tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post1290351799222796164..comments2023-10-15T10:48:01.870-04:00Comments on Roxie's World: Learning from PornRoxie Smith Lindemannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-86985862200987731462009-04-07T23:09:00.000-04:002009-04-07T23:09:00.000-04:00With you on the wrongness of porn as entertainment...With you on the wrongness of porn as entertainment on campus, Historiann, though perhaps not as vehemently -- because so much goes on on campus nowadays that strikes us as obscene that a dirty, exploitative flick just doesn't seem that appalling. Indeed, it seems in keeping with the trend of making the university a commercial space. Give the people what they want, and if they want food courts and porn, then, by golly, they shall have them.<BR/><BR/>In any case, this issue quickly got re-framed for us in terms of the deep, broad threat posed by Sen. Harris' efforts to blackmail the university into doing his bidding. The scale of his reaction -- threatening to "deny ANY funding to a higher education institution that allows a public screening" of a XXX-rated film outside the context of a course -- was so in excess of what the situation might reasonably have required that the whole issue of the original plan for the screening ceased to matter to us and to a lot of other people on campus -- particularly the brave, wonderful group of students who arranged last night's program. It was important -- urgent even -- to respond forcefully and collectively to Sen. Harris' dangerous attempt to use the budget process to micromanage campus activities. The students led the charge, and we commend them for it.<BR/><BR/>As we said over at your place the other day, this ain't no beer riot. Our students are heroes who waged a fight the grown-ups on campus were too nervous to start.Roxie Smith Lindemannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06455529922082930949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-49277731874095952322009-04-07T18:27:00.000-04:002009-04-07T18:27:00.000-04:00I saw this reported in the Denver Post this mornin...I saw this reported in the Denver Post this morning (!) so you're very right that it's gone viral. I watched both videos--good job, Goose! <BR/><BR/>I still vehemently disagree with screening porn for entertainment purposes on a college campus. Would the university permit other factions of the student body to be objectified in this way, the way women are objectified in mainstream crap heteroporn like this movie? Would it be OK to have a minstrel show on campus that was just for fun, because a lot of white students really get off on minstrelsy and it's just good, clean fun? Are there limits to what the university will sanction in the name of entertainment? <BR/><BR/>I'm glad you provided this upate, with all of the video links. (Man, that movie looked really bad!)historiannhttp://historiann.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-11663689465397569662009-04-07T10:16:00.000-04:002009-04-07T10:16:00.000-04:00When a learning environment has been created, any ...When a learning environment has been created, any teacher knows that students often end up being the best teachers. I salute the courageous students of QTU who led us. May their faculty gain courage by learning from their example!<BR/>--GooseGoosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23938076.post-27210350095603127782009-04-07T09:54:00.000-04:002009-04-07T09:54:00.000-04:00As someone who occasionally teaches sexually expli...As someone who occasionally teaches sexually explicit materials at QTU, I thank and am proud of the students, faculty, and administration involved for standing up and speaking out for academic freedom. Go Goose, go Moose, go Student Party!<BR/><BR/>Great post Rox.qtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01907222771263313661noreply@blogger.com