As mentioned before, my roommate is a vegan. She is way awesome and really smart, and both of us agree she was born about 4 decades too late (she is all about peace, love, flowers, and naming your child "river" or "strawberry" or "bushman") but her downfall is bringing up every and any topic having to do with controversy.
Disney movies are sexist, according to her. Women are put in such a 'helpless' light and they always have to have another person come and save them. I don't know whatever happened to those happy childhood days where people didn't analyze the crap out of everything. (sorry if that word is offensive, or maybe we can bring up a controversy discussion??) Other controversial issues discussed include:
-donating your body to science
-raising your children as vegans (a particularly maddening conversation for me)
-choosing a vegan/vegetarian lifestyle
-Disney princesses (as mentioned)
-not visiting the doctor unless you have a serious illness (like what? blood shooting out your ears or something?)
It's a tireless and ongoing game, trying to now use rhetoric to get my point across. Any ideas would be helpful! :)
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Hey Ashley. If you didn't know already I'm not a very controversial person. The debate kids in high school always kind of scared me, so I don't know what to tell you except that I like meat :)
i unfortunately can't give you much advice either because i'm one of the least confrontational people you'll meet. I say just don't say anything and see if she just stops trying to fight you.
Man, I get frustrated just hearing about her. If your current non-confrontational stance isn't doin' it for ya (Akk! You're giving in to society's pressure for women to be passive!), I always recommend just telling her she's stupid and walking away. Tactful? No. Effective? Probably not. Satisfying? Very.
ashley wow calm down... no just kidding. i don't know when people started analyzing everything, but it does get so irritating... disney is da bomb so tell your roommate don't mess with Mickey.
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