I don't think she's saying that comedy needs to change first, or that it needs to change independently of society at large. She's saying that comedy is part of the society that we're trying to change. That saying, "It's just a joke!" is not actually a defense against valid criticism of destructive elements of comedy…
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There's some kind of gene about dudes yelling shit at people on the street if they don't have to face retribution, period. As a pedestrian, I deal with this constantly, almost always from moving cars. I think one of the biggest reasons I don't get catcalled as a woman would because they would have to face the very…
I ate the licked cupcake! The presenter literally didn't know what to do. She asked me why I would eat that cupcake. I said i didn't think she seemed all that dirty, since the school had invited her to speak. She countered with 'how do you know i'm not lying'. Naturally, I said "Good point. I guess I'll not listen…
This is something I've felt strongly about for a long time, ever since I had the first logic-devoid argument with a guy about how they had zero problems using women for sex but wouldn't date these same women because they were "easy."
Being an old (44M) I cant say that I am in touch with people much younger as I work in an industry dominated by older people (and women!) and generally spend my time with those even older than me. So, I have to ask.....
This is what I don't get — women are impure because males have touched them. Who's the dirty one here? And guys, don't you get annoyed at being a metaphor for ruining another person's worth? How can that feel good to hear?
Lindy, thank you for this. Right now I'm volunteering as a middle-school reading tutor, and I wish I could just print this out and give it to a couple of the girls I'm working with. . .they worry WAAAAAY too much about what the young men at the school think of them, it's incredibly depressing.
Guy here, time for some mansplaining. Ya'll like that term, right? Anyway, purity is bullshit. I'd much rather be with a woman who has "been around" and knows what she wants. An experienced woman is (more than likely) to be less hung up sexually and more open. Granted, this is based entirely on my own observations,…
Excellent. All the clapping gifs. All of them. This especially: The sexualization of women is only appealing if it's nonconsensual. Otherwise it's "sluttiness," and sluttiness is agency and agency is threatening and so, therefore, sluttiness must equal disposability.