If I was posting

[drunkoffthestars]

If I was posting (which I'm not), I'd be wearing my humorless feminist hat. And I would be really cranky. But since I'm not posting, I am not actually having to wear that hat, so it's all good!


Please excuse me while I go collect my exploded skull.

Comments

[arielchan.livejournal.com]

I totally just got down with my bad humorless feminist self over on a ~fantasy horse racing forum~ because I discovered a member had named a horse Do The Helen Keller.

And then 90% of the respondents didn't know who Helen Keller was and thought the lyrics to that song were referencing a new dance craze. And didn't care when I explained the situation to them.

All hope, it is lost.

Nico Vega tomorrow night at Emo's??

[quiet000001.livejournal.com]

... They didn't know who Helen Keller WAS?

[arielchan.livejournal.com]

Yeaaah. One of the girls was actually kind of bragging about it. "Most people don't find this song offensive because 90% of people probably don't know who Helen Keller is!"

[drunkoffthestars]

*headdesk* That hurts my soul, on so many levels.

I'm sort of still coughing up a lung, and am kinda fucked with how much work I have to do, so probably not. :(

[lovelypoet.livejournal.com]

Ugh... I had been trying to ignore those photos... but I kind of couldn't bite my tongue anymore.

WTF? It's not the male gaze because she's the one looking at the camera? That's not how the gaze works.

[drunkoffthestars]

right? I don't even know. I mean, I think they're hot. I also think they are exploitative and objectifying as all get out.

[queenofhell.livejournal.com]

But tho she's the naked one, the woman is not the focus. Do you really think anyone's opening the magazine to see her? No. We're reading for him, and she's our avenue. This is her fantasy, and the fantasy of millions of women everywhere.

Yes, I know it's certainly my fantasy to be an anonymous sexual prop for a famous gay man in order to court controversy! Just what I've always dreamed of!