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heathershaped) wrote2009-09-15 07:14 pm
heathershaped) wrote2009-09-15 07:14 pm
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"Being human isn't about fitting into a box designed by someone else."
So, Caster Semenya's been placed on suicide watch.
She's eighteen fucking years old. I certainly hope the press and the people currently chewing her up and spitting her out as if the fact that she's not like them means she's there for their consumption, to satisfy their curiosity and damn her feelings, are pleased with themselves.
In light of that, would just like to point to![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
karnythia's post on Race, Gender and the Oppressive Public Gaze.
She's eighteen fucking years old. I certainly hope the press and the people currently chewing her up and spitting her out as if the fact that she's not like them means she's there for their consumption, to satisfy their curiosity and damn her feelings, are pleased with themselves.
In light of that, would just like to point to
karnythia's post on Race, Gender and the Oppressive Public Gaze.
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