Keep The Cowboy!
A tweet:
The cowboy/bucking bronco mascot is way cool. The reality is, for much of human history, women were pretty much in the background. As a woman today - one not living by the self-infantilizing hurt feelz model - I don't feel need to demand fun historical images & slogans be erased. https://t.co/5Z05SozMAc
— Amy Alkon (@amyalkon) July 16, 2018
*MY* genitals are very, very important.
Crid at July 16, 2018 7:27 AM
That person is an idiot. Yes, genitals matter - in attraction and in love. If my wife "suddenly had different genitals," I might still love her, but our relationship would surely change.
And as for unconditional love? Love should never be unconditional. Being in love is working to try and be someone the other person can love. It's straightening up your act, carrying your share of the load - emotionally, physically, and/or financially.
If your partner is the only one carrying the load, you're not loving them, you're mooching off them. And if you're the only one carrying the load, that's not love, that's codependence.
"One of the best scenes [in the television show, Gotham] to capture the Bruce Wayne-Selina Kyle dynamic is one on the staircase of Wayne Manor in the aftermath of Bruce’s parents’ murders. Bruce tells her she’s “not nice,” but qualifies it by adding, “I don’t mean you’re a bad person, you’re just not a nice person.” Selina has never had someone summarize her like this, and it’s unsettling how accurate Bruce is in his assessment. That’s why she follows with “Screw you, orphan.” It reminds us of the longstanding dynamic from the 1960s Batman TV series, where Catwoman wants Batman, but she doesn’t want to be the person she has to be in order to have him." ~ Aric Mitchell (in an article ranking Catwoman adaptations for ScreenRant)
Conan the Grammarian at July 16, 2018 8:03 AM
As for the cowboy logo at UW, leave it alone. It makes a better football helmet logo than a letter in a circle.
With Native American nicknames under fire, Wyoming has very little to recommend sports team mascots. The blizzards? The snowdrifts? The tumbleweeds? Buffaloes was already taken by a school in Colorado and Cyclones by one in Iowa.
What next, SJWs demand that Jackson Hole change its name because it's not inclusive of people not named Jackson?
Conan the Grammarian at July 16, 2018 8:19 AM
We should not make the mistake of believing that changing some mascots will make them happy. Even using inanimate objects or animals as mascots is problematic because animals can be too aggressive (hawks, badgers) and objects can be phallic symbols or symbols of western hegemony. The Wyoming starlight? Dandelions? Would those be ok? Probably not.
cc at July 16, 2018 8:49 AM
Considering the amount of crazy and a lack of self-awareness? I'm betting that they will suggest using Reverend Jesse Jackson's profile as a team logo.
Sixclaws at July 16, 2018 8:57 AM
A few of the types of "bigotry" based on genitals:
-Straight men who won't make love with* transgender women**.
-Straight women who won't make love with lesbians.
-Gay men who won’t make love with transgender men***.
-Lesbians who won’t make love with transgender women.
-Lesbians who won't make love with straight men.
-Transgender men who won’t make love with straight men****.
-Straight men who won't make love with gay men.
-Transgender women who won’t make love with gay men*****.
-Lesbians who won't make love with transgender women.
-Transgender women who won’t make love with straight women.
-Straight men who won't make love with straight men.
-Transgender women who won't make love with transgender men.
-Straight men who won’t make love with transsexual men.
-Gay men who won’t make love with straight women.
-Transgender women who won’t make love with straight men.
-Straight women who won't make love with transgender men.
-Gay men who won't make love with lesbians.
-Transgender women who won't make love with lesbians.
-Straight women who won’t make love with transsexual women.
-Transgender men who won’t make love with gay men.
-Straight women who won't make love with straight women.
-Lesbians who make love with gay men.
-Transgender men who won’t make love with transgender women.
-Transgender women who won’t make love with other transgender women.
*Make love with- engage in a relationship involving romance, physical intimacy and/or sex.
**Transgender women- i.e. male body, female gender identity.
**Transgender men- i.e. female body, male gender identity.
****Of transgender males, more than 90% are sexually attracted to female bodies. Many of these are young women and girls who may be lesbians, who are pressured by peers, SJWs, transgender activism, media, etc. to identify as transgender males. Most of the lesbians I know personally feel this way, including two I work with who have young teenage daughters who identify as transgender males
*****Of transgender females, about 40% are sexually attracted to female bodies, about 35% are sexually attracted to male bodies, and about 25% are bisexual.
Ken R at July 16, 2018 9:56 AM
For what team? UW is located in Laramie. Jackson Hole is a ski resort.
Conan the Grammarian at July 16, 2018 10:03 AM
Would they accept a cow-trans-boy? Would the cowboy be OK if he identified as female and went in the women's locker room?
Ken R at July 16, 2018 11:32 AM
You forgot anyone over the age of 12 who aren't ready to have sex with ANYONE. Just because we don't use the word "frigid" anymore (a very selfish term, to say the least) doesn't mean young people really tolerate the idea of people who are too young, asexual, severely traumatized, or who just don't want to have sex with a particular person. "What do you mean, you won't have sex with ME? We can use disease protection - what's your problem?"
lenona at July 16, 2018 1:54 PM
"What next, SJWs demand that Jackson Hole change its name because it's not inclusive of people not named Jackson?"
No (duh.). It's because it's demeaning to women named Jackson.
I'm surprised I have to explain such things.
Radwaste at July 16, 2018 3:56 PM
Meanwhile, in Wyoming, the locals will be talking amongst themselves about whether they should continue to give their state's money to a hive of lefty-commie-pinko-trans-whatevers that snuck into their territory via the University. "Starve 'em out!" will be the call. The protesting faculty members will be shocked and dumb-founded.
bkmale at July 17, 2018 7:18 AM
And, my daughter attends the University of Wyoming. For what it's worth, she is awfully proud to be a Cowboy.
bkmale at July 17, 2018 7:20 AM
@Conan,
Oops! I thought it was a college football team since these are the usual targets of complaints towards mascots.
Sixclaws at July 17, 2018 8:29 AM
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