Madame_CJSkywalker;c-10044936 said:jono;c-10044898 said:Ray Bradbury wrote Fahrenheit 451. In that book he bad the vision to see how the grievance industry would blossom.
It started with banning books, now people can twist anything to fit their grievance. Niggas can find sexism in a bowl of oatmeal if you give them enough time and they think it's a book deal or speaking engagment willing to pay.
Today, the "male gaze" is a grievance. Yes, where your eyes look is problematic now. Not domestic abuse, not real violence but "how dare you look at me?" "Your look dehumanizes me!"
H3H3 makes fun of this shit a lot too. Cultural appropriation is using black gifs and emojis.
This shit is nonsense. These are First World non-problems. You not being injured or disenfranchised by looks and emojis, grow the fuck up.
lol
the male gaze is the act of depicting the world and women from a masculine and heterosexual point of view, which present women as objects of male pleasure
it's not just a look
you sound like a middle aged white man
young enough to know that 'cultural appropriation' is, but too inflexible in your views to actually learn what it really means and it's impact
know you got a sjw rant in you
how do you feel about identity politics?
jono;c-10044876 said:Madame_CJSkywalker;c-10044871 said:jono;c-10044857 said:Madame_CJSkywalker;c-10044850 said:jono;c-10044820 said:Madame_CJSkywalker;c-10044790 said:jono;c-10044674 said:Madame_CJSkywalker;c-10044555 said:jono;c-10044146 said:SuperManuel;c-10043742 said:jono;c-10021308 said:That's the crazy thing to me. So much of this shit is fake. I grew up under the impression that niggas who read comics, play video games etc were nerds who got no pussy and were actively shunned by outsiders.
A movie like the 40 Year Old Virgin encapsulated this idea. What was the first thing his friends did when they tried to get him some pussy? They wanted to get rid of all his collectibles and nerd stuff because it was pussy repellent.
For years this was true:
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But out of nowhere it seems like women care so much now about what guys are doing in games or comics
true but girls was always gaming. they only played kiddie shit like super Mario or Kirby though.
That's what folks dont get.
Women read comics and manga too but it ain't the same shit men read.
People think everybody should do everything. Sometimes people just ain't interested!
Women and girls buy and or read comics and such that is women friendly... Even though we make up a significant portion of the market very little is catered towards us which is a part of the problem
And at the end of the day we live in a capitalist society
The ultimate goal is to expend ur market to make more money
That means making comics more accessible to minorities including women, poc and gays now that they have more buying power
Comics, and video games to a lesser extent, also have a long history of racist caricature that the industry is now grapling with
There are more blk super heroes
And recently batman confronts police racism in latest comic book so you have a problem with that?
Should the industry not be held responsible for the misogyny and racism they perpetuate
Should the industry not feel as though they have a social responsibility to address these things? Or rather why do yall have such a big problem with it
*shrugs*
Before anyone starts most popular female spaces and publications do not perpetuate the same contempt for anything other and objectification of the opposite sex at all. most of them is centered around what women can do to keep a man, i.e. lose weight, tone, makeup, head manuals etc
Your problem is that you're making something that's not political -- political!
Watch whatever you want, read whatever you want nobody gives a fuck.
People give a fuck when you decide to change what they want into some shit you want.
Nobody wants to be preached to or lambasted for liking something. Move on. Take all that nagging shit somewhere else, niggas was having fun over here.
If you really liked something, you wouldn't go out of your way to change it. It's that type of thinking that is ruining fun ventures.
All this policing of the imagination, telling people what they can and can't fantasize about or buy with their money... Shit is arrogant as fuck.
Everything ain't about you and your politics.
Get the fuck on!
get out your feelings
comics, video games are inherently political because there is no real distinction between politics and stories about the world .... american superhero comics like super man and xmen for instance were political from their earliest days
in the 40s superman was a champion for the oppressed fighting wealthy industrialists and crooked politicians
and it's not about changing what makes comic books and video games video games and comic books... like i said its about practicing social responsibility and expanding the market
again comics and video games aren't just becoming more woman friendly, the industry has made a concerted effort to reach out to poc....even the disabled more than they have done in the past
is that bad? lol
this idea that its about women nagging and wanting to ruin male spaces is your male privilege talking
The industry was never anti-woman, you can't find a single thing that ever said women were welcome.
Female writers and editors going back 30 years
Female characters going back 60-70 years where is this shit you talking about?
lol
in video games and comics?
the humor
they way women are drawn and dressed.... the overt sexualization
the tendency to turn women into expendable plot accessories to further the hero’s arc opposed to 3 dimensional characters
same as for most mediums, male characters are given the overwhelming majority of the speaking lines
we have video games where you can only play male characters who have the ability to pick up and kill female prostitutes
wasn't a big, big comic book reader growing up but that was because of the aforementioned and my parents wasn't with it and all the violence
Women being sexual isn't anti-woman.
Women are sexual, get over it.
lol
it is when the majority of women are sexualized and have size D breast opposed to the male characters who to a large extent come in varying shapes and sizes ....and actually have shit to do and say that involves more than pleasing the male gaze
Who CARES?! Like is that really an issue? You feel its your place to tell people where to look?
How you going to police the imagination? FOH.