This is a time of information. Everything we need to know is available to us in so many forms. We can educate ourselves on so many different things and yet it seems to me that there is a whole lot of people who really just can't be bothered and instead rely on other people's uneducated opinions to form their base of knowledge.
We choose to take offence to things that bring us pleasure whilst becoming desensitised to that which is evil.
A few days ago I took a photo in the bath. The picture was supposed to be of my new Jeffree Star lipstick but because I'm a bit unco when it comes to my phone camera (most of my pics are grainy or blurry). The photo actually turned out quite good. I was kind of proud of it and decided to share it in a group on Facebook. The group is one I have loved for a long time. It has moments of chaos and drama but generally I've met some great real life people from that group. In general the group endorses good body image so I popped up my pic. I made a point of saying that I had been feeling down on myself for gaining weight lately and this photo made me feel beautiful. By the time the photo had loaded and I'd refreshed the page my photo had been reported for nudity. My nipples were on display. There was also a ridiculous comment on there from a girl who quite clearly has her moral compass all twisted up! She went on about how she was offended by seeing my boobs in her newsfeed and she was concerned her small children might see. This is a person who encourages her daughter to be obsessed with Disney Princesses, not something I agree with but I respected her enough to not mention this. She has recently developed a passion for the pin up culture; uh huh. Marilyn Monroe, Bettie Page, Dita Von Teese (see what I'm saying here?) This is a style I love, absolutely, but I also know that these women and so many more have appeared in Playboy. They encourage sexuality. I was simply saying, dude I've taken a picture of myself that I'm stoked with!
I am a 36 year old single mumma of three children, all have been breastfed. I have survived domestic violence. Sometimes I like to feel like something other than a tired, old, saggy tittied mother.
So... Here's what I'm offended by (well, some of because these things are subject to change and be added to):
1. I am offended by our current government. I am offended that as a country we are judged by the views of a collection of people who believe in God. Do not believe in marriage equality. Force women, men, and children who have fled extreme situations (in countries ripped apart by war and other things so vile we cannot even imagine it without having experienced it) to live imprisoned in detention centres where the people who provide their day to day care, doctors, nurses etc, are forbidden to speak publicly about what they endure in these centres. Indulge those with wealth but continuously take from those who struggle. Who insist we cannot afford communities for our indigenous peoples but can totally afford helicopter trips.
2. I am offended by people who look away. The ones who are aware of things happening, of desperate people needing help but think it's none of there business. Why should they care? I'm talking about domestic violence, I'm talking about child abusers and pedophiles, rapists. Recently I read an article in the Huffington Post. Jackie Fuchs, from the band The Runaways, had been drugged and raped as a teenager by the band's manager. There were witnesses to the rape; people who watched, people who walked away, people who had heard about it and yet no one tried to stop it nor did anyone report it (supposedly two of her band mates were a part of the audience).
3. I am offended by the belief that there is an existence of some magical being who is to be both loved and feared. Who takes responsibility for the good things that happen but drops the bad stuff onto the shoulders of the rest of mankind. Who permits bad things as long as the wrong doer confesses their bad deed and repents... By saying a bunch of words! Even worse are the people who root themselves to this chap. I know a woman who is a "good christian" and yet she has no respect for the people who care for her children because she doesn't seem to be able to. She isn't particularly fond of her eldest daughter because if she didn't exist then this woman could've had a career (of course it's not her fault she didn't use protection, it's the kids fault for being here). In saying this, I'm also offended by people who blame certain religions for atrocities that occur. I'm mostly speaking about Muslims here. The horror of the Lindt Cafe was blamed upon a Muslim. Great emphasis was placed on this "fact", the evil occured because of this man's religious beliefs but... This man was mentally unstable, he'd been accused of murder and all other kinds of unpleasant acts and yet the media pushed the Muslim label and encouraged hysteria. Hate crimes became a 'thing' with Muslim communities targeted.
We need to stop climbing on other people's backs and start making our own way!
We choose to take offence to things that bring us pleasure whilst becoming desensitised to that which is evil.
A few days ago I took a photo in the bath. The picture was supposed to be of my new Jeffree Star lipstick but because I'm a bit unco when it comes to my phone camera (most of my pics are grainy or blurry). The photo actually turned out quite good. I was kind of proud of it and decided to share it in a group on Facebook. The group is one I have loved for a long time. It has moments of chaos and drama but generally I've met some great real life people from that group. In general the group endorses good body image so I popped up my pic. I made a point of saying that I had been feeling down on myself for gaining weight lately and this photo made me feel beautiful. By the time the photo had loaded and I'd refreshed the page my photo had been reported for nudity. My nipples were on display. There was also a ridiculous comment on there from a girl who quite clearly has her moral compass all twisted up! She went on about how she was offended by seeing my boobs in her newsfeed and she was concerned her small children might see. This is a person who encourages her daughter to be obsessed with Disney Princesses, not something I agree with but I respected her enough to not mention this. She has recently developed a passion for the pin up culture; uh huh. Marilyn Monroe, Bettie Page, Dita Von Teese (see what I'm saying here?) This is a style I love, absolutely, but I also know that these women and so many more have appeared in Playboy. They encourage sexuality. I was simply saying, dude I've taken a picture of myself that I'm stoked with!
I am a 36 year old single mumma of three children, all have been breastfed. I have survived domestic violence. Sometimes I like to feel like something other than a tired, old, saggy tittied mother.
So... Here's what I'm offended by (well, some of because these things are subject to change and be added to):
1. I am offended by our current government. I am offended that as a country we are judged by the views of a collection of people who believe in God. Do not believe in marriage equality. Force women, men, and children who have fled extreme situations (in countries ripped apart by war and other things so vile we cannot even imagine it without having experienced it) to live imprisoned in detention centres where the people who provide their day to day care, doctors, nurses etc, are forbidden to speak publicly about what they endure in these centres. Indulge those with wealth but continuously take from those who struggle. Who insist we cannot afford communities for our indigenous peoples but can totally afford helicopter trips.
2. I am offended by people who look away. The ones who are aware of things happening, of desperate people needing help but think it's none of there business. Why should they care? I'm talking about domestic violence, I'm talking about child abusers and pedophiles, rapists. Recently I read an article in the Huffington Post. Jackie Fuchs, from the band The Runaways, had been drugged and raped as a teenager by the band's manager. There were witnesses to the rape; people who watched, people who walked away, people who had heard about it and yet no one tried to stop it nor did anyone report it (supposedly two of her band mates were a part of the audience).
3. I am offended by the belief that there is an existence of some magical being who is to be both loved and feared. Who takes responsibility for the good things that happen but drops the bad stuff onto the shoulders of the rest of mankind. Who permits bad things as long as the wrong doer confesses their bad deed and repents... By saying a bunch of words! Even worse are the people who root themselves to this chap. I know a woman who is a "good christian" and yet she has no respect for the people who care for her children because she doesn't seem to be able to. She isn't particularly fond of her eldest daughter because if she didn't exist then this woman could've had a career (of course it's not her fault she didn't use protection, it's the kids fault for being here). In saying this, I'm also offended by people who blame certain religions for atrocities that occur. I'm mostly speaking about Muslims here. The horror of the Lindt Cafe was blamed upon a Muslim. Great emphasis was placed on this "fact", the evil occured because of this man's religious beliefs but... This man was mentally unstable, he'd been accused of murder and all other kinds of unpleasant acts and yet the media pushed the Muslim label and encouraged hysteria. Hate crimes became a 'thing' with Muslim communities targeted.
We need to stop climbing on other people's backs and start making our own way!