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  1. Alceste

    Sex Object Test

    Don't forget that the US is basically a matriarchy because a slight majority of women voted for Obama! :D That was one of my all time RF favorites. I'd totally put that on the greatest hits album.
  2. Alceste

    Sex Object Test

    I think you and the badger are both confusing the concept of simply being good looking, fit and / or well dressed with the concept of sexual objectification. Makes it hard to get anything through to either of you because we're actually talking about completely different subjects. Kind of like...
  3. Alceste

    Why do people deny or have various doubts about God?

    No, you won't believe it, regardless of the quality of the evidence. Most people aren't stellar at physics. If you don't get the gist of photosynthesis, as you've shown in this thread, you're definitely going to struggle with stellar formation. Especially given that you've already decided to set...
  4. Alceste

    A rant about being a woman in a man's profession.

    Yeah, I think I'm booked full time until March now. My first TV series show call! :D
  5. Alceste

    Sex Object Test

    Where did you get your "top ten" list from, I wonder? According to Wikipedia's rankings, women in the UK seem far more interested in publications about groceries and telly than being told they're too fat and awful in bed. Glamour is the top seller among that genre, but still only comes in at...
  6. Alceste

    Sex Object Test

    Nope. Can you tell me which of the criteria in the OP ordinary pictures of women in make-up and nice clothes meets?
  7. Alceste

    A rant about being a woman in a man's profession.

    So I was gonna be vindictive and wait until the last possible moment to tell him I am not coming in tomorrow, just as he didn't bother to tell me AT ALL that I wasn't coming in today, but the pinot grigio and my better nature took over. I want him to have time to find a replacement, but I also...
  8. Alceste

    Woman shot and killed for refusing to give man her phone number

    Oooh, hope it goes well. Do give us the details later. :D I don't understand getting violent and aggressive if rejected. If I'm a little ego-bruised by being rejected, I figure the best revenge is moving on with a courteous tip of the hat, never looking back. I once did that to a man I had been...
  9. Alceste

    A rant about being a woman in a man's profession.

    * reciprocal clink *. No, PA's work longer doing boringer stuff for less money. The only word to describe that is awful. When I say I love my job, I mean I REALLY love my job. It totally suits me. MacGyver used to be my favourite show as a kid, and now I am a professional MacGyver. I love...
  10. Alceste

    Avi's Career Advice

    My career advice? Don't bother. Nobody in the whole history of the earth has lain on their death bed thinking "I wish I'd spent more time at the office". Here's Alceste's recipe for a satisfying life. 1. Get to know yourself. 2. Figure out what you love. 3. Practice, practice, practice, until...
  11. Alceste

    Woman shot and killed for refusing to give man her phone number

    Thank you for respecting the spirit of this DIR. Please feel free to lurk to your heart's content. If you see anything you want to talk about in an open forum, start a thread on general discussion or debate and I will meet you there. :)
  12. Alceste

    Woman shot and killed for refusing to give man her phone number

    Thing is though, this is not "extreme". Violence by men who feel sexually entitled to women is really, really common. Over 10 % of women in my country (including me, very briefly and a long time ago) have been stalked in a way that made them fear for their life. Half of all female murder victims...
  13. Alceste

    Woman shot and killed for refusing to give man her phone number

    You're out. If you want to start a thread in general discussion about your theory that having a woman for a mother and hoping to have another as a lover in the future makes you a feminist, I'll participate. :) In the mean time, here's the basics: Feminism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia...
  14. Alceste

    Woman shot and killed for refusing to give man her phone number

    Nah, it's because this incident is a good example of violence against women stemming from a culture of male sexual entitlement. If he'd accidentally hit her with his car while drunk driving, shot her while robbing a gas station, etc. it wouldn't be worth talking about here.
  15. Alceste

    Woman shot and killed for refusing to give man her phone number

    Because Mystic wants to talk about it with other feminists. You are welcome to start another thread on the same topic in general discussion or debate if you like. We'll probably even participate. :) It's just that this specific thread is for a discussion of the incident between feminists.
  16. Alceste

    A rant about being a woman in a man's profession.

    Thanks sweetie. I appreciate it. :) I'm all teary today, don't know whether it's lack of sleep, the crap gig, thinking of what nearly happened to those camera people but thankfully didn't, the fact that another tech I know died last week (not on the job, but possibly the lifestyle played a...
  17. Alceste

    A rant about being a woman in a man's profession.

    OK, time to wrap it up. :D I've been working nights starting at 4PM right on the heels of working days starting at 7AM, so I'm a bit of a wreck. The days have been long (i.e. over 12 hours, which is normal). I can't sleep during the day very well, I'm just getting over a cold, and I just saw two...
  18. Alceste

    A rant about being a woman in a man's profession.

    Here's the thing. It is true, every crew really does need someone to keep the gear clean and in working order and make sure everything needed is where it should be, etc. (Ironically, the name of the person with managerial responsibility for that is "Best Boy", the title of the weird dude that...
  19. Alceste

    A rant about being a woman in a man's profession.

    OK, so this guy offers me a feature. Tells me it's full time, five weeks, better rates than the series I was working on, and he's been offering to help me get into the union for months. So I take that job and leave the only gender balanced crew I've ever worked on, entirely made up of lovely...
  20. Alceste

    A rant about being a woman in a man's profession.

    So last year about this time I went back to working in film. I had tried this once before 20 years ago and was the only woman in my province working in my department of choice. The fact that it has been really busy and there are more women now, and I'm in a different province, convinced me to...
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