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- From: levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine)
- Subject: Boycotts (was Re: Why are many low-income women fat?)
- References: <Bzq3H1.5Dn@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec23.184844.1497@wam.umd.edu> <Bzq9q5.78w@news.cso.uiuc.edu> <1992Dec23.210442.9390@wam.umd.edu>
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- Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
- Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1992 21:34:25 GMT
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- rsrodger@wam.umd.edu (Yamanari) writes:
-
- >In article <Bzq9q5.78w@news.cso.uiuc.edu> levine@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Lenore Levine) writes:
- >>Some of these people are actively dating, but most of them are over 30.
- >>You're right, that people's tastes, both culinary and sensual, do
- >>change with age.
-
- > Agreed.
-
- >>Nowadays, I prefer sushi to sweets. I also find character plays a
- >>larger role in physical attraction, than it did when I was young.
-
- > A lot of people pay this lip service, because
- > it's the in thing to do (and, for men, the only
- > safe thing to do around women). Still, I'll take
- > it at face value.
-
- I don't think you understand, how different the tastes of us jaded
- middle-aged sensualists can be! I don't think I would have believed at
- eight, how much I love sea urchin sushi now.
-
- >>> Not the type of boycott I'm referring to. The type of boycott
- >>> I'm referring to (feminists marching outsode the building spreading
- >>> subversive "evidence" of sexism) is sad and immoral--it's right
- >>> up there with Operation Rescue and Lambs of Christ in terms
- >>> of sleaze.
-
- >>If you want me to comment on the *goals* of a *specific* boycott,
- >>you have to describe them.
-
- > Take a look at the feminist actions against a that radio
- > station in Canada for playing a beatles song--boy, those
- > people would make Terry Randall proud.
- ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^
- Randall Terry
-
- I am not particularly enthused about the goals of the above boycott.
-
- However, I have planned a boycott myself, which I would like to
- see implemented at some future time (and which I plan eventually,
- to discuss with the appropriate organizations).
-
- There are some Silicon Valley companies which have a policy of
- not hiring large people. I would like to create a database
- of companies which have this policy (using appropriate safeguards for
- accuracy -- which I am *not* an expert on, and would have to discuss
- with those who are).
-
- I would then like to make this database available to those who are
- concerned about the rights of large people, and wish to make buying
- decisions based on this concern. I suspect that just being informed
- that they *are* on such a list, and that it is avaiable to the
- public, may be enough to make some companies significantly modify
- their policies.
-
- I am curious what you think about this boycott idea.
-
- Lenore Levine
-