In which there is an explanatory diagram

[spiralsheep]

http://spiralsheep.dreamwidth.org/314606.html

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[sajia]

Amanda Palmer: Kyriarchy in Action. To think just the other day I got mad at someone who called her a talentless publicity hound, before I discovered today her loathsome behaviour. I still wish I could play piano as well as her, but not if I have to sell my soul for it.

[spiralsheep]

It's always extra disappointing when people one has liked and/or respected show their arses in public and then paint their bare arses blue and wave them about in response to kind expressions of concern from their erstwhile friends/fans. Emperor's New Pants: not only worn by people we hate. ::wryface::

[chronographia]

Well now. I gather from the rest of the comments that I will have even less incentive to follow Ms. Palmer's career than I did before.

I wish I could say that any excuse to draw a Venn diagram is a good one, but no. (I still ♥ 'em though!)

[spiralsheep]

Hopefully she will get over herself at some point but if not, well, there's no shortage of similar acts to entertain me.

There is no such thing as a "gratuitous" Venn diagram. All Venn diagrams are necessary LIKE BREATHING!

[spiralsheep]

P.S. http://www.holyjuan.com/2007/06/jackson-pollock-venn-diagram.html

[chronographia]

EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE.

[spiralsheep]

ILU2

[spiralsheep]

AHAHAHAHA! WIN!!

No fair linking to funnier venn diagrams than mine! But while we're doing that... Jackson Pollock Venn Diagram.

[spiralsheep]

And who knew Pollock was actually trying to paint zebras before he sneezed?!

[holyschist]

I really liked the Dresden Dolls, although I think they sometimes went for, uh, "edgy" (e.g. the song about a child molester), so in a sense, I'm not really surprised about this, although I am angry and disappointed.

[sajia]

I think that song does a good job of describing the ambiguous feelings someone might feel towards her molester.
You know that meme about abuse victims becoming abusers? I wonder if something like that is going on here. It's not a fucking excuse, but I've seen a lot of abuse victims go to great lengths to get a cheap thrill of empowerment.

[holyschist]

That's how I'd like to interpret it, but I'm not sure, especially in the context of the child porn background for Evelyn Evelyn, which I just can't see as anything other than gratuitous.

[spiralsheep]

I suspect it's probably a complex issue which allows interpretation of the two (+) different songs in differing ways. I'm told Palmer is an abuse survivor herself so she'd presumably have something to say about that. I agree that the most recent EvelynEvelyn backstory seems gratuitous though.