I really wish I hadn't read that. It may very well have instilled a rage in me that may go off at the very sound of the word sexism. Her attitude toward feminism sabotages the very word itself.
Goodthing she never played Mass effect!
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True. People with the same POV's will always flock to those who think the same way they do.VivaciousDeimos said:
While terrible to think about, it is likely that a good portion of them REALLY DO believe in what the Author says.
While admittedly creepy, It still has not reached truly Dangerous Levels yet. She has no real Political Clout, no power beyond that of typing her Points of Views[sub]Flawed though they may be[/sub] and MOST people i think don't wouldn't read this crap past he first paragraph anyway.
Unless someone actually takes her seriously, then all we can really do is voice our OWN opinions back at her.
I've read damn near every Stephen King book in existence, and I have never, EVER felt as horrified during those (fantastic) reads as I did when reading that.
And all the comments agreeing with her.
EDIT: That's it. I'm a genius. Stephen King, I just gave you a best-selling plot device. Radical feminism. You're welcome.
I will accept cash or cookies as payment.
And all the comments agreeing with her.
EDIT: That's it. I'm a genius. Stephen King, I just gave you a best-selling plot device. Radical feminism. You're welcome.
I will accept cash or cookies as payment.
Wow.... just wow. Todays special; Crock o' Piss with a side order of bile. I normally don't mind femanists; but shes has some serious issues. In many ways shes no better than the men she likes to hate, its not even superiority. Yes, firefly might be considered degrading in its representation of women, but you could say that about anything if you look at it in a specific way. She's got her view, she knows what she wants to target and shes used the parts she needs to make it fit, its not even constructive. She puts everything out of context. God damn radicals!
Being a Feminist myself, her argument is, well pretty crap. First off, I'm sociology major who has looked at Feminism and know what its actually about, so I'm not just some mindless idiot who calls himself a feminist just because he can...
She seem to only vaguely know what she's on about. She preaches hatred throughout this article and takes feminism to its extreme, arguing that "men hate us, given that this was written by a man who calls himself a feminist." Feminism is about Equality and not hate as she seems to think. She seems to see anything that explores sex and sexuality as sexist, completely misreading everything that is in the script (while I'm firmly believe that multiple reading can be taking from a single text, I find argument just to silly) and her readings only seem superficial. It seemed that she decide her opinion before she even began viewing the text...
She even goes beyond the text to attack Joss Whedon by attacking his wife, "Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Joss uses his own wife in this way. Expects her to clean up his emotional messes. Expects her to be there, eternally supportive, eternally subservient and grateful to him in all his manly glory. I hope the money is worth it, Mrs. Whedon. But somehow I doubt that it is. No amount of money can buy back wasted emotional resources."
I even have to question whether she actually studied the texts as she said she did, when she critiqued Serenity, "Given the fact that women are largely absent from the action and the dialogue of the majority of scenes it is unsurprising that the action onscreen is highly homoerotic. Men jostle with each other for power. Pushing each others buttons, and getting into scuffles." Their is only one fight scene that women aren't taking part in.
As you can probably tell, I'm a huge fan of Firefly, So maybe my opinion is a little biased... Hopefully only a little. But people like this just piss me off, when they hide a hate behind a human's rights movement.
Quick Fact: Joss Whedon used Serenity for charity screenings for Equality Now, a humanitarian group revolving around womens rights.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, I should of ignored her article and carried on with my life... but its 2am, I felt like complaining about something.
She seem to only vaguely know what she's on about. She preaches hatred throughout this article and takes feminism to its extreme, arguing that "men hate us, given that this was written by a man who calls himself a feminist." Feminism is about Equality and not hate as she seems to think. She seems to see anything that explores sex and sexuality as sexist, completely misreading everything that is in the script (while I'm firmly believe that multiple reading can be taking from a single text, I find argument just to silly) and her readings only seem superficial. It seemed that she decide her opinion before she even began viewing the text...
She even goes beyond the text to attack Joss Whedon by attacking his wife, "Beyond a shadow of a doubt, Joss uses his own wife in this way. Expects her to clean up his emotional messes. Expects her to be there, eternally supportive, eternally subservient and grateful to him in all his manly glory. I hope the money is worth it, Mrs. Whedon. But somehow I doubt that it is. No amount of money can buy back wasted emotional resources."
I even have to question whether she actually studied the texts as she said she did, when she critiqued Serenity, "Given the fact that women are largely absent from the action and the dialogue of the majority of scenes it is unsurprising that the action onscreen is highly homoerotic. Men jostle with each other for power. Pushing each others buttons, and getting into scuffles." Their is only one fight scene that women aren't taking part in.
As you can probably tell, I'm a huge fan of Firefly, So maybe my opinion is a little biased... Hopefully only a little. But people like this just piss me off, when they hide a hate behind a human's rights movement.
Quick Fact: Joss Whedon used Serenity for charity screenings for Equality Now, a humanitarian group revolving around womens rights.
EDIT: Now that I think about it, I should of ignored her article and carried on with my life... but its 2am, I felt like complaining about something.
That woman's journal is like brain poison. Ugh, wish I hadn't wasted my time reading it. So much hate.
This.teh_pwning_dude said:
There are places in the world where not only can women not get education or vote, they can't make any major decision for themselves or leave their house without their man or their (male) children in escort, and we have modern feminists here in the west who throw a complete shit-fit as soon as it is acknowledged that, indeed, a lot of men like how women look.
Grow the fuck up, lady. Sex is not a goddamn slave collar.
I stopped a little ahead, at this part:mexicola said:
"A black woman calling a white man 'sir'. A white male captain"
He's a damn captain, you call him sir. You follow this rule in every military and this has been this way for a very long time. Men and women have to call him sir, which means the crew follows the orders of the captain, which means the crew has some sort of equality going on, which completely invalidates her argument.
"The first scene opens in a war with Mal and Zoe. Zoe runs around calling Mal ?sir? and taking orders off him. I roll my eyes. Not a good start." He's her fucking Sergent, man or woman, she'd better take those damn orders.
"Let me just say now that I have never personally known of a healthy relationship between a white man and a woman of colour." Well shit, racist much.
"I feel awful for Joss Whedon's wife. From what I've read about him and the interviews I've watched, I'm fairly certain that he rapes his wife and abuses her in various other ways." I am speechless...
"Let me just say now that I have never personally known of a healthy relationship between a white man and a woman of colour." Well shit, racist much.
"I feel awful for Joss Whedon's wife. From what I've read about him and the interviews I've watched, I'm fairly certain that he rapes his wife and abuses her in various other ways." I am speechless...
I'm sorry but feminism is just sexism but under a different name, they rant on about equality and do nothing about it while constantly claiming men are useless...that is sexism, yes the white man was an asshole in the past but we've changed so that doesn't give you the right to be assholes back.
Upon reading, how is porn hating women?
Upon reading, how is porn hating women?
Yes. That is the obvious conslusion we can come to -.-"
Oxymoron, I think you'll find.
After all, why not charge money for a little friendliness and human decency?
I can't read more than this.
Judge the man for his work if you must, but do not judge him for his main character. If it's beyond belief to this woman that a main character and a writer can be separate individuals, she has a lot to learn. J. R. Tolkien is not a hobbit. JK Rowling is not a pubescent wizard. Stephanie Meyer is... a bad example. And I'm fairly certain Joss Whedon is not a 'misogynist' space captain.
No, I'm stopping here, before my little remaining philanthropy is completely killed off.
Stupid cow... urgh.