Trying to clear my mailbox -- Linkety-linkety

[moominmuppet]

I need a specific icon for these posts. I should ponder that.

Anyway, trying to wade through my inbox, and I've got entirely too much tagged as "to read/post", so here it comes:

Some impressively hideous racism on a local radio channel, link from meganj28

PolyMedia has some astute things to say about poly media coverage, and how it happens (and a bit

Comments

[calebbullen]

Quite honestly, Bill Moyers journal should be recommended nearly every week. I listen to the podcast and it's always good. If I didn't enjoy listening at work, I'd totally have us tape it every week. It's the same reason I don't push for us to record Washington Week.

[moominmuppet]

The only reason we don't record both is that they conflict with all the Friday night shows we already tape, and I couldn't find a way to make it work...

[calebbullen]

I have to say in defense of rape jokes, they can be funny. This does not mean that all of them are funny or that one should encourage little Timmy to study the works of Andrew Dice Clay as if they were the talmud but they can be funny

[moominmuppet]

I think that's exactly the point of the difference between subversive comedy and status quo shock jock crap. I think they did address that in the article, at least briefly.

[zodarzone]

Lots of great links again. (Thanks for the plug, I need it)

As a male comic geek and gamer I'm appalled by EA's contest on numerous levels, from the disregard for the personal rights of women, to what the contest itself says about their opinions of their audience. And their apology was pathetically flimsy and insulting in its lack of understanding.

Rape jokes? Obviously I'm missing what's "hip" and "in" these days because I haven't heard any. I'm glad I haven't. The only "rape joke" I've heard/seen was the idea that the fourth Indiana Jones movie equated to Lucas and Spielberg raping Indy. I found it funny. And I found it acceptable because it is symbolic and a visual metaphor. Also, it was not glorifying rape. The whole episode centered around the fact that rape is unacceptable, the victim should be protected, and the perpetrators should be punished. And that's from South Park.

[moominmuppet]

*nod* When the joke's on the rapist, or on the fucked up attitudes in society that foster rape, I've got no problem. When the joke's on the victim, I've got some serious issues.

[jajy1979]

As a gamer I was completely outraged at the stunt by EA. Frankly, as said gamer, I'm also willing to step up and say that EA is the worst thing to happen to the industry. Between their marketing stunts that continue to break laws, reinforce social stereotypes, and propogate bad behavior in males, to their weak game lines and penchant for driving out more viable and progressive industry competion (usually by buying them out), they are an absolute disaster. An embodiment of just about everything wrong with the gamer culture, past and present.

I'm amused at how often I end up linked in your linkity posts.