I, um. Wow. Don't really have any reaction to this except: squirm. And perhaps a gratuitous "yuck".
The sad thing, of course, is that I can see how this might be taken as a joke by some people. A funny one, even. I actually know people who would laugh at it, no further thought needed, and if that's not fucked in the head, I don't know what is.
I suppose they call it rape culture for a reason, don't they?
(subject line taken from a comment by snobographer on a positive review of a film about dudes who can't stand it when their girlfriends are smarter than they are.)
The sad thing, of course, is that I can see how this might be taken as a joke by some people. A funny one, even. I actually know people who would laugh at it, no further thought needed, and if that's not fucked in the head, I don't know what is.
I know people who would, too. there's the "she deserves it!" camp, the "bitch is too 'stupid' to realize it's rape if it is even rape, so who cares?" camp... I wish I didn't know people who've expressed those types of sentiments to my face, but there you go. and I wish I could say they didn't have a face after saying that to me, but violence is wrong and sometimes also a felony, so I have to restrict myself to scathing remarks. I totally sympathize with blackcurrant's hypothetical Read and Type blogger, because that's how I often feel! but with fewer laughs on my part.
I suppose they call it rape culture for a reason, don't they?
oh, and I love this pithy little review (http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2009/may/05/observe-and-report-rape/print) of O&R, also by tigerbeatdown (a.k.a. Sady Doyle), who hits all the crucial issues in no time at all. note: I have javascript turned off by default, which means I don't see any reader comments after the article, but if they do appear when you look at it, please don't read those comments... the Guardian's "Comment Is Free" notoriously attracts the bottom of the barrel in commenters. I say this because I want to protect your sanity as I would like to protect my own!
Mm. Generally, I tend to avoid things on the bottom of pages, whether they be advertisements, comments, or credits; it's like the ocean. All the crap seems to settle towards the bottom. But thanks for the advance warning.
Generally, I tend to avoid things on the bottom of pages, whether they be advertisements, comments, or credits; it's like the ocean. All the crap seems to settle towards the bottom.
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Re: oh, I forgot to note: SCC episodes are .avi format!
Date: 2009-05-21 12:08 am (UTC)The sad thing, of course, is that I can see how this might be taken as a joke by some people. A funny one, even. I actually know people who would laugh at it, no further thought needed, and if that's not fucked in the head, I don't know what is.
I suppose they call it rape culture for a reason, don't they?
... the guy who actually cried because I corrected him on the nutritional content of peanut butter.
Date: 2009-05-21 03:36 pm (UTC)The sad thing, of course, is that I can see how this might be taken as a joke by some people. A funny one, even. I actually know people who would laugh at it, no further thought needed, and if that's not fucked in the head, I don't know what is.
I know people who would, too. there's the "she deserves it!" camp, the "bitch is too 'stupid' to realize it's rape if it is even rape, so who cares?" camp... I wish I didn't know people who've expressed those types of sentiments to my face, but there you go. and I wish I could say they didn't have a face after saying that to me, but violence is wrong and sometimes also a felony, so I have to restrict myself to scathing remarks. I totally sympathize with blackcurrant's hypothetical Read and Type blogger, because that's how I often feel! but with fewer laughs on my part.
I suppose they call it rape culture for a reason, don't they?
yeeeeaaah.
Re: oh, I forgot to note: SCC episodes are .avi format!
Date: 2009-05-21 05:49 pm (UTC)Re: oh, I forgot to note: SCC episodes are .avi format!
Date: 2009-05-28 10:14 pm (UTC)Re: oh, I forgot to note: SCC episodes are .avi format!
Date: 2009-05-28 10:52 pm (UTC)a sound philosophy, true!