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By: ‘Homeland Security USA’ brings (more) propaganda to reality television « Asitwaswritten’s Blog

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:54:22 +0000

[...] Violet on punkassblog (http://punkassblog.com/2009/01/22/deporting-people-hi-larious/) points out, NPR’s coverage of “Homeland Security” only acts to fuel the [...]

By: violet

violet — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 18:04:46 +0000

Sorry, I was saying that belly dancers experience the same sorts of oppression as people in other lines of sex work, and that by presenting her occupation as part of its punchline, the show (and news report) is playing into that narrative. I definitely didn’t mean to stigmatize belly dancing through the comparison—I don’t think sex work should be stigmatized at all.

NewWavePoly: I think that’s the best part, yes. Although I’m unclear: how is it you think I “watched” an story on National Public Radio? Because that’s what this post is about. Not how the TV show handles this situation—though I suspect NPR’s comedic vibe is taken directly from the show—but rather, how sickeningly efficient the NPR story is at reducing state violence against women and immigrants to a thirty-second joke.

By: Arlie

Arlie — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:08:46 +0000

Violet, are you seriously suggesting that belly dancers are sex workers? Belly dance is a legitimate form of dance that is found in cultures all over the world; in fact all the professional belly dancers I know won’t even dance in front of an all male audience.

By: Becky

Becky — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 02:35:46 +0000

Belly Dancers ARE NOT SEX WORKERS! I belly dance and the only person I have sex with is my husband.

By: Antigone

Antigone — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 23:09:29 +0000

Poor Polly, doesn’t like blogs.

Don’t read them.

By: NewWavePolly

NewWavePolly — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 21:11:55 +0000

The best thing about this entry is that you actually watched what you’re commenting on and evaluated it in context. Anything else would just be the shoddy work we’ve all come to expect from the internet.

By: violet

violet — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 16:48:26 +0000

Oy. Open mouth, insert foot.

More seriously:

Discounting economic and personal benefits, I’d obviously be skeptical of taking a job with DHS. I think there’s some room for change from within, but not, probably, a lot. That said, you can’t and shouldn’t discount economic and personal benefits, so.

By: Lisa Kansas

Lisa Kansas — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 05:38:31 +0000

Now I’m seriously conflicted about the job offer I got today…sigh.

By: violet

violet — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:46:12 +0000

My, I completely forgot the sentence about her breasts! No, see, flat-chested women are even funnier, because they’re barely even women, see? And if they’re belly dancers? Priceless!

By: Antigone

Antigone — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 23:15:28 +0000

Would it have been less funny if she would have been flat-chested? These people are morons.