Well said. I gave up on the Oscars years ago and haven't missed it; in any case hearing that Seth McFarlane was the host made me throw up in my mouth a little bit. Crude, lewd and fratboy world. Haven't we gotten past that--well, no.
But still--yeesh. It's time for this crap to end. She's a little girl, for God's sake, and....well, makes me wonder what the same folks were saying (without tweeting) about Malia and Sasha Obama. Gawd.
And the scary thing is that I am working with middle school kids, and there's a passel of boys who fit right into this whole mentality. Sexist, racist--the number of times I've shut down unacceptable comments has gone beyond the fingers of both hands. It's appalling, and this isn't even a school for the privileged--it's a poor rural school.
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Date: 2013-02-26 02:50 pm (UTC)But still--yeesh. It's time for this crap to end. She's a little girl, for God's sake, and....well, makes me wonder what the same folks were saying (without tweeting) about Malia and Sasha Obama. Gawd.
And the scary thing is that I am working with middle school kids, and there's a passel of boys who fit right into this whole mentality. Sexist, racist--the number of times I've shut down unacceptable comments has gone beyond the fingers of both hands. It's appalling, and this isn't even a school for the privileged--it's a poor rural school.