Comments on: my oppression is more oppressy than yours http://lagusta.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/my-oppression-is-more-oppressy-than-yours/ living underground in the real world Sun, 27 Dec 2009 21:31:23 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: What Does “Veggie Pride” Look Like? « Vegans of Color http://lagusta.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/my-oppression-is-more-oppressy-than-yours/#comment-1009 What Does “Veggie Pride” Look Like? « Vegans of Color Sun, 18 May 2008 20:57:20 +0000 http://lagusta.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-1009 [...] recently on this blog here & here, & also from VoC readers on their own blogs here & here. I come down more on the side that vegans are not oppressed, for the reasons delineated in some of [...] [...] recently on this blog here & here, & also from VoC readers on their own blogs here & here. I come down more on the side that vegans are not oppressed, for the reasons delineated in some of [...]

]]> By: johanna http://lagusta.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/my-oppression-is-more-oppressy-than-yours/#comment-1004 johanna Fri, 16 May 2008 23:45:12 +0000 http://lagusta.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-1004 Thanks Lagusta! Yeah, I could imagine you'd know the pain of messed-up names too. I remember at one job I had, I used to answer the phone by saying my first & last name, like everyone else... & I would periodically get stunned silence & then, "What?!?" from the caller. :P The woman in the next cube found this hilarious, b/c her name was Amanda [four-letter-last-name, easily pronounced by most white Americans] & thus this never happened to her, but I just wanted to kick her & the callers. Thanks Lagusta! Yeah, I could imagine you’d know the pain of messed-up names too.

I remember at one job I had, I used to answer the phone by saying my first & last name, like everyone else… & I would periodically get stunned silence & then, “What?!?” from the caller. :P The woman in the next cube found this hilarious, b/c her name was Amanda [four-letter-last-name, easily pronounced by most white Americans] & thus this never happened to her, but I just wanted to kick her & the callers.

]]> By: zp http://lagusta.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/my-oppression-is-more-oppressy-than-yours/#comment-1003 zp Fri, 16 May 2008 17:02:55 +0000 http://lagusta.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-1003 I enjoyed this post so much, Lagusta. Also, mazel tov on that new kitchen. I enjoyed this post so much, Lagusta. Also, mazel tov on that new kitchen.

]]> By: lagusta http://lagusta.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/my-oppression-is-more-oppressy-than-yours/#comment-1002 lagusta Fri, 16 May 2008 14:16:05 +0000 http://lagusta.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-1002 Thanks Johanna! And thanks for pointing out the typo - I am incredibly conscious of how irritating it can be to see your name spelled wrong, as it happens to me a million times a week. It has been fixed. :) Thanks Johanna! And thanks for pointing out the typo – I am incredibly conscious of how irritating it can be to see your name spelled wrong, as it happens to me a million times a week. It has been fixed. :)

]]> By: johanna http://lagusta.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/my-oppression-is-more-oppressy-than-yours/#comment-1001 johanna Fri, 16 May 2008 12:37:13 +0000 http://lagusta.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-1001 (I mean, it's not like I don't do my fair share of complaining about vegans -- I didn't mean to imply that I too was being positive. *snicker* Just that it's nice to see.) (I mean, it’s not like I don’t do my fair share of complaining about vegans — I didn’t mean to imply that I too was being positive. *snicker* Just that it’s nice to see.)

]]> By: johanna http://lagusta.wordpress.com/2008/05/15/my-oppression-is-more-oppressy-than-yours/#comment-1000 johanna Fri, 16 May 2008 12:36:27 +0000 http://lagusta.wordpress.com/?p=420#comment-1000 This is a great post, Lagusta! Thanks for leaving the link over at VoC. I think you make a really interesting point re: oppressions we "choose." & it's always good to hear more folks talking about veganism in a positive way -- I mean, hey, I too get annoyed when I have issues w/food in a restaurant, but I became vegan b/c I thought it was a good thing, a joyful thing, a positive thing. Small nitpick: my name is <i>Johanna</i> -- there's an h in there. ;) This is a great post, Lagusta! Thanks for leaving the link over at VoC. I think you make a really interesting point re: oppressions we “choose.” & it’s always good to hear more folks talking about veganism in a positive way — I mean, hey, I too get annoyed when I have issues w/food in a restaurant, but I became vegan b/c I thought it was a good thing, a joyful thing, a positive thing.

Small nitpick: my name is Johanna — there’s an h in there. ;)

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