Oppression, Rasicm and Other Happy Things

[Nethilia De Lobo]

Hmm...

I've been looking over the conversation, and I decided
hey, I'll throw in my two sickles. (Trust me, I doubt
this will be just two knuts.)

On Women, Body image, and Stuff: 

God, I hate the way the media portrays women as thin
and perfect and about a size 0. Yesterday in class
(yes, my college makes us go to class on Labor Day,
Happy fun)I was sitting in the back drawing before
class and happened to over head the girls in front of
me. One was bragging that all she'd eaten the day
before was a granola bar and a bottle of water and
then went to work out for about 4-5 hours. Now, last I
checked my high school med books, that is Not A Good
Thing(tm). I felt horrible, sluggish, and sleepy
yesterday because I ended up skipping lunch and not
eating dinner till about midnight or so. Somewhere
down the line, that girl is seriously going to mess
herself up. 

As for me, I'm 5'5 and just dropped back into a size
12. The last time I wore a size 8, I was 8. I am in no
means little. At least 10 pounds of my weight is in my
chest alone. However, my boyfriend has never given a
damn about my weight. When I told him that I felt bad
after gaining that weight, he told me he didn't care
if I lost it or not. 

One of my roommates is a bit taller and heavier than
me, and the other is very small. But we all eat. A
lot. and like it. 

On Racism Which Sucks: 

What Ebony says rings true. A lot of the people I grew
up with had very narrow views on white people, Asian
people (God, I am going to rip the face off of the
next person who calls them Oriental. Oriental applies
to rugs and noodles. Not people), Hispanics--ETC. I
actually had a friend whose mother would not buy her
white Barbie dolls because she hated white people and
couldn't understand how I could own so many dolls of
various races. My mom didn't care who my friends,
dolls, or stories involved as long as I was nice to
people. I get along with white people better than I
ever have black people, mainly because they don't give
a damn that I'm smart and don't aspire to spend my
life complaining about how Da Man keeps me down and
then go pick up my welfare check. Sometimes I think
people delibrately keep themselves down--there's a
girl who I grew up with, who saw her mother chose
drugs over her family (the youngest was born with
crack in his system), and slept around (her 8 children
all have about 6 different fathers (I shouldn't talk,
as me and my sisters have different fathers and me and
my brother have different mothers, but we're spaced
out over about 18 years)), and yet, instead of
accepting her scholarship and going to college, she
lays around the house, with different men and smokes
all day. And she's two years younger than me. 

I'll add to this later, as Ihave class soon.

--Neth

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--Nethilia de Lobo--
79% obsessed with Harry Potter
**Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus.**

http://www.geocities.com/spenecial
Spenecial.com. Two girls. One Website. Total Chaos.

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