i watched the first disney movie in a long time tonight that i actually liked
the journey of natty gann
it's about a little lady during the depression hopping trains and eating out of garbage cans and generally escaping THE MAN's clutches on the way to reunite with her dad in washington after he had to leave her behind looking for work
so it's obviously like a disney movie family values kid with animal feel-good times etc and so on
but one thing i liked about it besides the occasional swear and a little bit of smoking and violence and general riffraffery is a young strong female protagonist
kind of reminds me of katniss of the hunger games fame
so i guess i would be wrong to say they wouldn't make a movie like the journey of natty gann today because they sort of have even though the hunger games is a dystopia and natty gann takes place in the real world arguably also dysoptian but i digress
this scene towards the beginning of the buxom middle-aged hotel owner powdering her face and bullying scrappy natty around in her fathers absence reminds me of the makeup debates going on in the feminist blogging circles
im inclined to be like yeah
sgood to feel empowered when everything tries to take your agency away
just as important to realize that what you do with your agency is important too - you know jumping trains organizing shit workplaces and fighting oppression blah blah blah
disney movie for cryin out loud! i haven't seen this much capital-r RRResistance in a disney movie in anything before or after 1985
yours for the revolution
forbidden books
Hi Forbidden -- great response to the post today. it made me think, and taught me something. I had to look up Praetorian because when i tried to tell myself what it meant, i was stumped. I hope you're wrong about that as the word to use to describe the people to rely on “... to ensure a homeland that is safe, secure, and resilient against terrorism and other hazards.” But i fear you may be correct. homeland security is too important to be left to the Praetorians. they mostly see it with eyes of war and fear. i want it to be seen through the lens of the constitution's preamble. homeland security needs different thinking.
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totally ok and thank you for replying
ReplyDeleteit means a lot to me ive been reading your blog on and off for a while
in my analysis in order for homeland security to have different thinking it has to not be homeland security & thats not just a matter of rebranding
looking differently at states and structures and players
maybe organizing them differently too
ie not along lines of bureaucracy or hierarchically
aaaand since thats not exactly feasible its likely the praetorian will be with us a while yet
sort of a borrow from the romans, get what the romans got kind of thing?
thanks again
especially for the original post!