They should matter because that's what makes life interesting. Otherwise...what? It's all undifferentiated sensation?
Yes, our distinctions have been based on social and cultural positioning, as Bourdieu painstakingly argued. But critiquing such politics should not necessarily negate the textures that such distinctions provide. Otherwise, there'd be no point in making any argument about anything; all would be the same.
In such a universe, we'd all be amorphous blobs rolling about blindly. Socially, it probably would be better. But I'd rather not roll about blindly.
And, while it wouldn't concern me, in such a universe there'd be no slash, then, m/m, f/f, or whatever! There'd be no point in fixating on Summer Glau as opposed to your aunt Petunia, Larry King, Shamu the whale, or the mailbox on the corner.
There'd be no squick, because there'd be no squee.
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Date: 2008-03-26 03:56 pm (UTC)They should matter because that's what makes life interesting. Otherwise...what? It's all undifferentiated sensation?
Yes, our distinctions have been based on social and cultural positioning, as Bourdieu painstakingly argued. But critiquing such politics should not necessarily negate the textures that such distinctions provide. Otherwise, there'd be no point in making any argument about anything; all would be the same.
In such a universe, we'd all be amorphous blobs rolling about blindly. Socially, it probably would be better. But I'd rather not roll about blindly.
And, while it wouldn't concern me, in such a universe there'd be no slash, then, m/m, f/f, or whatever! There'd be no point in fixating on Summer Glau as opposed to your aunt Petunia, Larry King, Shamu the whale, or the mailbox on the corner.
There'd be no squick, because there'd be no squee.
Me, I likes the squick and the squee.