Wednesday, November 5, 2008
drunky mc drunk drunk
From this reading I didn’t really catch on to the whole stereotyping thing, but instead by the end of it, something in my head was calling the woman a drunk. Then i realized that this was because I was lumping the tendencies Steiner used as examples with experiences with other people and things I have witnessed in others. The actual piece itself though was very much against but still showing the fact that the artist, runner woman was in some way an alcoholic. Throughout the entire piece I was having mixed feelings about the both of them, and in a way I somewhat ended up sympathizing for the woman. The author however, I felt a little bad for her, but I was more angry with her by the end than pleased with her. If she is watching all of this happening to her friend, feels this strongly about it, she should at least try to help her. Even though in the interview she admitted that she had stopped but fallen back into it, and that she feels as if she isn’t doing anything with her life if she isn’t drinking. Someone who is constantly sober would feel the polar opposite way, just looking down on her and pitying her and assuming that she is a nobody, wasting away. When in reality, she’s a runner, an artist and seems like a cheery person, even if it is induced by alcohol, but the part when Steiner is describing the Motown dance scene shows something else. There are drunks and there are drunks that really do have a problem, ones that get angry and careless, let themselves waste away. The woman the author is writing about seems as though even though she finds her life incomplete without alcohol, she is still active and pursues things instead of focusing all of her energy towards booze. They are two completely different paths, and I don’t think stereotyping everyone who drinks as a whole is that simple. It goes for any stereotype, really. They all have their own story to tell, even if they do fit into a certain category with others seem the same as them. We all have their own finger prints, both literally and figuratively.
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Brittany I thought the same thing with the woman and the friend. I felt really sorry for the both of them but at the same time disappointed and angry. How could the friend watch this lady do this to herself and not speak up and say your killing yourself. I see where your going with the alcohol being a part of her life to me I see it as her air she just cant function without it. The alcohol makes who she is in her eyes she is wasting away in her eyes if she is not drinking a 40.
I agree what you said about the friend not doing anything! They worry about the runner woman drinking all the time but she doesn't really do anything about it. Like she said, "I have learned to live with the worry". I don't think anyone should settle for living with worry, they should do something about it. Even though I do not think the artis/ runner woman is an alcoholic persay, but I still think that, according to what the author discribed, she does drink irresponsibly and her friend should do more than just interview her she should help.
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