tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656935904164230339.post2042725235957935103..comments2008-06-14T18:31:04.086-07:00Comments on porning the planet: Interact with Sensora on Porning the Planetraquel almazanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05814531588977950969noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656935904164230339.post-9682405716642135372008-06-14T18:31:00.000-07:002008-06-14T18:31:00.000-07:00I definitely agree with Becca and everyone else on...I definitely agree with Becca and everyone else on the political / technological and product pornography to a very LARGE degree. I do think however that it is within our strengths to abstain from product pornography. I personally don't have a treo, don't want one, but as a female invest in beauty products as women have for CENTURIES. That doesn't make me any different than anybody else, in the fact that I don't buy it bc I'm genuinely not interested in it and I do because I am. I don't even watch TV because I'm not at all interested in watching Reality TV. I'm not knocking anyone who does, but I think that it's a HUGE step of further exploitation of media porn...and am genuinely uninterested in it. I'm not interested in it, simply because it doesn't entertain me.<BR/><BR/>I agree about the chip too. I was raised in a household where we spoke about "the chip" and many other political, social, and religious issues from a very young age....even now the internet platforms will be strictly controlled (they are planning four years from now to have the internet set up like cable TV http://ipower.ning.com/netneutrality)<BR/>What will we do in response? Not sure what is the right thing to do...media is OBVIOUSLY controlled in a misrepresented manner...but if you protest, it seems you have to do it differently than the Boston Tea Party?<BR/><BR/> As to sexuality or porn in film or entertainment media....It's very strange that the same things I find offensive now are pretty much the same things I used to find offensive as a teenager, BUT I didn't always know how to DEFINE what I did or didn't like. <BR/><BR/>Very interesting story about the old woman at the bus stop. It must be very strange to be old or young these days....like being an alien in a foreign land. Sometimes I think these "forces" took over overnight...while we sleep....the subconcious change happening in the pharmaceuticals we bath in, oye vey.....<BR/><BR/>Just saw a movie last night, "the heartbreak kid" that bothered me bc it's humor compromised women mostly and not much of the men at all. I get really bored with seeing the same BS humor being regurgitated, having women's breasts unnecessarily flung in front of the screen in a way that it doesn't contribute, except that it'll make the inner college male laugh superficially enough that he can whack off just as superficially to that image in his head later on. <BR/><BR/>The movie "Dirty Love" with Jenny McCarthy is a very funny movie, very slapstick, but from the female perspective....alot of LA humor too...in my opinion, same quality of Borat, but was OF COURSE panned in the reviews, because it's not College boy humor, it's college LA girl humor...there can be SO MUCH sexism at the expense of women and gay and/or effeminate men in that aspect of the industry.freedom444https://www.blogger.com/profile/15977732981436170996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656935904164230339.post-83909936241466167832008-06-14T05:57:00.000-07:002008-06-14T05:57:00.000-07:00Ok one more thing...on my way to work today I saw ...Ok one more thing...on my way to work today I saw a poster at a bus stop bench with a woman whose breasts were popping out of her shirt that had a hole right in the bosom area. There was an old woman sitting waiting for the bus staring at the picture. This sight was sad, funny, pathetic, and ridiculous all at the same time. I felt bad for this woman who had to stare at some lady's tatas (as Jewel would say- lovely song which alludes to the same pop culture taboos)while waiting for the only ride she has to get around this town. Just thought I would share. This is in response to the question about having porn make you feel uncomfortable or not.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07488876839312164520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656935904164230339.post-77058326429435551322008-06-14T05:47:00.000-07:002008-06-14T05:47:00.000-07:00I cannot agree with April more....I am a humanist ...I cannot agree with April more....I am a humanist as well. It is not to say that I agree with any injustices served to either women or men- I think its all shit...but Feminism and chauvinism all serve to separate. Divide and conquer is the saying that pops in my head. I love people- man or woman, black or white. I can't stand when women decide to treat men like shit to somehow get back at all the wrongs men have committed in the past. Guess what- what's in the past needs to stay in the past. The future needs to be filled with a harmony between man and woman. A new dialogue needs to begin. If we simply regurgitate what we have learned in the past- all we will have is more of the same. Racism, sexism. Why live a past we have not lived for ourselves now in the present? I bring up a point from my last blog; the process is the same for men as it is for women. We are all brainwashed into thinking we have psychological traumas that we have never lived. This is the reason racism has lived this long. People are not born racist or sexist, they are taught this. We are all cognitive beings. Our minds soak up the littlest bit of information be it subconscious or conscious. We are constantly learning how to be better human beings or horrible human beings. In teaching people to look at difference we are dividing people along unfair lines. If taught to believe this difference- this is all we will know. <BR/>As for the technological porn movement, I believe that this is much more orchestrated than people can imagine. Perhaps because I am a student of politics and state relations, I am swayed to believe that governments- and more importantly- corporations are fueling this project in a methodical way. The “porning” of communication is well thought out. We are made to desire things we really don’t want and to want to sell our souls to the lowest bidder for it. Communication is something that naturally evolves and it will continue to evolve in different ways in the future. But sliding your debit or credit card without a thought or glance to the human being scanning your goods is on a whole different level. Why? We are increasingly made to believe that money is not real- in the physical and non-physical sense. We will soon have RFID chips in order to buy and sell goods implanted in our physical bodies to represent our non-physical enslavement. We are already becoming slaves to this global project. You can see it when people watch commercials, buy that extra tube of lipstick you don’t need, play that god-forsaken Playstation, or swipe that credit card when you know your way beyond your means. There is a commercial culture forming complete with a communication package inside. We will simply adjust- as humans are so good at doing- to our new surroundings. The only thing that allows corporations and the government at having so much power is US! We can stop this by becoming more human and communicating once again with each other- the good old-fashioned way- face to face. But ah! Technology goes both ways- do you really want to live without your cell phone or computer- access to the internet 24 hours. That’s a good 24 hours filled with shopping, sex, and entertainment!! But on the same token, I can talk to my mother who lives an ocean away, or my best friend who lives 1000 miles away when I otherwise couldn’t have. We all make choices on how deep we commit ourselves to being citizens of the 21st century. Its all a personal choice of buying into “porn” movement. Likewise, we are made to feel like outcasts if we don’t have the latest cell phone or gadget on the market. How many times did I hear, “Oh my god- your cell phone is from 1998…hahahaha”, before I felt pressured into getting the ultimate cell phone on the market complete with a Windows program. Oh but damn it when the I-phone came out! Now I’m not complete without the next step up- I thought I was so cool with my Palm Treo. And the anxiety continues. I’m not good enough without my material goods to buy my way into society with. But wait, Angelina has a Blackberry! I want to be as cool as her- wait let me see who’s carrying my phone before I decide to change it again- as if I need a consultant to change my fucking phone- didn’t I once have the ability to think for myself? To know what I wanted for the sake of my desire and emotion informing me? I remember a time- when I was a child. But oh those bastards are infesting the children at an earlier age now. Do not be fooled- they are being robbed of their freedom sooner than we can imagine. It is not uncommon for hospitals to ask parents now if they would like a “tracking device” (RFID chip) implanted in them…you know “in case they get lost”. As if babies are dogs and parents are idiots. This means immediate download of the “chip” as if your child is a piece of hardware on a motherboard. All I can say if be aware.Beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07488876839312164520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3656935904164230339.post-55268117168002856272008-06-10T13:49:00.000-07:002008-06-10T13:49:00.000-07:00I'm not as much a fan of the feminist movement as ...I'm not as much a fan of the feminist movement as the humanist movement. I've seen women guffaw at men and looking at them as sex objects, but also creatures that should buy them dinner, spend money on them, and should not expect anything in return (which men shouldn't, but women shouldn't take advantage of that either). <BR/><BR/>The entire system of dating in America, is a set up for this type of psuedo prostitution ring if you ask me. It's a subconscious agreement between man and woman in America that this system continues in any shape or form. I stopped participating in this system, when I realized.... it doesn't work for me! Friendship first, works. <BR/><BR/> Some people don't have a sex life linked to their love life... they may or may not be at different stages of life....avoiding psychological issues, maybe dealing with it in a different way...maybe some are just sociopaths. People are all different. Also, porn may even affect men and women differently, based on the chemical differences in hormone levels. Women on doses of testosterone (menopause and/or hormone therapy) will act and think VERY differently than women on estrogen doses. How that affects the brain, in terms of porn and/or other media (commercials / advertising), would interest me. Looking into those types of studies would be very beneficial to your project.<BR/><BR/> I think people choose to watch porn, or choose not to. For certain sexually frustrated people, I think some of it may even be positive by helping them let off some steam. Not all is positive I'm sure though. Most is probably just downright negative. I have run across certain porn, horror movies, TV shows, and have turned it off immediately, shuddering. I turned it off, because I wanted to keep away from that kind of imagery and energy. That was my choice as an individual. What desires and needs to people come to the table with before watching the porn? Why do they come back for more, relishing in this empty space, obsessing and filling those illusions into that void, instead of creating more mutual and positive imagery? That is where the idea of "Desensitize-Nation" came from when I coined the phrase in our conversation of your peice. Where does that original numbness come from? Why and when does it become commonplace and enjoyable for some to conquer, take, and rule over others rather than co-habitate and include?<BR/><BR/>The Kinsey reports on female sexual behavior would be very interesting to look into, and find out how that might be relevant in terms of porn. I always wanted to know, and never found out.<BR/><BR/>Best,<BR/>April Henryfreedom444https://www.blogger.com/profile/15977732981436170996noreply@blogger.com