gently, gently, gently

diane celia hodges (dchodges who-is-at interchg.ubc.ca)
Tue, 7 Oct 1997 09:37:40 -0700

At 11:17 AM 10/7/97, stephanie spina wrote:
>Diane-
>Since your ignorance and visciousness know no bounds, I am not repeating
>your message in my reply.

<snip>
>Now - would you like to discuss issues of general interest to the list, or
>continue to spout venom and forcibly oppositionalize, victimize, and
>ostracize those who refuse to be colonized by your personal type of
>hegemony?
>Stephanie Urso Spina
>

I...I...I... I guess I missed the hostility in my post about
alternative sources to the grrrreat! white hype;
a few folks have let me know

it was perceived as... um, ill-mannered... It was the Audre Lorde quote, huh?
Too much?

but...

>ignorance and visciousness...

>>or
>>continue to spout venom and forcibly oppositionalize, victimize, and
>>ostracize those who refuse to be colonized by your personal type of
>>hegemony?

Is that what I was doing?Yikes. If that's how the quote was received, then,
I must be ...a... a... radical dyke feminist. You know, we're awful people,
really.
Hey, Stephanie, all kidding aside, I'm *sorry*.
I always cringe when women attack
women in defense of white male academia. That's all. I promise I won't

spout venom or do any of those other horrible things, no fire-breathing
rants or poison-tipped keyboard quotes.

I'll just be nice. From now on.

Thanks for all the info on readings,

diane,

"Every tool is a weapon if you hold it right"
(Ani Difranco)
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diane celia hodges
faculty of graduate studies
centre for the study of curriculum and instruction
university of british columbia,
vancouver, british columbia, canada V6T 1Z4

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