2895: Funny and a Girl w/ Bonnie McFarlane

Keith · 07-05-2018, 04:28 AM

Working social media; being involved with kids from different families; Anthony Bourdain and his produced book: Bonnie's You're Better than Me; growing up poor and different belief systems within a family; female comedians and the #MeToo change; Red Dead Redemption and Bonnie's namesake

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Bonnie McFarlane

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Apia · 07-05-2018, 05:07 AM

I grew up in communist Poland, where you couldn’t buy basic stuff in the stores. So yes.

Keith · 07-05-2018, 05:24 AM

Tell me about your boots.

Apia · 07-05-2018, 05:48 AM

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Tell me about your boots.

I wish we had boots.

Keith · 07-05-2018, 05:56 AM

Tell me about your bags.

Apia · 07-05-2018, 06:45 AM

When I was born we lived with my grandpartents, because my parents had no apartment. We had a kitchen and 3 small rooms for 6 people. We had no bathroom, one toilet in the hall was shared with the neighbors.
We shared bath water because we had no warm water and had to heat it on a wood oven.
At least 3 people bathed in the same water.
At school lots of parents couldn’t even afford milk, so there was a program run by the state for the kids to get one Glas of milk a day for free for some nutrition. Poor enough?

Archimedes_Screw · 07-05-2018, 07:41 AM

I don't think Bonnie read the article by Chloe Dykstra. At least I hope she didn't have that information when she made the comment.

Archimedes_Screw · 07-05-2018, 08:22 AM

More Bonnie!

Blitzgal · 07-05-2018, 09:30 AM

Love Bonnie! She's always a great guest.

I have to disagree with her characterization of the response to the Aziz Ansari issue, though. Everyone I read, including things written by feminists, had a much more nuanced take on it, and took into consideration the fact that this was an example of a bad sexual experience. They also used that as a launching point to start a conversation about how common that can be - that two people are not on the same page, that women are often socialized into not vocalizing their discomfort, that some men aren't picking up the woman's physical cues that she is uncomfortable with what's going on, etc. In my opinion, there was a really great conversation started after that story came out, about how we could apply that scenario to improving the way dating hookups go down.

Enunciated Piffle · 07-05-2018, 10:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Apia

We shared bath water because we had no warm water and had to heat it on a wood oven.
At least 3 people bathed in the same water.

My grandparents had a similar story. Only it was the entire house bathed in the same water. The ENTIRE HOUSE Apia!!!

Although, they would follow this up with “we walked to school, up hill, both ways.”

Great Depression era Americans. Always trying to one-up the Polish. Unbelievable.

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Keith PARTY! SUPER PARTY! Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: NYC, baby! Posts: 10,369	2895: Funny and a Girl w/ Bonnie McFarlane Working social media; being involved with kids from different families; Anthony Bourdain and his produced book: Bonnie's You're Better than Me; growing up poor and different belief systems within a family; female comedians and the #MeToo change; Red Dead Redemption and Bonnie's namesake Guest: Bonnie McFarlane Share this episode: Twitter, Facebook & email Get the show: on iTunes, on Stitcher and RSS feed Enunciated Piffle and Archimedes_Screw like this.
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Apia Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Wiesbaden, Germany Posts: 2,580	When I was born we lived with my grandpartents, because my parents had no apartment. We had a kitchen and 3 small rooms for 6 people. We had no bathroom, one toilet in the hall was shared with the neighbors. We shared bath water because we had no warm water and had to heat it on a wood oven. At least 3 people bathed in the same water. At school lots of parents couldn’t even afford milk, so there was a program run by the state for the kids to get one Glas of milk a day for free for some nutrition. Poor enough? Keith, The Girl, Sparrow and 5 others like this. __________________ https://www.instagram.com/apiasimon/
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Archimedes_Screw Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2016 Location: Hutto Texas Posts: 656	I don't think Bonnie read the article by Chloe Dykstra. At least I hope she didn't have that information when she made the comment. Keith and Apia like this.
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07-05-2018, 09:30 AM	#9 (permalink)
Blitzgal Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 3,255	Love Bonnie! She's always a great guest. I have to disagree with her characterization of the response to the Aziz Ansari issue, though. Everyone I read, including things written by feminists, had a much more nuanced take on it, and took into consideration the fact that this was an example of a bad sexual experience. They also used that as a launching point to start a conversation about how common that can be - that two people are not on the same page, that women are often socialized into not vocalizing their discomfort, that some men aren't picking up the woman's physical cues that she is uncomfortable with what's going on, etc. In my opinion, there was a really great conversation started after that story came out, about how we could apply that scenario to improving the way dating hookups go down. Keith, Lanfear, Lord of the Cock Rings and 3 others like this. __________________ Keith: "He said, 'Sacha is un-American' - well, he's English, you idiot..."
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