tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post4608288510262521366..comments2024-03-26T07:58:59.761+00:00Comments on I'll think of something later: Uplift on nightmare's eve Davidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-39761428737693647062017-01-22T15:57:53.805+00:002017-01-22T15:57:53.805+00:00So good to hear from t'other Will, a true pion...So good to hear from t'other Will, a true pioneer. If I remember right, we did communicate briefly and I was so sad to hear that Fritz had died. You've seen this rather glossy film, I presume? Needless to say the pretty white boy is the one to hurl the first brick. I fear the film's attitude to drag queens is what mine, in my semi-closeted days, was: they're a bit sad and tragic, not really us. Thank God I know better. Paris is Burning was a revelation, RuPaul's Drag Race really does shout glorious pride, creativity and defiance. Trump can't take that away.<br /><br />The British film Pride, as I wrote, is better - inevitably cosmeticized to a degree, but what happened in outline is faithfully reported. <br /><br />Have you gone back to blogging? I thought you'd stopped, but need to have a look. All best to you.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-75247832842905263432017-01-22T14:51:03.782+00:002017-01-22T14:51:03.782+00:00Any retelling of the Stonewall Uprising story that...Any retelling of the Stonewall Uprising story that does not honor the drag queens who were the first to assault the police is inaccurate, period. Unfortunately, the attitude carried over into the genesis of the Gay Liberation movement. The groups that were founded, particularly in New York City, to protest, push legislation, cause change of any kind, were essentially all-gay male activities. Lesbians were not welcome, drag queens were not welcome, it was gay guys all the way who were to be in control. <br /><br />Fortunately, that didn't last but beginning with discrimination was unfortunate. When my late husband Fritz arrived in Hew Hampshire in 1972 to develop an Educational Conference and Retreat Center, he founded the New Hampshire Coalition for Lesbians and Gay Men -- not only including women but, rare for the time, putting them first.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14279473113628377106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-60843509877583625512017-01-20T21:15:44.963+00:002017-01-20T21:15:44.963+00:00No idea what you mwan by the remark re Steve Bell&...No idea what you mwan by the remark re Steve Bell's cartoon, but my blog, my rules.<br /><br />I neither want to hear nor care what Trump said in his address. I can get any information about him in pithy summaries by those sources I respect. This man deserves no respect and no listening to. There is no evolution here, just an aberration, a swing of the pendulum before it swings back again. Monstrous.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-51878425382040081852017-01-20T19:33:11.201+00:002017-01-20T19:33:11.201+00:00See the cartoon by Steve Bell. Relevant?
And taki...See the cartoon by Steve Bell. Relevant?<br /><br />And taking your point about a negative day, I am quite exceptionally hostile to Trump but what he said in his address is EXACTLY what people who voted for him want, and many who did not vote for him ditto. I would argue that most of what he and those voters want is just the natural evolution of the economy.David Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-61714922617038687832017-01-20T19:11:24.412+00:002017-01-20T19:11:24.412+00:00Completely irrelevant here, you incorrigible Thatc...Completely irrelevant here, you incorrigible Thatcherite. Just celebrate what I've written about, can't you? Not a good day for the negative.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-36499063826087604852017-01-20T19:01:03.171+00:002017-01-20T19:01:03.171+00:00Keep in mind that the National Union of Miners ( b...Keep in mind that the National Union of Miners ( but not all their members) used force to insist on preventing any change in the mining industry ( no closure of any pits even if loss making), corralling wealth for themselves and draining wealth from the rest of the countryDavid Damantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-80428920285152553402017-01-20T08:48:23.900+00:002017-01-20T08:48:23.900+00:00I would, Graham, but I''m very mildly alle...I would, Graham, but I''m very mildly allergic to slicker Kermode.Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14506881804082382739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1248503935075362425.post-42523649736612177812017-01-20T08:39:02.276+00:002017-01-20T08:39:02.276+00:00I'm sure I first heard the Pride dvd stuff on ...I'm sure I first heard the Pride dvd stuff on the R5 Kermode/Mayo film podcast a while back. Essential, fun listening - listen to it on iPlayer or download it....Grahamnoreply@blogger.com