So there’s a post in the asexuality tag that you can go find if you want that’s made me a little upset. The thing is, it’s not really about what the post is saying (which is why I’m not responding directly to the author), but rather how the author frames hir argument. Namely: shut up you ignorant people, you don’t know anything about the Academic Framework, so therefore you may not comment.
This is sort of a variation on a theme I’ve heard quite a few times (another reason this isn’t directed solely at the author of today’s post), and between it and “stop appropriating things from ‘real’ queer people,” it’s come to give me an increasingly large amount of anxiety. Now, I am aware that “you just don’t understand or else you’d agree with me” is a near-universal reaction of people when faced with a differing opinion, but the deeper implication of who is allowed to participate in discussions and who is not is troubling to me.
I really do feel like if you’re a member of a marginalized group, a graduate degree in a social science should not be a prerequisite for participation in the conversation about that group. If someone’s understanding of a concept is flawed, that doesn’t necessarily invalidate what they’re saying, and I really do take exception to the derision I’ve seen toward people just trying their best to articulate their lives, however clumsily.
Particularly when it comes to the asexual community, we’re just supposed to wait until researchers get around studying us and then accept their conclusions (or the conclusions we can draw from their abstracts) as truth because they did the research and understand the model? How long are we required to wait quietly for this surge of interest? What recourse do we have if we perceive the conclusions to be flawed? Besides going to graduate school ourselves, of course.
I get it, I really do. I am not above having said, “You are aware that science doesn’t work that way, right?” many a time before. It’s frustrating to see people Doing It Wrong, and I am not demanding that one must educate before one impugns (although I personally would appreciate it). But I feel that one must also be aware that there is Academic Discourse and there is Popular Discourse, and popular discourse is what’s really relevant to most people in addition to being the only kind they can really engage with. Particularly for groups whose experiences are not widely represented, internal popular discourse is the only thing they have to attempt to define themselves and make connections. People are going to come to the discussion with different levels of sophistication to their ideas, but if it’s their discourse for them, I don’t see how anyone can tell them to gtfo with a clear conscience.
And for the other group of people who say things like this because they believe asexuality isn’t actually a real sexual orientation, well, you just don’t understand, because if you did you’d agree with me :P
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Вклад[vklad]– entry, contribution (there are too many meanings and it was a bit difficult to find a proper variant haha) Публика,аудитория[publika, auditoria] – audience Многообразие[mnogoobrazie]– diversity Полуфинал[polufinal]– semifinal Группа[gruppa]– band Танцор(m)[tantsor],танцовщица (f)[tantsovshchitsa] – dancer Европейскийвещательныйсоюз[Evropeiskii veshchatelnyi soyuz]– European Broadcasting Union Конкурспесни«Евровидение»[konkurs pesni Evrovidenie]– Eurovision song contest
Жюри[zhuri] – jury Организация[organizatsiia] – organization Последнееместо[poslednee mesto]– last place
Киев[Kiev]– Kyiv Европа[Evropa]– Europe Австралия[Avstraliia]– Australia балл,очко[ball, ochko] – point Двенадцатьбаллов/очков[dvenadtsat’ ballov/ochkov] – twelve points Зритель(m)[zritel’],зрительница(f)[zritel’nitsa]– viewer
Местовстречи[mesto vstrechi]– venue Ведущий(m)[vedushchii],ведущая(f)[vedushchaia] – host Национальныйфинал[natsionalnyi final] – national final Песня[pesnia] – song
Получитьочки/баллы[poluchit’ ochki/bally] – to get points
Трофей[trofey] – trophy Исполнитель(m)[ispolnitel’],исполнительница(f)[ispolnitel’nitsa] – artist, performer Флаг,знамя[flag, znamia] – flag Победитель(m)[pobeditel’],победительница(f)[pobeditel’nitsa] – winner Представитель[predstavitel’] – representative Страна[strana] – country Певец(m)[pevets],певица(f)[pevitsa] – singer Смотреть,созерцать[smotret’, sozertsat’] – to watch Проигрывать[proigryvat’] – to lose Организовать[organizovat’] – to organize Принятьучастиевфинале[priniat uchastie v finale] – to advance to the final Танцевать[tantsevat’] – to dance Участвовать[uchastvovat’], принимать участие [prinimat’ uchastie] – to participate Выигрывать[vyigryvat’]– to win Петь[pet’] – to sing
Украина[Ukraina] – Ukraine
Финал[final] – final Голосование[golosovanie]– voting Музыка[muzyka] – music Внутреннийотбор[vnutrennii otbor] – internal selection Язык[yazyk] – language
When deposits of oil and/or perspiration from a finger leaves a print on a surface it is known as a latent fingerprint. These fingerprints are not always visible to the naked eye, thus requiring a dusting technique with fine powders to make it visible. Once the power is on the oil/perspiration, it can be lifted with transparent tape for analyzing, protecting, and storing. Another technique for revealing latent fingerprints is to shine a laser at it, the laser will make the print(s) glow allowing for photographs to be taken.
Aluminium is the most common powder used to develop latent fingerprints. A magna brush is a great tool for applying magnetic-sensitive powders over a hard surface. The aluminium adheres to the residue left behind by the oil/perspiration of a finger/hand, and reveals the print(s).
Image Source: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). Latent Fingerprints (6774265822). Wikimedia Commons.
Fingerprints have been used for various purposes throughout human history. Thumb prints were used on clay seals in ancient China, and the ancient Babylonians used fingerprints on clay tablets for transactions.
Image Source: Mississippi Department of Archives and History. 6.13, 1963. Rifle that killed Medgar Evers. Located latent fingerprints on telescopic site. Medgar was shot off Delta Drive, Jackson, Miss. Wikimedia Commons.
Medgar Wiley Evers was an African American civil rights activist in Mississippi, and a World War Two veteran. On June 12, 1963, Medgar was assassinated by Byron De La Beckwith a member of the White Citizens’ Council, that was formed in Mississippi to resist the integration of schools, and civil rights activism. Medgar Wiley Evers was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery. In the 1960s, the all-white juries failed to reach verdicts for the first two trials of Beckwith causing civil rights protests over the murder of Evers, and its trials. In 1994, new evidence in a new state trial led to Beckwith’s conviction
Hello everyone, this is admin Sung. Today, I’m going to introduce you Sajaseong-eo that starts with letter ‘ㄴ’. Before start, Sajaseong-eo is an idiom consisting of four Chinese letters. It contains a lesson or origin.
내우외환 內憂外患 ( nae-u-oe-han)
內 : 안 내 (inside) 憂 : 근심 우 (worry) 外 : 바깥 외 (outside) 患 : 환난 환 (hardship)
Direct translation: internal and external troubles
Liberal translation: To mean anxiety or conflict within the country and hardship from outside the country; a word that human beings always live in anxiety
노승발검 怒蠅拔劍 ( no-seung-bal-gum)
怒 : 노할 노 (to be in a rage) 蠅 : 파리 승 (a fly) 拔 : 뽑을 발 (Draw (a sword) 劍 : 칼 검 (sword)
Direct translation: When one sees a fly, he gets angry and pulls a knife and chases it
Liberal translation: To get angry at trivial things, to take too great measures against trifles
노심초사 勞心焦思 ( no-sim-cho-sa)
勞 : 힘쓸 로 (work hard) 心 : 마음 심 (mind) 焦 : 그을릴 초 (blacken) 思 : 생각 사 (thought)
Direct translation: To have a lot of thoughts in my mind and be torn by anxiety
Liberal translation: a state of great apprehension and worry about something
능소능대 能小能大 ( neung-so-neung-dae)
能 : 능할 능 (be good at) 小 : 작을 소 (small) 能 : 능할 능 (be good at) 大 : 큰 대 (huge)
Direct translation: To be good at both small things and big things
Liberal translation: To be proficient in everything
난형난제 難兄難弟 ( nan-hyeong-nan-je)
難 : 어려울 난 (difficult) 兄 : 형 형 (older brother) 難 : 어려울 난 (difficult) 弟 : 아우 제 (younger brother)
Direct translation: It’s hard to be an older brother or a younger brother
Liberal translation: Having similar learning and talents, it is difficult to distinguish superiority between two
누란지위 累卵之危 ( nu-ran-ji-wi)
累 : 포갤 누 (to pile up) 卵 : 알 란 (an egg) 之 : 의 지 (‘s) 危 : 위태할 위 (precarious)
Direct translation: To lay several eggs on top of each other
Liberal translation: a fragile and precarious state
낭충지추 囊中之錐 ( nang-chung-ji-chu)
囊 : 주머니 낭 (a pocket) 中 : 가운데 중 (the middle) 之 : 갈 지 (to be) 錐 : 송곳 추 (an awl)
Direct translation: an awl in one’s pocket
Liberal translation: Just as a sharp awl always pierces through it even if it stays still, a man of outstanding talent is seen by others
난공불락 難攻不落 ( nan-gong-bul-lak)
難 : 어려울 난 (difficult) 攻 : 공격할 공 (to attack) 不 : 아닐 불 (not) 落 : 떨어질 락 (to fall)
Direct translation: Not only is it difficult to attack, but it is never taken down
Liberal translation: Target difficult to handle
노방생주 老蚌生珠 ( no-bang-saeng-ju)
老 : 늙을 노 (old) 蚌 : 조개 방 (a shell) 生 : 날 생 (born) 珠 : 구슬 주 (a marble)
Direct translation: Old clams produce pearls
Liberal translation: To praise a person for having a bright son, the father and son have excellent academic talent
this is a list of 50 nouns that can be turned into verbs by using this method. by learning these 50 nouns, you also learn 50 verbs which will help you expand your vocabulary in an easy and effective way
건강 [health] →건강하다[to be healthy]
행복 [happiness] → 행복하다 [to be happy]
말 [language; speech] → 말하다 [to speak]
청소 [cleaning] → 청소하다 [to clean]
이해 [understanding; comprehension] → 이해하다 [to understand]
대화 [conversation] → 대화하다 [to converse]
전화 [phone call] → 전화하다 [to make a phone call]
이야기 (얘기) [story; talk] → 이야기하다 (얘기하다) [to tell; to talk]
추억 [memory] → 추억하다 [to remember; to reminisce]
가능 [possibility] → 가능하다 [to be possible]
추천 [recommendation] → 추천하다 [to recommend]
확인 [confirmation] → 확인하다 [to confirm]
취소 [cancellation] → 취소하다 [to cancel]
완성 [completion] → 완성하다 [to complete]
예약 [reservation] →예약하다 [to reserve]
식사 [meal] → 식사하다 [to have a meal]
긴장 [tension] → 긴장하다 [to be nervous]
표현 [expression] → 표현하다 [to express]
저장 [storage] → 저장하다 [to save; to store]
불안 [anxiety] → 불안하다 [to be anxious]
불편 [discomfort] → 불편하다 [to be uncomfortable]
후회 [regret] → 후회하다 [to regret]
연구 [research] → 연구하다 [to research]
포기 [abandonment] → 포기하다 [to give up]
결심 [decision] → 결심하다 [to decide]
해결 [solution] → 해결하다 [to solve]
연습 [practice] → 연습하다 [to practice]
이혼 [divorce] → 이혼하다 [to get a divorce]
초대 [invitation] → 초대하다 [to invite]
정리 [organization; arrangement] → 정리하다 [to organize; to arrange]
참석 [attendance; presence] → 참석하다 [to attend; to be present]
실패 [failure] → 실패하다 [to fail]
발표 [presentation] → 발표하다 [to present]
구경 [sight-seeing] → 구경하다 [to sight-see]
상상 [imagination] → 상상하다 [to imagine]
운동[exercise] → 운동하다[to exercise]
방문 [visit] → 방문하다 [to visit]
기록 [record; document] → 기록하다 [to record; to document]
발달 [development] → 발달하다 [to develop]
만족 [contentment; satisfaction] → 만족하다 [to be content; to be satisfied]
관찰 [observation] → 관찰하다 [to observe]
고생 [hardship; suffering] → 고생하다 [to suffer; to have a hard time]
