Girls in the Treehouse

[eumelia]

Disclaimer: This Post is link heavy and a bit convoluted, apologies in advance.

In relation to my previous post.

The outrage, anger and commentary is still going on and after reading many, lots, more and today's blog posts* on the subject and I can't say if it's good or bad.
I did my part and e-mailed** the relevant people, but I have the feeling they've got a special folder especially for the letters coming from people like me and aforementioned Feminist Fangirls.

I just love, absolutely love how some people completely miss the point of anger that stems from that Mary-Jane (MJ) statue.
I mean, this is very dense if this he can write something like this:

Like it or not, superhero comics are made by and for men. That doesn’t mean that’s all they can ever be, but that’s the way it is now, and until female fans gain enough economic clout to dictate terms, they’re going to remain safely ignorable. Want to change that? Make the fucking comics and build the audience you need to affect change.

Be sure to read the *headdesk" inducing, lengthy, commentary at the bottom.

Can you feel entitlement, the patronizing tone... the absolute, oh I don't "knee-jerk outrage and reactionary herdthink... his words again, talking about the multiple posts that have appeared on the Internet (specifically WFA!) over the past few days about MJ.

I'd like to comment there, but I'm not in the habit commenting in what is obviously a hostile environemnt and I don't do anonymous commenting, so I safely link and quote on my personal LJ... ain't the Internet grand, to be able to safely say what you want, about whatever you want, with no editing what so ever.
After all, whose going to complain... a bunch of fangirls with no economical clout?

I'm inclined to say that this guy (Dirk Deppey is his name) is a little bit intimidated by the amount women commenting about MJ. I'm inclined to say that he's surprised by the fact that, gosh, we give a fuck.
But he like many before him and many that will come after, try to save face, from this obvious example of rampant sexism, but giving the very old excuse of Primitive Male Sexuality.
So the fact that the practically all entertainment industries, from the popular "Sports Illustrated" to the fringe industries of Comic Books... they are catered towards men.
He goes so far as to show that this is a universal male trait, since gay porn is much the same... catered towards the visually oriented, Primitive Male Sexuality.

Unlike this man here, I give most men the benefit of thinking they're people, and not monkeys, because men, like women, are human beings.
Which the makers of the MJ (and others) seem to think are not.
It seems that Marvel and DC are willing to treat their buyers like sex crazed Neanderthals and use female characters as fodder for their money bags.

The poor Boys have to deal with the fact that many, many Girls are entering (or already inside) the Comic Book Club Tree House and are rearranging the furniture, just a little, so that they don't have to sit on the floor or the other boys' laps.

I could go on and on.

Worry not.

I will.

Notes:
*All links are to When Fangirls Attack.
** Link to Written World.

In addition, the genocide in Darfur must be stopped.

וכמו כן, צריך לעצור את רצח העם בדרפור.

Comments

Huh?

[(Anonymous)]

I'm sorry, but I can't follow your logic here. You seem to have had a knee-jerk reaction to Dirk's post and are just attacking him via name-calling (and making unwarranted assumptions) without specifically dealing with any of the issues he raises. If you're going to try to attack him, there are better ways to do so: http://dickhatesyourblog.blogspot.com/2007/05/jerry-falwell-is-playing-air-hockey.html

Re: Huh?

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

There's no name calling or attacking anywhere in this post.
I disagree with what he's saying and am saying why.
It's my prerogative, it's my LJ after all.

Re: Huh?

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, it's your prerogative, your "LJ", blah, blah...but that doesn't change the fact that you still haven't added anything insightful to the discourse on this subject, as the above anonymous poster has pointed out, whereas Dirk actually has. It's blogs like yours that make me hate blogs!

Re: Huh?

[eumelia.livejournal.com]

There are two ways a person can go when they see something they dislike, they can either ignore it or say something about it.
I'm glad you're willing to open up an intelligent dialouge about how much you hate blogs like mine.
How about you open a blog of your own and say so.

Re: Huh?

[brownbetty]

Are you seriously trying to pretend you're a completely different anonymous poster? Awesome! It's like "the lurkers support me in emails," only funnier.