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THE RULES!
1 -- Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 -- I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 -- You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 -- You'll include this explanation.
5 -- You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed
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whotheckami asked:
Hi there and welcome to my warped world view! Here are your questions...
1. What period in history do you think you were born for?
The present. I'd hate to have lived in a period when women weren't viewed as equals.
2. What do you think you'll get from reading my journal?
A combination of things.
My life is so stressed out right now (you'll rapidly see why if you read any of my LJ) that it's sometimes a relief to dip into lives that have some happiness in them.
You know a couple of my friends, so there's always the chance to see them through another's eyes.
I like the poem on your info page.
I want to understand what a working poly relationship can be like and what makes it successful.
3. Who would you cast in a Blake's 7 movie?
My interest in actors is so minimal these days that I rarely have much interest in mentally casting them. That tends to be reflected in my taste in conventions. Although I'm mostly a media fan, I'm attracted more and more towards the lit cons as they are less celebrity-centred.
4. What is the most important thing you have learned from reading a work of fiction?
Two things, both from Heinlein. Back when I was a teenager, it was Heinlein's work that made me automatically assume that a woman could be intelligent and well-educated and still want a family. He didn't see them as mutually exclusive. 'Space Family Stone' had two really strong female characters at an age when I needed role models.
I guess the other thing I got from Heinlein is that love can come in many shapes, sizes, patterns, groupings, etc. I try not to automatically view anything as right or wrong without wanting to know how it works in pracice (as opposed to in fiction). Fiction allows us to raise ideas while real life then shows us if they work or not.
5. What changes would you make to the rules on censorship in the UK.
Hm. I have a lot of mixed feelings on this one. Some restrictions I find ridiculous. It seems to be legal to show pictures of the female body in any pose, but not the male body. This seems grossly unfair to women. Are we supposed to faint or go into uncontrollable lust at the sight of an erect penis?
On the other hand, I have no desire at all to be subjected to nude pictures when I'm out in public and actually find it annoying that newsagents frequently put adult magazines at a level where children can see them.
1 -- Leave a comment, saying you want to be interviewed.
2 -- I will respond; I'll ask you five questions.
3 -- You'll update your journal with my five questions, and your five answers.
4 -- You'll include this explanation.
5 -- You'll ask other people five questions when they want to be interviewed
whotheckami asked:Hi there and welcome to my warped world view! Here are your questions...
1. What period in history do you think you were born for?
The present. I'd hate to have lived in a period when women weren't viewed as equals.
2. What do you think you'll get from reading my journal?
A combination of things.
My life is so stressed out right now (you'll rapidly see why if you read any of my LJ) that it's sometimes a relief to dip into lives that have some happiness in them.
You know a couple of my friends, so there's always the chance to see them through another's eyes.
I like the poem on your info page.
I want to understand what a working poly relationship can be like and what makes it successful.
3. Who would you cast in a Blake's 7 movie?
My interest in actors is so minimal these days that I rarely have much interest in mentally casting them. That tends to be reflected in my taste in conventions. Although I'm mostly a media fan, I'm attracted more and more towards the lit cons as they are less celebrity-centred.
4. What is the most important thing you have learned from reading a work of fiction?
Two things, both from Heinlein. Back when I was a teenager, it was Heinlein's work that made me automatically assume that a woman could be intelligent and well-educated and still want a family. He didn't see them as mutually exclusive. 'Space Family Stone' had two really strong female characters at an age when I needed role models.
I guess the other thing I got from Heinlein is that love can come in many shapes, sizes, patterns, groupings, etc. I try not to automatically view anything as right or wrong without wanting to know how it works in pracice (as opposed to in fiction). Fiction allows us to raise ideas while real life then shows us if they work or not.
5. What changes would you make to the rules on censorship in the UK.
Hm. I have a lot of mixed feelings on this one. Some restrictions I find ridiculous. It seems to be legal to show pictures of the female body in any pose, but not the male body. This seems grossly unfair to women. Are we supposed to faint or go into uncontrollable lust at the sight of an erect penis?
On the other hand, I have no desire at all to be subjected to nude pictures when I'm out in public and actually find it annoying that newsagents frequently put adult magazines at a level where children can see them.