Fictional Women, Real Women, and me.
Nine-thirty and already it's a Day of the kind that starts with a trip to the shops for milk just so you can have coffee - which is brewing at the same time because the coffee you thought you were going to have was cold and only half a cup. This after struggling with the wireless router for an hour because for some reason it decided not to send out a signal this morning.
Yeah, a day.
So I give you linkspam, because frustration with Del.icio.us blog posting never goes away.
The fandom misogyny bingo card, which goes along with the anti-feminist bingo (and mark II) and the anti-comics-feminism bingo: because sometimes discussions just get old and tired.
Talking of fictional femism, Why Strong Female Characters are bad for women:And even when she was being strong, she was always doing it in the sexiest way possible. She’d never, say, get a black eye or a broken nose in a fight. Her ability to fix cars (a powerful, masculine trait) would basically allow her to get sexy grease all over her slippery body. Her ability to shoot a gun was so the film’s advertisers could put her on a poster wearing a skimpy outfit with a big gun between her legs. All in all, the “strength” of her character was just to make her a better prize for the hero at the end - and for the horny male audience throughout.
Kalinara also talks about that post in "On Strong Female Characters":Sexual freedom is liberating, yes. But the fact is, most of these characters are still designed by men or, in the case that they're designed by women, are still subject to approval by corporate executive men.
Tomorrow, among my comics I will be picking up the first title I've had reserved simply on strength of creator lineup: Gail Simone and Nicola Scott are teaming up for the first time since Simone left Birds of Prey on the new Secret Six title.Newsarama has a preview here. And if you want something trivial to argue about, then Empire ave made a "50 greatest" list of comic book heroes. Don't go taking the list seriously, now.
Over at Penny Red, Laurie (who should have won sexiest female blogger) has some more to say about Sarah Palin and choice:Let me make one thing absolutely and abundantly and categorically clear. There is no such thing as a 'pro-life' feminist. You cannot be a feminist and oppose a woman's right to choose. Let me repeat that for the brainwashed and hard of hearing:
You cannot be a feminist and oppose a woman's right to choose.
Incidentally, she is implying the distinction I usually explicitly make, and substitutes 'pro-life' where I would use 'anti-choice'. Don't forget that being personally repelled by abortion is not the same as wanting to criminalise women who opt for it.
I would have linked to the replica post on the Liberal Conspiracy, if only because Sunny edited in my own words on Palin, but there is some very off-putting concern trolling in the comments.
Oh what the hell, here you go. Watch the 'equalist' squirm. I particularly like the part where he claims feminism is 'ranking' gender inequality above all other equality-related beliefs. And the part where he challenged my reading comprehension because I was foolish enough to think a reference to "Innerbrat" referred to me. Try applying the anti-feminist bingo card. It's fun!
Finally,
Mr Sneeze has done another flash game: Pinwheels. Though I don't think I'm ever going to be as addicted as I am to Lightshift
Aaand at 10:30 I was offered an interview for the Grant Museum job. The day's looking up.
Yeah, a day.
So I give you linkspam, because frustration with Del.icio.us blog posting never goes away.
The fandom misogyny bingo card, which goes along with the anti-feminist bingo (and mark II) and the anti-comics-feminism bingo: because sometimes discussions just get old and tired.
Talking of fictional femism, Why Strong Female Characters are bad for women:And even when she was being strong, she was always doing it in the sexiest way possible. She’d never, say, get a black eye or a broken nose in a fight. Her ability to fix cars (a powerful, masculine trait) would basically allow her to get sexy grease all over her slippery body. Her ability to shoot a gun was so the film’s advertisers could put her on a poster wearing a skimpy outfit with a big gun between her legs. All in all, the “strength” of her character was just to make her a better prize for the hero at the end - and for the horny male audience throughout.
Kalinara also talks about that post in "On Strong Female Characters":Sexual freedom is liberating, yes. But the fact is, most of these characters are still designed by men or, in the case that they're designed by women, are still subject to approval by corporate executive men.
Tomorrow, among my comics I will be picking up the first title I've had reserved simply on strength of creator lineup: Gail Simone and Nicola Scott are teaming up for the first time since Simone left Birds of Prey on the new Secret Six title.Newsarama has a preview here. And if you want something trivial to argue about, then Empire ave made a "50 greatest" list of comic book heroes. Don't go taking the list seriously, now.
Over at Penny Red, Laurie (who should have won sexiest female blogger) has some more to say about Sarah Palin and choice:Let me make one thing absolutely and abundantly and categorically clear. There is no such thing as a 'pro-life' feminist. You cannot be a feminist and oppose a woman's right to choose. Let me repeat that for the brainwashed and hard of hearing:
You cannot be a feminist and oppose a woman's right to choose.
Incidentally, she is implying the distinction I usually explicitly make, and substitutes 'pro-life' where I would use 'anti-choice'. Don't forget that being personally repelled by abortion is not the same as wanting to criminalise women who opt for it.
I would have linked to the replica post on the Liberal Conspiracy, if only because Sunny edited in my own words on Palin, but there is some very off-putting concern trolling in the comments.
Oh what the hell, here you go. Watch the 'equalist' squirm. I particularly like the part where he claims feminism is 'ranking' gender inequality above all other equality-related beliefs. And the part where he challenged my reading comprehension because I was foolish enough to think a reference to "Innerbrat" referred to me. Try applying the anti-feminist bingo card. It's fun!
Finally,
Mr Sneeze has done another flash game: Pinwheels. Though I don't think I'm ever going to be as addicted as I am to Lightshift
Aaand at 10:30 I was offered an interview for the Grant Museum job. The day's looking up.