What ‘Precocious’ Means

Posted on | July 13, 2014 | 55 Comments

The blogospheric badminton continues with Sophia the Teenage Feminist who, having made a point of bringing up her theoretical “bisexuality,” now objects to this topic being discussed critically.

Or sarcastically, for that matter.

In case you’re arriving late, a recap: While conducting a Google search Saturday as part of my ongoing series about feminism, I encountered a blog called “Please Excuse My Vagina: My life as a teenage feminist.”

OK, congratulations, you got my attention. Under the topic of “heteronormativity” (!!) I found she referenced an occasion when she and her friends were “messing around” with a Ouija board, which became the theme of my post, An Omen of the ‘Mystifying Oracle’?

To this she responded here and also here, and then I responded this morning with “The Precocious Feminist Replies.” This afternoon, while I was watching the World Cup final (damn those Germans), Sophia the Teenage Feminist responded yet again and, among other things, wonders if calling her “precocious” was intended as an insult.

No, it was a mere description of someone who is intellectually advanced at an early age — a prodigy, the Mozart of feminism, as it were.

How many kids are slinging around the word “heteronormativity” in high school? Precocious. Her prose style was impressive enough that some of the commenters here suspected her blog to be elaborate hoax, i.e., an adult pretending to be a teenager. Precocious.

She is “upper-middle class,” she takes dance lessons, and her creepy ex-boyfriend “goes to a gifted goddamn school“ — from which I deduced that Sophia the Teenage Feminist also attends this school for the gifted, which explains her own intellectual precocity.

Quod erat demonstrandum.

Having established the plausible veracity of her biography, so that we can presume she actually is a high-school student, we now proceed to Sophia’s latest volley in the badminton match:

At the age of eighteen or nineteen I hope to be studying Sociology at Columbia [University], far away from my asshole dad and my ambitionless ex. I hope to be dating a nice guy. I hope to be having the time of my life.

(Green Day allusion? Never mind. The reference to Columbia generally fits her “upper-middle class”/”gifted” profile.)

I am in fact bi on a theoretical basis. . . . But if you can say my sexuality is only theoretical, then aren’t all the good little Christian boys and girls only theoretically straight? This is heteronormativity in action, folks.

(Very clever. When you view the world through an ideological prism, no fact can disprove or discredit your ideology. A word like “heteronormativity” sets up a tautology, so that argument becomes impossible. It’s like trying to argue with a Marxist who insists that your criticism is a product of “false consciousness.”)

And you know what, maybe I’m being unnecessarily rude here . . . and you know what? I don’t care at this point. I tried to be civil, but you can’t even call me by name or validate me as a person because of my age.

(Have I been less than civil? I didn’t call you by name because — hello? — “Sophia Hudson” is a pseudonym, as you say yourself. Is it my job to “validate [you] as a person”? What does that even mean? Never mind. Here is her response to one of my points . . .)

Oh good lord. I don’t even know how to respond to this because it is stupid on a deeper level than anything I’ve experienced. . . .
I could go on and on for years about why this is so end-all ridiculous but in the interest of not beating a dead horse, I’m just going to keep my mouth shut for now.

Well, what was this incredibly stupid point of mine? It was this:

Given the direction our culture is heading, one can imagine a scenario in which anyone who rejects a homosexual advance — “No, thanks, I’m straight” — is accused of being a homophobe, so that society is effectively divided into two groups: Gays and Haters.

Sophia the Teenage Feminist seems to think this is right-wing paranoia, but what was the argument of the “Free Kate” crusade? That enforcement of Florida’s age-of-consent law was “homophobic” when it was applied to a lesbian having sex with a 14-year-old girl. How far a leap is it from such an argument to the claim that rejecting a homosexual advance is evidence of homophobia?

And wasn’t this the whole point of Sophia’s Ouija-board story?

When the “Mystifying Oracle” indicated Sophia’s same-sex interest — gosh, I wonder how that happened? — her girlfriends were shocked and this, Sophia tells us, proved “they’re homophobes who are terrified of girls being in love with them.” What would have been the appropriately non-homophobic reaction, Sophia?

Excuse my cynicism. I used to be precocious, too.

“I’m just going to keep my mouth shut for now.”

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Category: Feminism

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55 Responses to “What ‘Precocious’ Means”

Jeanette Victoria
July 13th, 2014 @ 9:17 pm

I haven’t read this girls head but dang who twisted this girls mind? Or is this what were are churning out in the “hallow halls of education” these days?
robertstacymccain
July 13th, 2014 @ 9:26 pm

Precocious kids know everything. When I was her age, I knew everything, too.

But I was a Democrat then …
MrPaulRevere
July 13th, 2014 @ 9:51 pm

I think Bob Belvedere is right, this young lady is redeemable. Sophia, you are obviously very bright and articulate. The age of fourteen should be the beginning of ones intellectual journey and most definitely not the end. Good luck to you.
Mm
July 13th, 2014 @ 9:59 pm

Unfortunately, if you check Thinking Man’s Zombie, she has made contact with the “deranged cyberstalker,” aka the “anal rape enthusiast.”
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:04 pm

http://pleasexcusemyvagina.wordpress.com/2014/07/13/what-christian-means/

My reply. Enjoy 🙂
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:05 pm

No, trust me, you don’t have to worry about me when it comes to him. He told me to stay away so I’m going to.
Mm
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:06 pm

Update: she meant RSM, not the other guy. Phew!
WarEagle82
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:08 pm

When I was 17 I was the smartest person on the planet. I knew everything and had all the answers. It wasn’t until after I graduated college that I realized how little I actually knew…

But leftists are interested in teaching kids what to think rather than how to think. And once indoctrinated, little mush-filled brains need a serious jump-start to get started again.

Repeating the leftist mantras is simply so much easier than thinking…
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:10 pm

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, my “mantras” are actually hugely different from those of my parents. I’m not repeating anything; these ideas are, for better of for worse, my own.
Mm
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:14 pm

So, I went and read this, and I am still puzzled by the anti Christian bigotry. The most persecuted religious groups in the world today are Christian. Over 100,000 Christians are murdered every year because of their faith. Remember all those school girls that Boko Haram kidnapped, raped, and sold into slavery? Christian. I could go on and on. Another interesting fact: on a global scale, who is the minority, blacks, Asians or Caucasians? If you guessed Caucasians, you’re right. In the U.S., are there more men or women in college? Women. So, the whole white, Christian, male privilege is grossly overstated.
MrPaulRevere
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:16 pm

Thanks for noticing my reply. Your reply seems to indicate that you have closed down intellectually and are in a bunker. I find that deeply unfortunate. I urge you to expand your horizons.
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:19 pm

Did you miss the part in my previous post where I said I’ve been to church more times than I can count and have read the bible cover to cover? I have even communed with he whom you hold so dear. I did expand my horizons—I just didn’t like what I saw.
WarEagle82
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:21 pm

My “mantras” were “hugely different” from my parents too.

And I am sure you think your ideas have been arrived at independently.

“In the hands of a skillful indoctrinator, the average student not only thinks what the indoctrinator wants him to think . . . but is altogether positive that he has arrived at his position by independent intellectual exertion. This man is outraged by the suggestion that he is the flesh-and-blood tribute to the success of his indoctrinators.”
– William F. Buckley Jr., Up From Liberalism (1959)
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:24 pm

Look, check the end of my most recent response post if you want a (very brief) rundown on my opinions on political and religious indoctrination. We can talk more over there if you’re actually interested in a discussion.
Mm
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:24 pm

With Jesus? I loved what I saw. Someone who loved me so much He died for me, even though I don’t deserve it. I felt like burying my face in the dirt would not be humbling enough to show the shame and gratitude I felt simultaneously.
DeadMessenger
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:24 pm

I’m sorry, but you did not commune with God, because you don’t believe, and you didn’t believe at that time. Communing with God requires spiritual maturity, and you are neither spiritually nor intellectually mature. Sorry to break the news to you, but you’re a kid.

This statement proves it: “they’re homophobes who are terrified of girls being in love with them.”

Actually, heterosexual girls and women are not “terrified” of girls being in love with them; they’re grossed out by it. Two completely different concepts.
Julie Pascal
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:27 pm

The thing is… the smartest person in the world didn’t get smart *after* they grew up. Your smartness just *is* and it probably *is* at age 13 or so. Your knowledge is what you add to as you get older.

And as they say (and as all of us precocious sorts know from experience) that being really smart is like having a 4 wheel drive monster truck instead of a Toyota Corolla… you still get stuck, you just get stuck in much much stranger places.
MrPaulRevere
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:28 pm

And that’s fair enough, however I object to this:”But you know what does happen? Children getting bullied because they’re gay. Children being beaten by their parents because they’re gay. Children getting murdered because they’re gay.” I have attended a variety of Christian Churches over the years (I went today) and have never, ever heard antigay vitriol expressed from the pulpit.Thisis a talking point and not a serious argument. I expect better discourse from you.
NeoWayland
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:29 pm

Honestly I don’t understand why you keep making posts about this young lady.

The radical feminists you go after, I can understand that. But what exactly has this young lady done?
Julie Pascal
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:30 pm

I sort of got the idea that Stacy admired her.
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:30 pm

Okay, give the guy a break. I’m about equal here in terms of engaging in the argument.

And honestly, I welcome it. Although not everyone is treating it as such, it’s a great platform for discussion.

Thank you, however, for your concern and defense of me. I appreciate it 🙂
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:31 pm

Well, he certainly thinks I’m precocious 😉
Julie Pascal
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:31 pm

🙂
NeoWayland
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:32 pm

*nods*

I should let you speak for yourself.
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:37 pm

Alright, as much as I’m loving our little chats over here, it’s getting exhausting trying to keep up with this blog and with my own. I’ll keep checking back for post fodder, but in general if you want to get my attention or have a conversation then you can just mosey on over to my blog.

If what you want, however, is to continue ranting about me in the third person and pat each other on the back for it….then by all means, go ahead. 🙂
MrPaulRevere
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:40 pm

Best of luck to you. The commenters here are not your enemies and in time you will realize this.
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:50 pm

I left an in-depth response to this on my own post (the most recent one, look at the end), because quite frankly I don’t believe what you’ve said at all but I felt my response had a place on my own blog. Go ahead and look if you’d like.
Jeanette Victoria
July 13th, 2014 @ 10:57 pm

LOL I wasn’t precocious just some nerdy kid with a slide rule and my nose in a book. Oh and I was a Republican
Jeanette Victoria
July 13th, 2014 @ 11:00 pm

LOL so were mine
Wombat_socho
July 13th, 2014 @ 11:13 pm

We do try to keep things reasonably civil here, but I can understand why you’d rather just argue with people in one place. Feel free to drop by and leave links in the comments as things progress.
Sophia Hudson
July 13th, 2014 @ 11:22 pm

All my responses are on the same post which I’ve been editing. It’s linked to in my comment below (or above depending on how you’re viewing these). I haven’t responded to many because most of them were either answered on here or, in my opinion, not really worth my time.
Adjoran
July 14th, 2014 @ 12:48 am

“Longtime followers of McCain’s career see his obsessive blog war with a young teenaged girl as the breaking point. As the attendants led him away, he was still screaming, ‘But I won! I won! BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!’ and flailing about.”
K-Bob
July 14th, 2014 @ 1:42 am

The stages of intelligence, as long as you don’t fall for leftist rhetoric:

By age ten: clever
By age seventeen: smart
By age 25: brilliant
By age 55: wise

If you do fall for leftist rhetoric, it’s

By age ten: clever
By age seventeen: crafty
By age 25: sneaky
By age 55: demented
concern00
July 14th, 2014 @ 2:39 am

“… far away from my asshole dad…”

Psychoanalyze that.
concern00
July 14th, 2014 @ 2:42 am

You should invite her to post; we don’t bite, only mock. If she’s precocious and gifted she’ll cope, but probably not.

A lot of liberally educated individuals are remarkably gifted intellectually. You can tell by all the big words they use, often incoherently to the likes of us less gifted people. But she’s probably missing that all important ingredient of upbringing that most good conservative families impart…coping skills. Perhaps she should stay away.
Chunkdog1
July 14th, 2014 @ 3:05 am

After reading this I’m still a little confused as to why she wants us to “excuse her Vagina”.

Did it burp or is it leaving the room??
Gunga
July 14th, 2014 @ 8:47 am

Mr. Insta Esq. does constantly remind that, ‘No-one can out-crazy RSM…’
Dana
July 14th, 2014 @ 10:10 am

The lovely Miss Hudson wrote:

At the age of eighteen or nineteen I hope to be studying Sociology at Columbia [University], far away from my asshole dad and my ambitionless ex. I hope to be dating a nice guy. I hope to be having the time of my life.

One of us suspects that, if Miss Hudson really is from an upper-middle class family, and can manage the $22,000 tuition alone for Columbia University, her “asshole dad” has a rather significant role in providing that.

Were I her asshole father, and I read what she had written, I’d tell her, “Fine, if that’s the way you feel about me, you can pay for college your very proud self.

Oh, and after high school, and turning 18, please, feel free to start supporting yourself. After all, you wouldn’t want to have to live with your ‘asshole dad’ any longer than necessary.””
Dana
July 14th, 2014 @ 10:12 am

As for her “ambitionless ex,” one of us suspects that his sole ambition, as far as she was concerned, was to get into her pants. Loved her and left her!
Quartermaster
July 14th, 2014 @ 10:22 am

If that’s the case, I suspect he reached his ambition, pumped and dumped her. I can understand bitterness as a result of such.
Quartermaster
July 14th, 2014 @ 10:23 am

Why do you expect better? She’s a kid after all and is not expected to be consistent. If she goes the direction she says she wants to go, she’ll never be anymore than that, but that’s another matter.
Dana
July 14th, 2014 @ 10:34 am

She continued to tell us that he’s not the sharpest tool in the shed, and that he just wants his own small business, but small businesses fail every day in this country, and he’ll have nothing back on which to fall.

I don’t know the first thing about her ex, and don’t really care, but I do know a lot of guys who never went to college who are doing just fine at their current occupations. They picked up a trade or a skill, and are supporting themselves with that.

Of course, it simply might not do for a highly sophisticated, future Columbia-educated (unemployed) sociologist to have a husband or boyfriend who came home from work with dirt under his fingernails.
JeffWeimer
July 14th, 2014 @ 11:33 am

Personally, I joined the Navy to get away from my asshole Dad.

Turns out, he’s not so much of an asshole after all.
Dana
July 14th, 2014 @ 11:38 am

For me, it would have been great to have an asshole dad, instead of the situation I wound up with, no dad at all. It’s one of those things that makes people like me resolve never, ever to leave his kids without a father at home.

Of course, it helped to have an awesome wife!
Thatch of helms-deep.us
July 14th, 2014 @ 1:35 pm

If you want an indictment of our modern education system you will find
no finer an example than the fact that a bright young lady is more
likely to understand the meaning of the word “heteronormative” than she
is “precocious.”
Durasim
July 14th, 2014 @ 2:28 pm

Even though the sound of it
Is something quite atrocious
If you say it loud enough
You’ll always sound precocious
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
Vaughan Starr
July 14th, 2014 @ 6:02 pm

I gave a quick read of the young lady’s latest blog post and was knocked back by the malignant narcissism in one so young. I mean to a degree one would expect this at an age where emotional and intellectual maturity are still quite fragile and developing things, and as such ego self-preservation is the name of the game. But still…

Not too long ago, Jimmy Kimmel did a great send up of Kanye West by simply getting a kid who looks to be about eight years old to repeat word for word what the man himself gave in an interview:

Now, here are some of the young lady’s quotes from her latest post, imagine an eight year old girl regurgitating these back at you, just like the young boy in the Kimmel spoof:

“Don’t you dare say that I am not a real feminist. All I want and all I wish to fight for is equality”

“At the age of eighteen or nineteen I hope to be studying Sociology at Columbia Law, far away from my asshole dad and my ambitionless ex.”

“I don’t even know how to respond to this because it is stupid on a deeper level than anything I’ve experienced.”

“But if I hear one more time that my age invalidates what I’m saying then I am going to lose whatever is left of my mind!!!”

“If you want me to start sleeping around all you have to do is drop a hot lesbian on my doorstep and I will gladly act out the effects of my “daddy issues” to whatever extent I see fit.”

“And here is a picture that I just took right now of me flipping you off:”

“You know what, I am too hot for you. I’m too hot for all of you. Call me a slut if you want but at least I’m more free than you assholes.”

And finally, illustrating how ego obsession prevents any at attempt at critical self-evaluation/introspection:

“I judge people for what they do, not for what they are.”

Like the Kanye West spoof, it is a tirade of ME, ME, ME, ME, ME, MEEEEEEE! And both sad and ludicrous in equal measures.
Federale
July 14th, 2014 @ 6:20 pm

Damn Germans? LOL, Argentina is feeling alot like Poland now.
K-Bob
July 14th, 2014 @ 7:03 pm

That spoof by Kimmel reminds me of this excellent piece of work making fun of Jennifer Granholm. All they did was slow her down, and then pitch shift her voice back up to normal.

She sounds totally hammered.
K-Bob
July 14th, 2014 @ 7:12 pm

Speaking of women who might be misguided…

Guess Who This Woman is Going to Marry?

(H/T Doug Ross)