[Callers] Politically Correct?

[Ron Blechner]

I'm going to respect Rich's request to not discuss the broader topic on
this thread anymore.

I'd be happy to continue the discussion in a separate thread or private
email.

Best regards,
Ron Blechner

On Thu, Mar 29, 2018, 11:07 AM Donna Hunt <dhuntdancer at aol.com> wrote:

> Ron: Would you please be more specific?  There's not enough information
> here for me to understand what you're claiming, nor to clarify it, and I
> find it frustrating and misleading in it's generality.
>
> I'm going to assume that you not only mean callers in these areas but are
> also speaking of dances in these specific areas.  New England covers
> several states and has lots of dances.  New York?  City or State?  How many
> dances in Seattle and the Bay Area?  How many is "several"?  And "these
> dances are thriving amidst a decline..."?   Without details I cannot
> support your claims.
>
> In New England, New York, Seattle, and the Bay Area, many callers have
> been examining terminology and changing. Several dance series have gone
> genderfree without being specifically chartered as LGBTQ dances. Not
> coincidentally, these dances are thriving amidst a decline of attendance of
> contra in general.
>
>
>
> Donna Hunt
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ron Blechner via Callers <callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
> To: Jeffrey Spero <jeff at syncopaths.com>
> Cc: callers at lists.sharedweight.net <Callers at lists.sharedweight.net>
> Sent: Wed, Mar 28, 2018 12:47 pm
> Subject: Re: [Callers] Politically Correct?
>
> Hi Jeff,
>
> I think your understanding of there being "no to little movement" is
> inaccurate.
>
> In New England, New York, Seattle, and the Bay Area, many callers have
> been examining terminology and changing. Several dance series have gone
> genderfree without being specifically chartered as LGBTQ dances. Not
> coincidentally, these dances are thriving amidst a decline of attendance of
> contra in general.
>
> Many dances are also taking up safety policies before and after the #metoo
> movement, despite plenty of resistance for years of some people insisting
> that contra is a happy place where there's no harassment.
>
> So yes, you're correct that these discussions have been happening for
> years, true, but they have also been producing tangible change in many
> places.
>
> ...
>
>
> I might also like to disagree with your implication that everyone is
> responsible for "arguing about it". We callers who have swapped terms for
> g*pay, for example, have long since moved on.
>
> In the case of this original post, Rich was asking for practical advice,
> and there *was no* argument until a couple choice people started throwing
> shade at those of us who think changing the lyrics from "she was a young
> thing" to "she was a young girl" is an easy swap that doesn't diminish the
> tradition, but also reduces the objectification of women.
>
> In dance,
> Ron Blechner
>
>
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