First, a cute little story. I was playing a game with my daughter. It’s a word game that I invented for teaching. Well, I didn’t invent it. Booboo Alkhas invented it. I think. It’s a gray area.
Anyway, you roll the dice and get one flashcard. Whatever picture is on the flashcard, if you roll a 1 you have to say something good about it, if you roll a 2 something bad, 3 tell a lie about it, 4 ask a question about it, 5 take a second card and use both words in one sentence, and a 6 roll again.
Most of my students get bored with this game rather quickly, but my daughter loves it. Anyway, my card was a zebra and I rolled a 3 so I had to tell a lie. Just because I blanked and couldn’t think of anything better, I brought out the old “horse in striped pajamas” line. Well, Isabel had never heard that before, and she just thought it was the funniest thing in the world.
So, first time for everybody.
The other thing I want to talk about is Miley Cyrus, who made the rather ridiculous statement that she is “one of the world’s great feminists.” First, I would like to say, I appreciate her advocacy for marijuana, because that’s a cause close to my heart, and if she wants to promote herself as the outrageous, slutty chick, I’ve got no problem with that. Yeah, I watched Hannah Montana, but I wouldn’t say I’m emotionally invested in her maintaining her childhood innocence.
Miley
Girls grow up. It’s one of the really nice things about girls.
So, I say this in the spirit of constructive criticism: Go wild, kid, flash all the skin you want, but tone down the arrogance a bit.
Malala Yousefzai, the Pakistani girl who got shot fighting for the right to go to school, she is one of the world’s great feminists. The women in Saudi Arabia, who risked arrest to fight for their right to drive, they are great feminists. Diana Nayad, who is practically superhuman, is a great role model for feminists. Wendy Davis, the Texas State Senator who filibustered, is a feminist heroine.
So, no offense, Miley, but you’re just not as high on that list as you seem to think you are.
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