shtupidt people : Brett Fish

Taboo Topics: Race – Some thoughts from the Internet – on White Privilege and Post-Racial America

Let's crank this thing up a notch. Two articles that have caught my attention recently [Thankx Tsholofelo for the first one] and have a lot to say in this Race conversation that we've started and are engaging with each other on [although am still hoping to see more of that]. These feel like they could be part of the 'can of worms' and 'Pandora's Box' i was promised [threatened with?] when i said that i [...]

By brettfish|2016-02-25T11:17:20+02:00April 22nd, 2014|challenging thorts, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people, what i am reading|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – Meet Hari Kodabolu, some humour and the insulting idea of ‘The other’

Changing tack a little bit on this whole race conversation as we bring a little humour into it. Comedian Hari Kondabolu appears on the David Letterman show and shares some race-related humour which becomes deeply insightful when you take a moment to realise some of the truths that the comedy is bases on and especially as he dives into the highly insulting idea of group of people from different races or cultures being classified simply as [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-18T06:15:25+02:00April 18th, 2014|challenging thorts, humour'ish, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, thorts of other people, Uncategorized|1 Comment

Taboo Topics: Race – Meet Hari Kodabolu, some humour and the insulting idea of 'The other'

Changing tack a little bit on this whole race conversation as we bring a little humour into it. Comedian Hari Kondabolu appears on the David Letterman show and shares some race-related humour which becomes deeply insightful when you take a moment to realise some of the truths that the comedy is bases on and especially as he dives into the highly insulting idea of group of people from different races or cultures being classified simply as [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-18T06:15:25+02:00April 18th, 2014|challenging thorts, humour'ish, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, thorts of other people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – The power of words…

i came across this article, '21 Racial Microaggressions You Hear On A Daily Basis', posted by Heben Nigatu on Buzzfeed, made me unbelievably sad, and in the context of the conversations we are having at Irresistibly Fish, felt like something worth adding in here so that some more people will hopefully have that 'Oh' moment of getting this a little bit more. 'The term “microaggression” was used by Columbia professor Derald Sue to refer to [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-16T17:35:45+02:00April 16th, 2014|change the world, pain and Hope, people, shtupidt people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

tiger tiger

so yesterday i got to go to Six Flags, which is a rollercoaster [and animal it turns out] park in California and had the raddest rollercoastering day! and i also got to 'meet' Odin the Bengal tiger who was a most beautiful and majestic animal [sorry lion!]: That picture doesn't really do him justice - Odin was a beast! Beautiful, sleek, with big flabby paws that thumped around on the ground as he majestically wandered [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-16T07:13:22+02:00April 16th, 2014|activities, and other animals., shtupidt people|0 Comments

Taboo Topics: Race – What I would love my white friends to hear: Meet Tsholofelo Mpuru [part ii]

my friend Tsholo had a bit of a p.s. to her first share on racism and i felt like it warranted a post of its own so it didn't get lost - this is a 47 minute video but i encourage you to make some time and watch it because it is so powerful. i am a little scared that the choir will get it and everyone else will make excuses so try and watch [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-11T20:12:12+02:00April 11th, 2014|shtupidt people, Taboo Topics, thorts of other people|0 Comments

April’s Fool

i am not a big fan of April Fool's Day. i know, i know, shoot me down. And i'm not sure i can say what i want to say here without being labelled judgmental, so go ahead if you need to. But it was brought to light to me why i am such a big fan of not being a fan of April Fool's Day when i read my friend James' description of it as 'Happy International [...]

By brettfish|2014-04-01T19:52:42+02:00April 1st, 2014|shtupidt people, silly things, Uncategorized, world news|1 Comment

Pearls before waves

More cynical greatness from Stephan Pastis and the Pearls before Swine strip... Not gonna lie, i'm a hand wave guy - you gotta do the wave! [For Pearls before Swine and a shark, click here] [For Pearls before Swine and a big fat pun, click here]

By brettfish|2014-03-31T05:27:32+02:00March 31st, 2014|humour'ish, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|0 Comments

God called. He’d like His job back.

this has been quite an eventful week. WORLD VISION AND SAME SEX MARRIAGE World Vision made a dramatic did-they-really-not-expect-the-reaction-it-got decision involving allowing employees to be in same-sex marriages. the Evangelical response was strong with notable Christian speakers such as John Piper and Franklin Graham speaking out against the decision and many Christians apparently withdrawing support for World Vision and specifically for the children they support via World Vision. a day or two later World Vision does a [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-29T08:49:20+02:00March 29th, 2014|bible things, change the world, church, God stuff, love and chocolate, shtupidt people, Uncategorized|2 Comments

Change of pants optional… [Extremely close moments of almost]

Wow, just caught this clip [or one like it] on the You of Tubes and it was such a difficult one to watch because again and again there are Too Close for Comfort moments being beamed out at you [my earphones are playing up at the moment so you may want to watch this with the sound down if in a public or work type space for obvious reasons] If you think you are brave [...]

By brettfish|2014-03-25T15:30:18+02:00March 25th, 2014|activities, shtupidt people, silly things, Uncategorized, what i am watching|0 Comments