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:
That looks like you should be able to unzip and remove the boot part.
…ugly.
And I like purple…..
Those boots are too damn expensive to be that fug.
I went onto Zappos and sorted women’s boots by most expensive. I find that often uncovers some of the weirdest/ugliest shoes. There were a bunch of those ones with no heel too.
@cloudiah
those shoes are kind of ugly. Though I guess some people may think they’re ugly cute.
But speaking of expensive, I kind of liked these (obviously not at this price though):
http://zapp.me/8159094?utm_term=SKU-8159094&utm_campaign=zappos_product_share_ipad&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=email&splash=none
holey moley those are expensive! I think they’re kind of cute, but I wouldn’t buy them above thirty, must less 1000.
*much less not must less
That is ridiculously straightforward for Yamamoto. Usually the stuff is very minimal, but with odd draping and unusual shapes.
@joanimal
I am currently in withdrawal for Cymbalta! I am sorry that you, too, have foot pain. I don’t know anyone offline who has foot pain who has it from anything but a wonky nervous system, but we all have slightly different symptoms. Nervous systems go wonky in the most interesting (and aggravating and painful) ways!
I think it was CassandraSays who mentioned that feet are just super sensitive during our stepping-on-things convo and I think that might be why wonky nervous systems go for the feet (other areas too, but it seems like feet get hit hardest/worst) and hands, but hands get so much more done to them. /random thought that might not make sense
I quite like some of the Y3 sneakers, though there’s no way I’d pay Y3 prices for them.
I sort of forgot I was browsing in the expensive section and clicked on them and thought “Those are kind of nice” and then I looked over at the price and thought “Holy shit WTF?”
@cloudiah
The first pair look like what Catwoman wears when she has a board meeting.
Me too. I see them sometimes at Nordstrom Rack, but even at reduced prices it’s a non-starter.
I’d feel like I was wearing a pet:
http://zapp.me/8017309?utm_term=SKU-8017309&utm_campaign=zappos_product_share_ipad&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=email&splash=none
Those are awful! And brown! They make me angry with their unapologetic pedestrian UGLY.
@cloudiah
I wouldn’t be able to stop petting them. It would likely be destracting to everybody. (Plus I assume kids would want to touch them and I am not big on strange kids touching me.)
I don’t think I even realized it was possible to spend more than $1000 on a single pair of boots O_O
Minus the fur=cute
Oddly, I like the fur (assuming it is fake)? Perhaps it is a cold climate thing?
Maybe I just want a low-maintenance pet.
I’d like them, but the fur is a little much. Maybe if it stopped sooner.
A friend of mine got these, somehow not for full price, and they’re really cute:
http://www.fluevog.com/code/?w%255B0%255D=gender%253Awomen&pp=1&view=detail&p=57&colourID=3598
But I hear Fluevog’s quality has gone way downhill. In face, the zipper on my friend’s broke right after she got them home, but the store took care of it at no charge and since then she hasn’t had any problems with them.
@cloudiah
That blue is stunning.
I miss having a Fluevog store right downtown. I’m sad to hear the quality has gone downhill.
@cloudiah
those are really cute. Nice color too.