Pornography
Official statement from the Smoking Lounge regarding the role of media (including pornography) in the cultural construction and maintenance of sexism and misogyny
Hey, kids, it’s time for another episode of Comments That Should Have Been Posts!
The comment in question was deposited by me on the thread attached to this post, the subject of which was Rihanna’s “sexy” impersonation of a barbed-wire torture victim. Voilà:
This is the sort of thing that Liberal Dude Nation would say is [...]
Because torture is so sexy
Thank God the music industry is doing its part to de-glamorize violence against women:
That’s the artwork for Rihanna’s new single, “Russian Roulette.” MTV is thrilled by what it calls the “racy” cover, featuring the pop singer’s “provocative barbed wire-wrapped torso.” Racy. Provocative. You know what it reminds me of? Those [...]
The pornification of breast cancer
I’m too pissed off about this to write a proper post, so this is gonna be kind of a connect-the-dots type thing. A few quotes and links, some pictures, possibly arrows.
Here we go:
If you’re a sentient adult female in this country, you probably know that “breast cancer awareness” is a pink sewer [...]
Christie Hefner, Sarah Palin, and the meaning of feminism
Last year I got into several disputes over whether it was appropriate for Sarah Palin to consider herself a feminist. Most people, including me, consider her abortion stance anti-feminist, but is that alone enough to disqualify her? She clearly embraces the feminist message in other respects, and self-identifies as a feminist. [...]
David Letterman, the voice of dude nation
I was about to hit the sack this morning (don’t ask) when I noticed a few emails in my inbox about David Letterman. “Is he still alive?” I wondered. It occurred to me that perhaps he’d died in an autoerotic asphyxiation accident, and would soon be joining David Carradine and Michael Hutchence in [...]
I apologize for linking to Glenn Greenwald
(Update: I have been asked to preface this post with a warning that readers may find it disturbing.)
When I posted a link to Glenn Greenwald’s column the other day, I was unaware of his history as an advocate for torturers. Greenwald has vigorously championed torturers’ rights, has explicitly privileged their version of events [...]
One Perfect Sentence
Twisty:
The idea that women’s public sexuality can so precisely mirror traditional male fantasy while simultaneously existing in a kind of pro-woman, I-do-it-for-myself alternate universe is the cornerstone of funfeminist “thought.”
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Porn has ruined sex
From Jezebel (via FLP). Anecdotal, but they’re the same anecdotes I’ve heard from countless young women.
In a similar vein, after reading this post and thread at Feministing the penny dropped on what’s behind the “Yes Means Yes!” thing. Rape porn has become so ubiquitous that even normal regular everyday boys-next-door think [...]
If only the woman had been naked while he was beating her it would have made a cracking good porn film
Yesterday I came across a comment by Sam Genderberg that was so arresting I asked her if I could quote it here. She was referring to this video, which (WARNING) is very disturbing:
Sam’s comment (just the first part):
Making the blog rounds this week is a video of a man [...]
Adsense for Conceptual Artists
Now here’s a coincidence. It so happens that I’ve been kicking around the idea of taking on advertising again to cover the site costs, and just this morning I was complaining to the other spirits here in the Smoking Lounge about the problems with Google Adsense.
Me: The problem with Adsense is [...]
