Whilst assessing my statistics the other day, I noticed that after nominating myself one month to the Down Under Feminist Carnival I find I have once again been nominated for this. I’m thrilled. Thanks Mynxii. 
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It started with early morning garbage collection this time without swearing or very loud male gossip. From bed with the laptop on the floor I checked my BlogTracker stats. I got a huge pleasant surprise: my stats and hits had gone up quite markably. This as a result of FWD/Forward picking up this post on identity and disability as part of their recommended reading for today (US time). Wow.
This on the back of the recent inclusion of the organic fruit piece as part of the Down Under Feminist Carnival, this time hosted by Jo. Thank you. Feminist or not this these articles represent some wonderful thinkers and dialogue. It is nice to think my words may add to discussions.
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The winner is … talent and, oh, a woman – TV & Radio – Entertainment.
This article discussing the gender issues within the recent MasterChef Australia series is interesting. Don’t get me wrong here. I mean interesting in a good way.
Within the course of the last week of the show, as the women began to dominate in numbers and skill I was waiting for the usual gender related discussion — however minor. In recent series of other reality shows when a woman has won (after a man has won previous series), a mention of the gender of the winner has often been inevitable, however subtle and noble the intent. There was none of that, until the above from the host pointing out this very phenomena. I’m impressed, particularly if you look at the industry that Julie is now entering, which despite the female home cook trend is a male dominant industry at the professional level.
Could it be? Are we moving beyong the gender question in media just for the sake of it?
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This is really sad. Scary too on a number of levels. Personally and globally. But I’m torn. I think.
At one level, I have some small sympathy for the parents. It must be hard to see your child, help her, know her as your own, but otherwise be unable to engage with her at a meaningful level save for smiles and such. There may be an element of the protective there. Certainly a read of the anonymous entry by her parents would suggest as much.
But I can’t help being scared. This is a bigger picture issue which I will think more on. Designing a girl’s life so young based on what others think will be comfortable is problematic largely because the timing sounds like a convenience thing even if the intention was not. Continue reading
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