tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519539864916365718.post5413594793284334588..comments2008-03-19T10:15:42.658-07:00Comments on Journal of Thoughts: Long HairShawnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05632005055824424860noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6519539864916365718.post-85815271860234586612008-03-16T13:42:00.000-07:002008-03-16T13:42:00.000-07:00Thanks for the laughs on this one: "Touching an ND...Thanks for the laughs on this one: "Touching an NDN man's hair is an intimate thing, a personal thing. If that cultural concept was translated across 'code' I have been groped more times than an unripe cantaloupe at Winco."<BR/><BR/>Ok, the laughs don't come from the fact that you've been fetishized, but the analogy is is brilliant. I needed a laugh, thanks.<BR/><BR/>And more to the point, the above quote signals your claim that, "fetishization is ubiquitous and disturbing in a multidimensional sense." Absolutely. It plays in so many different ways and with different effects, but in all cases is serves to objectify, classify, and box people into a certain way of being and existing. For those not on the 'power' end of things, this is particularly problematic.kristinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16589066910958948930noreply@blogger.com