Tag Archives: Gender

What To Expect?

February 16, 2023 By in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Hideology, High Art Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

The same pointed political messages, the same leftist championing of disturbing themes, the same provocative (yawn) political exhibitionism from woke virtue signaling political stooges everywhere. What to expect? The same procedure as every year, James.

Berlinale: What to expect at the 2023 Berlin film festival – A look at the highlights of the Berlinale, from the stars on the red carpet to the competition for the Golden and Silver Bears, and the festival’s focus on Ukraine and Iran...

The festival publishes detailed statistics related to gender diversity. Only six films in the competition are directed by women; but taken together, 38.7% of the current productions are directed by women, and 4% of them by non-binary filmmakers.

While there are not any African titles in the main competition, sections such as Panorama and Forum feature several works from the continent.

Germany Changes Its Gender

June 30, 2022 By in Helplessness, Hideology Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

“Formalities.” You know, like whether you’re a male or a female or neither or both or not today but ask me again next week?

If you ever wondered whether mental disorders could be contagious or not, wonder no more.

The German government on Thursday presented plans to make it easier for transgender people to formally change their name and gender, ending decades-old rules that require them to get expert assessments and a court’s authorization.

Serving Grievances

October 31, 2021 By in Habitudes, Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Hurt Feelings, Hysteria Tags: , , , , , , Leave a comment

Now serving language grievance number 731!

“Once you start addressing the third gender, it’s not long until you’re required to address a fourth or fifth and, for me as a lawyer, this gets too complex linguistically.”

Too complex linguistically? It’s too complex mentally already. Leave the German language alone. Please.

Germany debates how to form gender-neutral words out of its gendered language – How do you pronounce a word with an asterisk or a colon in the middle?

“Legal texts are not there to serve such grievances. There are more important issues in this world.”

A nine-year-old girl in Berlin who was refused entrance to a centuries-old boys’ choir is filing a lawsuit for gender bias.

August 16, 2019 By in Helplessness, Hideology, Hysteria Tags: , , , , Leave a comment

A nine-year-old girl in Berlin who was refused entrance to a centuries-old boys’ choir is filing a lawsuit for gender bias.

Bias

A nine-year-old girl in Berlin who was refused entrance to a centuries-old boys’ choir is filing a lawsuit for gender bias.

A nine-year-old girl in Berlin who was refused entrance to a centuries-old boys’ choir is filing a lawsuit for gender bias.

“The World Is Crying For More Europe”

July 16, 2019 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Hostility, Humility, Humor, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: , , , , , Leave a comment

That’s odd. I live here and I can’t hear a damned thing.

Ursula

Ursula von der Leyen asks MEPs to back her as first female European commission president- Ursula von der Leyen has championed gender equality in her appeal to MEPs to back her as the first female president of the European commission, telling the European parliament: “We represent half of our population. We want our fair share.”

In a related matter, please take part in this important survey.

“Die Welt schreit nach mehr Europa.”

German Of The Day: Unsinn

March 10, 2019 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Higher Education, Hurt Feelings, Hypocrisy, Hysteria Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means nonsense.

Nonsense

German academics and authors call for end to ‘gender nonsense‘ – .Open letter hits back at demand for more gender-neutral nouns.

A group of German authors, comedians and academics have added fuel to the flames of an increasingly bad-tempered culture war over language bias by calling for a fightback against “ridiculous linguistic constructions” designed to make German more gender-neutral.

“And no one has been bothered by the fact that everything feminine has for 1,000 years been based on the [neuter] word das Weib.”

Why Not?

March 8, 2019 By in Hard Facts, Helections, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

She would certainly take uncontrolled migration more seriously than the current chancellor does.

Merkel

A Muslim as German chancellor? CDU leader slammed for saying ‘why not’

The party of Chancellor Angela Merkel has been roiled by a debate about whether a Muslim could lead the CDU and one day become chancellor. One lawmaker couldn’t believe anyone would even suggest such a thing.

“Why not, if they’re a good politician, and they represent our values and our political views?”

PS: Happy International Women’s Day!

Women

German Of The Day: Gaga

March 7, 2019 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Higher Education, Hurt Feelings Tags: , , , , , , , Leave a comment

That means gaga.

Language

And that’s what this lady, State Secretary Dorothee Bär (CSU), thinks about the new spelling rules for gender-inclusive language now proposed for German. This is because these spelling rules are gaga, of course, just like everything else having to do with today’s gender-fluid non-binary macro-trend terrorist fashion craze. It’s just as gaga as not being allowed to call it gaga, which she did anyway. And thanks so much for that, ma’am.

She says it “rapes and butchers” the German language, which, of course, it does. But I’m not sure she understands that that is precisely the intention. That is the intention, isn’t it? Just look what it’s doing to our language.

One little New German spelling example: What used to be a department head – Abteilungsleiter (male) or Abteilungsleiterin (female) – will now be an Abteilungsleiter*innen. I’m not sure how the * pronounced but what’s that matter at this point?

“Ich finde das alles total gaga, sowohl das Binnen-I als auch das Gender-Sternchen.”

How Sexist Or Something

January 31, 2019 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Humor, Hysteria Tags: , , , , , , , , , Leave a comment

The Berlin International Film Festival will sign the 50/50 by 2020 gender parity pledge,

Gender

So, like, let me get this straight. You are ASSuming that there are only TWO genders or what, Herr Dieter Kosslick with the dopey hat? You’re going to get letters, pal. Some might have explosives in them, too.

At first I thought they meant 50/50 with regard to the quality of the films they show here at the Berlinale. You know, 50 percent crappy and the other 50 percent really crappy? But I was way off, as usual.

The 50/50 by 2020 pledge does not mandate gender quotas, but calls for festivals to strive for gender parity in top management and for them to publish figures on the gender of the directors of films submitted every year.

Don’t We Already Have A Generation X?

December 14, 2018 By in Hard Facts, Helplessness, Hideology, Home Cooking Tags: , , , , , , 1 Comment

Or maybe I just don’t understand x-actly what that means anymore.

Generation X

The German parliament was forced by the courts to make “diverse” an option on the birth register. Critics are split on whether the law goes too far, or not far enough.

I’ll go with too far. I would even be OK with x-tremely too far.

The “third gender” option places Germany in line with other countries that have introduced measures to recognize intersex people or a third gender, such as Austria, Australia, New Zealand, India, Canada and Portugal.

Right. So that’s when the next “logical” step follows…

The Lesbian and Gay Federation in Germany also hit out at the law, saying it was disappointing it only took into account physical characteristics when determining gender.

I really feel like an x-traterrestrial on this planet sometimes.