tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025879594950410143.post586539054356282681..comments2023-10-31T18:07:19.702+00:00Comments on the old jaw jaw: The House I Live In: houses no womenallamahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08866852147657326822noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025879594950410143.post-61679246403619062922012-12-18T09:08:42.906+00:002012-12-18T09:08:42.906+00:00It's SO good, I definitely recommend looking o...It's SO good, I definitely recommend looking out for it - let me know what you think if you manage to track it down.<br /><br />Your comments always make me smile :)allamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866852147657326822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025879594950410143.post-70977655111669991442012-12-18T02:46:59.596+00:002012-12-18T02:46:59.596+00:00thanks for this, allama. I hadn't heard of th...thanks for this, allama. I hadn't heard of the film. it doesn't look like I can see it yet in the states yet, but I marked it in netflix so i'll get notified when it's available. While i'd definately like to see it, it's disappointing to hear that women were overlooked. that so frustrates me when something is otherwise well done. gender treatment does not have to be either/or. Including women wouldn't change the point of the narrative, it would enrich it. (also, I didn't know about the use of IUDs in sentencing--that is horrifying). dwerrleinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05917174708039425122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025879594950410143.post-55382467707321518502012-12-17T16:03:51.605+00:002012-12-17T16:03:51.605+00:00No, I'm definitely not saying I want it to be ...No, I'm definitely not saying I want it to be 100% about women, that would indeed be derailing. As the second anonymous says, the female 20% of arrestees deserve a say - and that's not counting the other ways women are affected by the war on drugs: that male 80% is composed of men with mothers, daughters, sisters, partners... plus, for example, the Norplant issue I mentioned in the post, and I'm sure a lot of other ways that the war impacts women.allamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08866852147657326822noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025879594950410143.post-29984792175577482912012-12-16T20:19:26.374+00:002012-12-16T20:19:26.374+00:00um....how would mentioning how women are affected ...um....how would mentioning how women are affected by the war on drugs be derailing?, she didn't say she wanted the story to be about women, if 80% of drug-related arrests are of men why not mention the other 20% who get arrested and about what happen to them, she even gave an example of something they could have mentioned and left out. 20% is 1 in 5 you know. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7025879594950410143.post-40576995911090934962012-12-16T17:35:54.031+00:002012-12-16T17:35:54.031+00:00Doesn't the War on Drugs disproportionately hu...Doesn't the War on Drugs disproportionately hurt men, to a fairly staggering degree? I mean when <a href="http://www2.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2009/data/table_33.html" rel="nofollow">80% of drug-related arrests are of men</a> it definitely seems like a strongly gendered story that should be told. Wouldn't it be derailing or appropriation to turn the story into being about women, though?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com