So Anita Sarkeesian, who apparently didn’t run off with all her Kickstarter money to found a Misandist Gynarchy in the wilds of Canada, has released the first video in her Tropes vs Women in Video Games project. (I’ve embedded it below.)
Naturally, this is causing great consternation in certain corners of the Internet (*cough* Reddit *cough cough* everywhere else that misogynistic nerds congregate *cough*). In the Man Boobz forum, Katz has started a contest to see who can find “the whiniest, brattiest, most entitled response” to Sarkeesian’s video on the Internet. So far Katz and Myoo have found a couple classic comments from irate Sarkeeianaphobes:
[H]ow does one go about stating that genders and gender roles are social constructs? I mean is evolution nothing to her? Does the patriarchy make male peacocks dress provocatively?
Yes. Yes it does.
And:
I’m gradually losing respect for the opposite sex. I’ve unfollowed people on tumblr who talk about how great she is, because it actually causes bile to rise in to my throat.
Yeah, that’s a totally reasonable response to a woman making a video about video games.
So anyway, I’m thinking we should bring the contest over here.
See what you can find! Consider it a sort of scavenger hunt.
Here’s my contribution, from the Men’s Rights subreddit, complaining that Damsels in Distress are the truly privileged ones:
Amazingly, this acutally got called out on r/mr as being pretty damn stupid.
Also, I have another question, to add to the stack of other questions I’ve been asking lately: Just why do you think so many guys get so angry when girls and women invade what they consider a male sphere, like gaming? (Also, why do they consider gaming to belong to boys and men?)
Oh, and here’s the video that’s causing all this hubbub:
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yeah….I hate (most) fashion. *sigh*
@falconer
thanks for telling me
sadly I am probably too lazy to type that in all the time :p
@Marie: What’s with the ;_; ? Did I make you feel stupid? I just learned it myself, I’m sorry if I made someone feel stupid with something I just learned. (I’m sorry to make ppl feel stupid in general, I hate feeling stupid myself.)
@ hellkell
Perfect illustration of that theory.
http://www.dsw.com/shoe/naughty+monkey+snoop+pump?prodId=260922&activeCats=cat10006,cat20006
There is no reason for that heel to be so high. It’s not even pretty, it’s ridiculous looking, and wearing it would force you to stand at a weird, unflattering angle. It will throw off the angle of the wearer’s body in ways that are not visually appealing at all, and it looks awkward. Why does it exist? Well…
Yeah, wank to it as long as you still can because feminists are coming for your pr0nz (<= fact).
Does anybody believe it would benefit TOR, if they succeed banning it in Europe?
Cassandra: those fugly shoes are strictly S&M: stand and model.
Poxy: the feminists don’t care about your porn. In fact, if it keeps you from wanking here, I am all for it.
@falconer,
no, I’ve just used it before (but not often) so I felt sad I forgot it.
how about kitties? (seeing if I can remember this…)
=^.,.^=
@cassandra says
owowowoowow those heels….
@poxy
tip: saying fact does not make it true
also, I have nothing against porn. Just keep the porn in the porn, and the video games in the video games.
I think we need a new Voice For Pierre! The Braveheart speech, but with porn and jiggle physics.
Is the bravehart speech where they go ‘but they can.not. take. our FREEDDDOOOMMMM!!’
because if not I have no idea what it is ;p
Yep. They can take our right to beat up women, and they can take our jiggle physics, but they’ll never take our porn! But, you know, way more long drawn out and overdramatic. Possibly still with Mel Gibson, though.
If we’re keeping Mel, “sugar tits” needs to be worked in there.
“sugar tits”
O_o
and sweet, I managed to know what speech without ever seeing the movies 😀
@hellkell:
1. I don’t have any porn. 2. If they don’t care about it, why do they want to ban it?
So, TOR or I2P? What do you favor?
(I’m for I2P!)
dude, poxy, nobody is trying to ban your porn. I mean, seriously. Nobody cares about your porn.
Let’s go back to talking about shoes. Poxy’s (nonexistent?) porn and the (nonexistent) attempts to ban is a conversation chock full of (nonexistent) excitement.
I also can’t wear heels because of pain issues. I miss them. 🙁 I also miss socks. I have a huge collection of fun socks that I love, but the pain of putting them on and wearing them is too much.
I found a really nice pair of clogs that don’t hurt my incredibly sensitive feet and that have enough give in them to hold my TENS machine connections without digging into my feet.
On the positive side, I finally had a good reason to go through my shoe collection and get rid of pairs I had worn out and ones I never wore anyway. I had (have?) a hard time getting rid of shoes I love even when they are in pretty rough shape.
Poxy, please cite this ASSertion of yours that feminists want to ban porn. It wasn;t in the newsletter.
Five bucks he’s thinking of ’70s radfems. In before zombie Dworkin.
I have a hard time throwing out stuff that has sentimental value too. I make myself do it so I won’t end up living in one of the houses from Hoarders, but even so, I have way too many shoes. Also jeans.
Also, as if by internet magic, what showed up on Ideeli today? A whole page full of heels but no heels shoes and boots.
@some gal
Sorry to hear about your pain issues. 🙁 For some reason though, I don’t have a problem throwing sneakers away, just the heels I used to be able to wear but can’t anymore. I’ve never liked the look of sneakers much though, just the comfort.
There definitely are clothes I have a hard time throwing away. I have two shirts I got in fourth grade even though they don’t fit and I never wore them.
Hey, Poxy feminists watch porn too…..
Weird….Maybe it is because they have sex drives too….Or maybe I am completely delusional and feminists aren’t people.
My computer is spazzing out so much right now.
I want to scream.
This one is like an art installation, it’s actually kind of interesting looking until you remember that it’s supposed to be a shoe.
http://www.shopping.com/dollhouse-womens/AViOkVNckg5Z7NNedBxk3Q==/info?sb=1
Those shoes without heels… How does a person walk in them? (Punchline: Very carefully!) No, seriously. You’d just be walking on the balls of your feet? Maybe the people who buy those shoes get carried around in a litter all day, ‘cos I can’t see any other way they’re feasible.
Shoes! I have huge feet. Really cuts down on my options, especially combined with not being able to wear much of a heel.
@Marie: I don’t have any porn.
I think Iceland would be an interesting case, though the parliamentary draft is diffuse contrary to the EU proposal (AFAIK the European Parliament has no right for legislative initiative, anyway).
When they try to plan to install a Chinese-style firewall in Iceland, I believe that might be much easier, afaik they have just one main connection to the rest of the Internet.
So I indulge my foot-related fashion needs by buying amusing or colorful socks. Right now I’m wearing a pair that tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood. No one can really see them, but I know they’re there.
Porn: I think there’s something going on in Europe about banning porn, or maybe it’s only banning violent porn? I do think there is sometimes a kind of sex-negative streak in some “official” European feminism, but can’t pretend to know enough about it to have a meaningful discussion. So maybe I should shut up.