself ever since I started blogging about Women's Rights.'-Really? That's what you've been wondering? You're doing it wrong!"
You should be focusing on real issues, not the internets.
I wasn't going to respond, but your girl friends keep sending me emails about why I am a problem and not you. The difference between you and me is that I am a strong female who is successful in a man's industry while you want everything pink and frou frou, so here it goes:
1. The main reason I rebutted your article was because you call yourself a journalist. A journalist would have written and asked female diggers for their opinions, which you did not. You based it on a comment you read. My writings have been quoted in the LA Times, but that doesn't mean I'm a journalist and neither are you. You are not even close to what real journalism is. You are a blogger with an opinion. Nothing wrong with that, but don't represent me as a female. I'm too smart to be part of your little movement whining about digg.
2. As a journalist, I am shocked and appalled that you are advocating censorship. I am a firm believer in our Constitution, and that includes freedom of speech. You literally went and complained to Kevin Rose and got a few people banned. Way to go, Feminist! (For the record, you should watch Diggnation. Kevin Rose is probably more sexist than you'd like to think. His thoughts on female body builders and how it's not their place is hilarious. Irony!)
3. For the first time, I can voice my opinion on digg without warning people "Hey look! I'm a girl! Give me special attention and digg me!" I understand the sarcasm. And how many times have women blamed men for their problems? There's a lot of male bashing that goes on. You choose to focus on a comment on digg.
4. You were offended at the comments, but guys bag on each other the most. First of all, all diggers are virgins who live in their parent's basement and play video games. If you ever see an article on sex, someone will reply "What is this thing called 'sex'?"
5. Have you ever seen what articles DO make it to the front page: LOLcats, Rick Astley, and bacon and anything with the word digg in it. Front page automatically, although we've been getting quite of few of Yahoo! Answers submitted.
6. "Make me a sammich" has become a digg meme. It's not sexist. Other digg memes are "Over 9000!" "never going to give you up" (and the entire Astley song in the thread) "all your base are belong to us" and "how is babby formed." Those comments are not sexist, they originated from an article that was submitted, and thus, people repeat them often. That was why when I read "make me a sammich" I laugh because I remember the article it belonged to.
7. 99% of the fun are the comments, not the articles. Comments take on a life of their own. If you love Apple products, you will get dugg down by anyone who uses Microsoft and vise versa. If you are atheist, you will get dugg down by our Christian digger. The difference between them and you is that they refute the comments in the *surprise* comment section. That's the fun part. You should have been there during the elections, all hell broke lose. But the opinions and comments are part of digg.
In the end, you wanted to wasted your time on digg fighting a battle that was pointless. Is that the kind of leader you want to be? A whiner? God help us all if you are to represent women all over.
Does sexism exist? Definitely, but not on digg. -
elidet commented on the article |I disagree and I responded.http://digg.com/people/Is_Digg_Sexist_A_rebuttal_from_someone_with_breasts
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