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Politics as an Arena and a Process

by Dannica Batoon

Politics as an arena depends on the location where political behavior occurs. Often, politics happen in the Congress chambers, the President's office, and administrative courts. However, politics take place anywhere.

Social media is not inherently political because people typically use it for personal or private pursuits. Reddit could merely be a discussion website, live streaming site, or a social news aggregation. You don't even need to introduce yourself on Reddit before you could participate in it. Anonymously, you can start an event by telling where it would take place, the date and time, and what would happen or what to bring. People can do this on most social media platforms before technology conglomerate restricted political activities. Previously, they just cracked down disinformation.

Social media was pivotal in mobilizing people for a political cause in two of my examples: the Umbrella Movement and the 2021 Capitol Riot. The purpose of these events was to overthrow a government. The national election was also a reason for mobilization.

On January 6, 2021, Donald Trump tweeted allegations of vote fraud ahead of his rally. He knew that his supporters would walk towards the Capitol building. That was the start of his speech. He added that he would never give up and concede.

Before that, a Reddit community posted threads about the Capitol overthrow if the Congress and former Vice President Mike Pence would validate Biden's victory after an electoral count. When Congress started counting the vote for each state, the mob stormed the Capitol building. The Capitol police evacuated Pence and the lawmakers when the protesters breached the complex. The event injured at least 140 people, and five people died.

Trump supporters organized the deadly riot on Reddit, Twitter, Telegram, Parler (a right-wing website), Gab, TikTok, and TheDonald.win. Trump even urged Qanon, an influential conspiracy theorist, to gather support for the Capitol siege. Qanon blogged about it before January 6 and bragged of bringing thousands of protestors.

In Hongkong, the Hong Kong Federation of Students and Scholarism, a student activist group, and the Occupy Central with Love and Peace movement gathered supporters by digital means.

Twitter reported that 1.3 million tweets about Hong Kong were recorded between September 26-30, the beginning of the Umbrella Movement. Tracy Loh, visiting fellow at the Department of Communications and New Media at the National University of Singapore, told CNBC that social media "was definitely a documenting function, and it also helped in coordinating and mobilizing the protesters, especially when there were several protest sites."

The Arab Spring in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, and Bahrain did not start on social media, but they contributed to counter-revolution. That is why Arabian governments controlled the activities of citizens in social media. Social media platforms suspended and removed thousands of accounts of political dissidents in Tunisia, Palestine, Egypt, and Syria. Lebanon-based organization SMEX, which advocates for digital rights in the Arab region, published an open letter signed by more than 40 civil organizations, calling on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube to stop silencing critical voices in the Middle East and North Africa.

Politics also can happen in a schoolyard. Eleven years ago, Mouawiya Syasneh painted graffiti against President Bashar al-Assad. The police kidnapped and tortured the boy, which sparked civil unrest in Deraa. It spread across Syria, which people did not expect even if the Arab Spring was already happening in Tunisia, Yemen, and Egypt.

Now, we go to politics as a process.

Across the world, women are on lower incomes than men. According to UN Women, men's average wages are higher than women's in rural and urban areas. Rural women typically work longer hours than men due to additional reproductive, domestic, and care responsibilities. In Benin and Tanzania, women work 17.4 and 14 hours more than men per week, respectively.

Women have narrowed legal and political rights and are subject to various forms of cultural oppression. In this context, feminist interpretations of political problems contributed to political theory and inspired generations of political thinkers and movements. Kate, Brittany Higgins, and Grace Tame's cases exemplify politics as a process of Feminism.

Australia is currently facing cultural protests against women's discrimination in schools, the federal government, and the overall social sphere in the country.

Just this year, Australia recognized Grace Tame as the Australian of the Year. Tame was a victim of sexual assault by her school teacher. She became vocal about it after being quelled by police authorities and laws. Since then, the media has been exposing sexual assault allegations in schools and the Australian government, helping female victims voice their concerns.

Related to Tame's narrative was the historical rape allegation to Christian Porter and the case of a former Liberal staffer, Britanny Higgins.

Attorney-General Christian Porter allegedly raped his colleague, Kate, when he was 18. Kate became a history professor and suffered from mental problems after Porter's crime. People predicted Kate would be a top government official if Porter did not rape her 33 years ago. Porter, meanwhile, succeeded in the Australian government. Kate took away her life after a prolonged investigation caused by the pandemic. Porter, being the Attorney-General, also prevented the inquiry.

Brittany Higgins, a former ministerial staff, experienced delays that lasted for two years. On March 22, 2019, an adviser of Minister Linda Reynolds raped Higgins in her office. The Finance Department covered up the crime, and the Morisson administration terminated the perpetrator for a wrong cause, a security breach in the Parliament House, to hide the rape incident.

Kate's suicide and Higgin's unsolved case reported by the media triggered Scott Morisson's government to act. Now, Australian women are calling for the protection of women in Australian public policies and laws.

Many girls experienced sexual assault in Australia because sexual consent is not taught early in schools. Students in Sydney advanced their calls for women's protection against sexual perpetrators and sex education in social media, particularly on Instagram, spreading across Australia and made as a media agenda.

According to a political communication and psychology theory, agenda-setting influences policies when an issue becomes dominant in the news and public communication or rhetoric.

In the examples that I have given, you can see the interplay between feminism and media effects, and that's how you explain a political process and develop an original conceptual framework in political science.

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Disagreements:

Who is more likely to raise their voice? - Mairon. DefinitelyWho threatens to leave but never actually does? - LegolasWho actually keeps their word and leaves? - NeitherWho trashes the house? - MaironDo either of them get physical? - Mairon does yesHow often do they argue/disagree? - Not overly often - Legolas is a good little boy.Who is the first to apologise? - Legolas. Even when he hasn’t done anything wrong.

Sex:

Who is on top? - MaironWho is on the bottom? - LegolasWho has the strangest desires? - MaironAny kinks? - Bondage is a thing I believe they both enjoy, even though it’s almost too vanilla for Mai.Who’s dominant in bed? - MaironIs head ever in the equation? - It is ALWAYS in the equationIf so, who is better at performing it? - Mairon. He’s had more training.Ever had sex in public? - Yes.Who moans the most? - Legolas. I mean - YOU try having sex with Mai and remaining silentWho leaves the most marks? - Mairon, but only because Legolas can’t really marr his skin at all.Who screams the loudest? - LegolasWho is the more experienced of the two? - Mairon. Legolas is just a baby.Do they ‘fuck’ or ‘make love’? - Legolas makes love and Mairon fucksRough or soft? - Too soft almost according to Mairon, but Rough according to Legolas. Problem is if they would go for Mairon’s type of rough - the poor little elfling would literally die.How long do they usually last? - Hours.Is protection used? - They often bring weapons to bed but nothing elseDoes it ever get boring? - NoooooWhere is the strangest place they’d have sex? - In a the weaponry I think.

Family:

Do your muses plan on having children/or have children? - Not reallyIf so, how many children do your muses want/have? - ----Who is the favorite parent?Who is the authoritative parent?Who is more likely to allow the children to have a day off school?Who lets the children indulge in sweets and junk food when the other isn’t around?Who turns up to extra curricular activities to support their children?Who goes to parent teacher interviews?Who changes the diapers?Who gets up in the middle of the night to feed the baby?Who spends the most time with the children?Who packs their lunch boxes?Who gives their children ‘the talk’?Who cleans up after the kids?Who worries the most?Who are the children more likely to learn their first swear word from?

Affection:

Who likes to cuddle? - Legolas, though Mairon is one hell of a cuddler after sex.Who is the little spoon? - LegolasWho gets naughty in the most inappropriate of places? - Mairon. To him there ARE no inappropriate placesWho struggles to keep their hands to themself? - Legolas. Mainly because Mairon doesn’t struggle and he doesn’t keep his hands to himself.How long can they cuddle until one becomes uncomfortable? - Hours?Who gives the most kisses? - MaironWhat is their favourite non-sexual activity? - Mairon likes to see Legolas work out and practise?Where is their favourite place to cuddle? - In bedWho is more likely to playfully grope the other?  - MaironHow often do they get time to themselves? - Every night that Mairon feels like it. Legolas doesn’t really have the right to say no.

Sleeping:

Who snores? - NeitherIf both do, who snores the loudest?Do they share a bed or sleep separately? - Separately, but Legolas is occassionally ordered to sleep with MaironIf they sleep together, do they cozy up together or lay far apart? - CozyWho talks in their sleep? - LegolasWhat do they wear to bed? - Nothing. Are either of your muses insomniacs? - Neither Can sleeping pills be found by the bedside? - nopeDo they wrap their limbs around each other or just lay side by side? - All the limb-wrappingWho wakes up with bed hair? - Neither, because have you SEEN these two?Who wakes up first? - Mairon?Who prepares breakfast in bed for the other? - Legolas IS his breakfast in bedWhat is their favourite sleeping position? - clinging togetherWho hogs the sheets? - MaironDo they set an alarm each night? - NoCan a television be found in their bedroom? - NoWho has nightmares? - MaironWho has ridiculous dreams? - LegolasWho sprawls out and takes up most of the bed? - LegolasWho makes the bed? - SlavesWhat time is bed time?  - When Mairon feels like itAny routines/rituals before bed? - SmexWho’s the grumpiest when they wake up? - Mairon

Work:

Who is the busiest? - MaironWho rakes in the highest income? - MaironAre any of your muses unemployed? - NopeWho takes the most sick days? - NeitherWho is more likely to turn up late to work? - NeitherWho sucks up to their boss? - Legolas. Literally. HAH.What are their jobs? - Mairon’s job is to take over the world, Legolas is a spy and soldier.Who stresses the most? - MaironDo your muses enjoy or despise their careers/occupations? - EnjoyAre your muses financially stable? - Yesssssss.

Home:

Who does the washing? - LegolasWho takes out the trash? - Legolas  Who does the ironing? - LegolasWho does the cooking? - LegolasWho is more likely to burn the house down just trying? - Neither, even though Mairon likes burning things.Who is messier? - Legolas. Not that he IS messy, but it’s physically impossible to be less messy than Mairon.Who leaves the toilet roll empty?----Who leaves their dirty clothes on the floor? - NeitherWho forgets to flush the toilet?----Who is the prankster around the house? - MaironWho loses the car keys when it comes time to go somewhere? ----Who mows the lawn?----Who answers the telephone?-----Who does the vacuuming?---Who does the groceries? ----Who takes the longest to shower? MaironWho spends the most time in the bathroom? Mairon

Miscellaneous:

Is money a problem? - No.How many cars do they own? - A shitton of black horsesDo they own their home or do they rent? - Own.Do they live near the coast or deep in the countryside? - DEEP AFDo they live in the city or in the country?  - Technically a city I suppose?Do they enjoy their surroundings? - YesWhat’s their song? -----What do they do when they’re away from each other? - Mairon doesn’t really care, but Legolas tends to pineWhere/How did they first meet? - When Mairon joined his scouts in raiding and destroying MirkwoodWho spends the most money when out shopping? - MaironWho’s more likely to flash their assets? - MAIRONWho finds it amusing when the other trips over? - MaironAny mental issues? - LOTSWho’s terrified of bugs? - NoneWho kills the spiders around the house? - Legolas (old habit)Their favourite place? - The top of Barad-DûrWho pays the bills? - MaironDo they have any fears for their future? - NopeWho’s more likely to surprise the other with a fancy dinner? - MaironWho uses up all of the hot water? - MaironWho’s the tallest? - MaironWho’s more likely to just randomly hop into the shower with the other? - LegolasWho wanders around in their underwear? - LegolasWho sings the loudest when singing along to the radio? - MaironWhat do they tease each other about? - ‘Hey remember when you hated me HAHAH that was fun now kill that other elf my little kinslayer’Who is more likely to cringe at the other’s fashion sense at times? - MaironDo they have mutual friends? - No.Who crushed first?  - LegolasAny alcohol or substance related problems?-----Who is more likely to stumble home, drunk, at 3am?----Who swears the most? - Mairon