Comments on: Sociological Images Update (December 2008) http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/01/01/what-weve-been-up-to-behind-your-back-december-2008/ Sociological Images encourages people to exercise and develop their sociological imaginations with discussions of compelling visuals that span the breadth of sociological inquiry. Fri, 25 May 2012 04:38:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Laura http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/01/01/what-weve-been-up-to-behind-your-back-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5738 Laura Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:26:39 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4878#comment-5738 I'm annoyed and a little frustrated by your comment on waxing: "Because there’s nothing more authentic than a woman waxed to look like a child. What!?" The comment is made up of two completely subjective assumptions- 1. That you know what makes a woman "authentic," and 2. That a waxed woman looks like a child. Both statements reflect your personal feelings on the subject and nothing more. In addition, your sarcastic tone seems judgemental of women who choose to wax. While everyone woman (and man) obviously has a right to wax or not, I don't think it's anyone's place, least of all the editor of an academic blog, to criticize other women for their choices on the matter. I’m annoyed and a little frustrated by your comment on waxing: “Because there’s nothing more authentic than a woman waxed to look like a child. What!?”

The comment is made up of two completely subjective assumptions- 1. That you know what makes a woman “authentic,” and 2. That a waxed woman looks like a child. Both statements reflect your personal feelings on the subject and nothing more.

In addition, your sarcastic tone seems judgemental of women who choose to wax. While everyone woman (and man) obviously has a right to wax or not, I don’t think it’s anyone’s place, least of all the editor of an academic blog, to criticize other women for their choices on the matter.

]]> By: Interrobang http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2009/01/01/what-weve-been-up-to-behind-your-back-december-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-5687 Interrobang Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:10:06 +0000 http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/?p=4878#comment-5687 <i>Remember how the swastika didn’t used to connote total evil? Neither did we.</i> Speak for yourself... You never seen Latvian folk art or Indian religious art for Diwali? How old are you, and don't you get out enough? Remember how the swastika didn’t used to connote total evil? Neither did we.

Speak for yourself… You never seen Latvian folk art or Indian religious art for Diwali? How old are you, and don’t you get out enough?

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