The Vanguard

Author’s Note@26/6/09: This is the original version of this piece. I did tidy it up and lengthen it, but, ever the sentimentalist, I want to preserve the original text. I might publish the longer version later. Perhaps. If I get around to it.

If SBS is only good for one thing, it’s triggering my brain and making me thing about shit. As well as my awesome LJ friends. Love your work, guys.

What started my thoughts was a friend writing about her sexuality, and mentioning that she thinks she’d be better suited as a gay male. Amongst the comments were a couple of other people airing the same view. This combined with my own gender issues got me thinking about why it is that I hear more and more females expressing this view that they’d rather be gay men.

I’m not offering anything but my opinions and musings here on something I keep seeing all over the net. I’m sure others have attempted to explain this phenomenon in much better ways than I plan to, but that’s not what this is about.

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Sometimes I think I’m just repeating the same thoughts over and over again, that I lack anything insightful or interesting to say. I start countless rants and never finish them; the anger’s gone too soon. A sign of my good temperament? Perhaps, though it does leave me wanting.

A lot of things have been on my mind lately. Politics, as always, has been lulzy and awesome. The state election, however, was almost a disappointment. But the fallout has been interesting to watch, before NSW Labor decided to one-up us.

But that’s a rant for another day. If I finish it, of course.

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I’ve just finished Affluenza by Clive Hamilton and Richard Denniss, and it’s a fascinating read. I recommend you read it. It made me realise what it was I want to aim for in life. Although it’s mostly about Australian society, I still think non-Aussies can garner something from it.

I had a pretty good life growing up. I never went without, my parents haven’t split up, hell, they even job-shared when we were kids so they could spend equal time with us. I went to a private high school, even got to university, and am about to finish a science degree.

To put it in perspective, these things are not universal. Every kid in the world does not get access to schooling. Some kids don’t have parents. A lot of kids are going hungry. I live in a politically stable country that has never had a civil war. I have freedoms a lot of people don’t. I have a damn good life compared to what some have. (more…)