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In the news
use that term loosely) left around, this one caught my eye as being
an important story that needed debating. Then on the same day I came
across the "Sex with straight girls" story in "TheLondon paper" I was
shocked... yes you heard that right, I was shocked! I'm not a prude
but I really didn't expect to see a story about lesbians having strap
on sex with straight (ish) girls. At first I thought how very nice it
was that gay culture has been accepted into the main stream, and that
we were all able to have a frank open discussion about sexuality.
Then I thought about the papers target audience and the style of
writing (I use that term loosely too). All of the stories have a
right wing bigoted slant and I tend to get very annoyed whilst
reading it, so I decided that it was just titillation and wank fodder
which is a shame really.
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MaggieD says:
Erm, not feeling particularly comfortable with these pics and those of James's on the latest page .... is Moblog the right forum for such pics .... it is, or so I am given to be believed, a 'family ' blog ....
Steve says:
It's the front cover of a "news paper" In my opinion it makes it ok to show here. And I wasn't feeling particularly comfortable with it either, I'm not used to working on building sites and this kind of thing is very much the norm. It really is a different world.
MaggieD says:
Understand that ... I was just a bit taken aback .... I know these images are out there all the time .... and a lot of us come across them on a day to day basis ... I just wasn't expecting them to come up on Moblog ... though I do see they could well be a starting point for a useful debate ....
Helen says:
Hmmm. The placing of homosexuality firmly within the heterosexual frame, defining it in relation to the heterosexual "norm", thereby subsuming it into the "dominant" culture. Classic.
Steve says:
H, that was just what I was thinking...
Maggie, sorry didn't mean to jump down your throat, thanks for caring.
Helen says:
I thought so.
*Spits at The Sun et al, they're holding this nation's thinking back 100 years!*
bronxelf says:
I find it hard to believe anyone could have an honest and realistic discussion about homosexuality on any level while using those photos on the top as a guideline.
Tori says:
I've never seen moblog as a family friendly place. I can rarely think of a time when the front page (now the latest page) did not link to something I personally found to be trashy and not at all something I would encourage my daughter to stumble across. Of course it is usually in the latest comments section. Such photos typically get a lot of comments.
When I finally let her sign up, long after she first asked, I was very clear about where she was allowed to go, and that left a huge amount of moblog off limits.
That's not to say I think you are wrong to feel uncomfortable about seeing them on the main page, MaggieD. Your feelings are yours and are not up for public validation. I am just saying that I am surprised by the notion that the site is family friendly or that you don't regularly encounter similar-ish things.
Steve says:
I think one of the problems is a low reading age or English not being the native language to a lot of the people on this building site. If you are still learning English then I imagine that the Sun, Star, or Sport is quite accessible, which given those rags stance upon visitor to are shores is quite ironic.
MaggieD says:
OK, I know this is a bit of a niave question .... but is Moblog a designated 'family site' .... I know there are Primary School users and various educational blogs linked to it ....
taniwha says:
Steve - I read a while ago that the language used in the Sun is pitched at a seven year old's reading age. My son could read it.
MaggieD says:
Oh, and Goode, I know you are a moderator, but I must say, after reading your blog and seeing you use it as a vehicle for a personal vendetta using some soft porn video footage, I am afraid I just can't give your opinion too much credence on this matter .... however I do applaude your creativity in CSS design and the other aspects of your involvement in Moblog ...
Steve says:
"MaggieD says:
and Steve, I didn't think you 'jumped down my throat' ... :)"
Good, sometimes I can be miss understood by my poor writing style.
I think that Moblog images are family friendly but quite a few of the conversations are not. I use this place as a diary and general record of my life, which means that sometimes it becomes a little "blue"