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I sometimes wonder about what it says about my level of feminism when I can have a day like today* and still feel like I've done nothing all day. Maybe it just means my glass-half-full drive is on HIGH, since after all, I did want a day to do nothing all day.





(* Cooked breakfast, lunch, and dinner for the family; washed dishes; called around to find a vet to check to see if the found cat is chipped; posted to lists to try to find the cat's owner; called and made dinner reservations for the kid's birthday; etc.)

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So apparently, if one sees Avatar and thinks it's racist and ablist, one is looking for racism/ablism. Also, the race of the actors is a deliberate metaphor, so it can't possibly be racism.

Discuss.

(And on top of that, if one evaluates a good number of people's reviews and decide the work is problematic (*waves at vito*), the person is completely misinformed, shouldn't enter discussions about this, and the only way they're worth listening to is if they go watch the movie. Sorry. It didn't work with "The Passion of the Christ", and it's not working now. Cameron isn't getting a cent from me, no matter how many of my friends think I'm facile for saying so.)