"IDC WHETHER YOU'RE PISSED OFF AT MEN IN GENERAL OR PISSED OFF THAT A MAN WROTE THIS ARTICLE OR PISSED OFF THAT THIS ARTICLE ISN'T THAT BAD BUT HOLY CHRIST KOTAKU IS A FESTERING SHITHOLE OF MALE PRIVILEGE AND WHAT IS IT DOING THERE. THIS IS A POST ABOUT HOW MEN SUCK TO TIDE US OVER UNTIL I CAN FULFILL MY PROMISE AS MOD TO GET US A MEN SUCK TAG. NO WHITE KNIGHTING ALLOWED. PEOPLE WHO DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT FALSE EQUIVALENCE IS AND COMPLAIN ABOUT MISANDRY WILL BE SQUINTED AT."
WHY IS THAT THERE IS ALWAYS ONE DUDE IN MY (FILM STUDIES) CLASSES THAT IS A COMPLETE ASS WHO EITHER THINKS THAT TELLING RACIST/SEXIST/ANTI-SEMITIC/HOMOPHOBIC JOKES IS OKAY AND MAKES HIM FUNNY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T REALLY ~MEAN~ IT? WHO CONTINUES ACTING THE SAME WAY EVEN THOUGH MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE TOLD HIM THAT NO, HE'S REALLY OFFENSIVE. OR, LOUDLY ANNOUNCES TO THE CLASS THAT THERE IS ONLY ONE INTERPRETATION OF A FILM AND IT IS HIS (WHITE, CIS-GENDERED, STRAIGHT, MALE, COLLEGE-EDUCATED) VIEWPOINT THAT IS THE ONLY VALID ONE? WHO IS HALF A STEP AWAY FROM FLAT OUT SAYING "OH LOOK AT THOSE COLORED PEOPLE, THINK THEY CAN MAKE FILMS" WHEN DISCUSSING NIGERIAN CINEMA*
*can I just say how amazing I find Nigerian film makers?
Your film classes remind me of my military history classes, where there were always a couple of guys who thought that their dicks were brilliant tacticians who knew the answers to every question because penis that's why.
Ugh, this reminds me of trying to contribute during ANY class in the Marine Corps, and the inevitable versions of "pshaw, girls don't REALLY understand the MILITARY" bullshit that followed.
OK SO, YOU KNOW AS A TRANS-GUY, I AM SICK AND TIRED OF TRYING TO VALIDATE MY MASCULINITY TO CIS MEN, ESPECIALLY GAY CIS MEN. EVERYTIME I TRY TO INTERACT WITH THEM IN QUEER SPACES THEY GIVE ME THE SIDE EYE LIKE 'WTF ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU DON'T COUNT?!' IT GETS AGGRIVATING BECAUSE I AM SICK OF BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO PASS AND GET SIDED EYE BY CIS MEN, BECAUSE 'I DON'T ACTUALLY COUNT'. OR WORSE THE COMMENT I GET FROM CIS MEN FRIENDS IS "I'LL START CALLING YOU CORBIN WHEN YOU ARE ON T"
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goodness gracious...
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*can I just say how amazing I find Nigerian film makers?
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I think the teacher got a kind of thrill at watching me tear down their "arguments" every time.
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OK SO, YOU KNOW AS A TRANS-GUY, I AM SICK AND TIRED OF TRYING TO VALIDATE MY MASCULINITY TO CIS MEN, ESPECIALLY GAY CIS MEN. EVERYTIME I TRY TO INTERACT WITH THEM IN QUEER SPACES THEY GIVE ME THE SIDE EYE LIKE 'WTF ARE YOU DOING HERE YOU DON'T COUNT?!' IT GETS AGGRIVATING BECAUSE I AM SICK OF BENDING OVER BACKWARDS TO PASS AND GET SIDED EYE BY CIS MEN, BECAUSE 'I DON'T ACTUALLY COUNT'. OR WORSE THE COMMENT I GET FROM CIS MEN FRIENDS IS "I'LL START CALLING YOU CORBIN WHEN YOU ARE ON T"
OH OK ASSHOLES!
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*fist bump*
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