The next time I hear someone say that white men are now the most discriminated against group of people in the USA I think I might lose it. I might just actually go insane. Because I am so pissed about this my blood is boiling my brain into a mushy soup that can only imagine a chorus of whining white men wanting to be oppressed as though it’s a game where you collect oppression points and use them to buy yourself some shiny new rights.
It is obvious that the two offenders saw the victim as some one that could be treated as a thing. This is not about sex, it is about power and control. I guess that is what I am getting at. Sex was probably not the hardest thing for the two to get, so that wasn’t the objective. When you hear the jokes being made during the crime, it is the purest contempt.
So, how do you fix that? I’m just shooting rubber bands at the night sky but here are a few ideas: Put women’s studies in high school the curriculum from war heroes to politicians, writers, speakers, activists, revolutionaries and let young people understand that women have been kicking ass in high threat conditions for ages and they are worthy of respect.
Total sex ed in school. Learn how it all works. Learn what the definition of statutory rape is and that it is rape, that date rape is rape, that rape is rape.
In the spirit of equal time, sites like Huffington Post should have sections for male anatomy hanging out instead of just the idiotic celebrity “side boob” and “nip slip” camera ops. I have no idea what that would be like to have a camera in my face at every turn, looking for “the” shot. I know what some of you are saying. “Then why do they wear clothes like that unless they want those photos taken?” I don’t know what to tell ya. Perhaps just don’t take the fuckin picture? Evolve? I don’t know.
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Untitled, 2011
Alicia Griffiths
I love how the pro-life demonstrators on campus today used graphic images from the holocaust and the genocide in Rwanda to further their agenda.
Wait, I mean no I fucking don’t at all. Fuckers.
I was doing an interview once, and this guy goes, “So you must be pretty psyched about all this ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ stuff?”
And I was like, “Um, yeah, I am.” I have no idea why though. I had nothing to do with that movie. It’s just some people that kind of look like me are in this movie that everyone loves, and winning Oscars and stuff.
And then I was like, “Whoa, whoa, whoa. Are white people just psyched all the time?” It’s, like, “‘Back to the Future’! That’s us! ‘Godfather’! That’s us! ‘Godfather Part II’! That’s us! ‘Departed’! That’s us! ‘Sunset Boulevard’! That’s us! ‘Citizen Kane’! That’s us! ‘Jaws’! That’s us! Every fucking movie but ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ and ‘Boyz n the Hood’ is us! We are white people! Suck our dicks!”
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These are (most of) the woman-centered comedies that have premiered* on major networks within the last year. This has nothing to do with the quality of the shows.
The recent “boom” in women-led tv shows has many critics and feminists alike singing “this is good for women!” or “finally women are being represented!”, so I made this to highlight which women are getting representation. There is nothing wrong with white women starring in tv shows; however, the fact that there is such a clear lack of diversity in this recent boom is definitely problematic—especially when the major cities in which most of these shows are set have their racially diverse identities erased. For example, the upcoming comedy Veep is set in Washington D.C., where only about 39% of the population is white. Yet, there is only one POC in the entire main cast. This does not mean Veep won’t be funny, or as good as reviews indicate it should be. But it does cast a shadow over these claims of “progress”, and explain why women of color like myself may not be jumping on the optimism-train concerning the future of television. Because in a time where white women are gaining more opportunities to see their stories on the small screen, many WOC’s hopes of seeing even adequate representations of themselves are very, very low.
*with the exception of Veep, which premieres April 22.
From left to right, starting at the top: New Girl, Girls, Suburgatory, 2 Broke Girls, Whitney, I Hate My Teenage Daughter, Best Friends Forever (BFF), Veep, Are You there, Chelsea?, Don’t Trust the B—— in Apt 23.
