Posts tagged racism
Man Delights Me Not
No, Nor Woman Neither
Who Gets to be a Homicidal Clown? Anyone Who Wants to Be!
Note: This post deals with problematic attitudes regarding comics and their film adaptations. I mock these views by pretending to agree. I do not support the idea that the Joker (or any character) must be portrayed by a white cis male.
Consider the Joker. Not the one on the playing card, the one in the Batman comics. What do you consider the defining traits of the Joker? A murderous sense of humor? A total disregard for human life? A purple suit?
What are you, new at this? All of that pales in comparison to the things that truly make the Joker the villain we know and love today: Caucasian ethnicity and a penis!
Sorry, Prince, you’re just too awesome.
…This may require some explanation. So because I am a masochist who enjoys making my blood pressure do back flips, I occasionally head over to the Comic Book Resources forums in search of nuanced and rational discussion. And what to my wondering eyes should appear today but a thread entitled Should the Joker ever be played by women or non-whites, with ten whole pages of discussion. Oh boy, sounds like this will be as fun and painless as sticking my foot in a bear trap!
Joanna Krupa in PETA’s anti-fur ad.
….you fucking kidding me, PETA?PETA is a fucking despicable organization. Sorry but no, you cannot constantly resort to sexism, racism, and body shame to talk about animal cruelty. Not to mention all the offensive and disturbing video ads they’ve put out trivializing abuse and genocide.
Fuck you, PETA. And that’s from a herbivore.
(Source: thirstrani)
LJH: Yesterday my hairdresser Mrs. Charlene (who’s going on 70) was telling...
Yesterday my hairdresser Mrs. Charlene (who’s going on 70) was telling me about how she was watching the Republican convention and felt so disgusted by Clint Eastwood’s speech.
She kept saying how she hates how people just up and disrespect the President, and that she was so angered by it she…
anglophonic: Tea Party group called "True the Vote" plans on posting white operatives in black voting precincts on election day to...
If you would not like to be approached by a hostile white person
who wants to “see your ID” before you even enter your polling place, you might want to contact these scumbags now and tell them to fuck off. They are planning to be out in full force on election day, mainly in areas which are…
I Can't AVEN: Why AVEN is nothing more than an embarrassment to the asexual community.
Here’s the thing about AVEN and the asexual community. Just because someone is also asexual apparently does not make them your ally. Same thing goes for the LGBT community.
Being asexual/queer does not stop someone from being a racist. It does not stop someone from being…
Klavierlieber, Metaphysiker: I wonder how many people identify as genderqueer in Somalia
Oh, wait. I forgot. Those people have actual problems.
I’m from a “third world country” and to add to that I’m from a very conservative predominantly Muslim country. I’m about to drop a BOMB SHELL on you, bro.
There are gay people. There are…
Things like this are the reason I hate the term “first world problems.” It completely oversimplifies and erases the way life actually is in the third world.
Fifty Shades of Ace: So I made a post in the Site Comments forum on AVEN about the racism, sexism and cissexism...
And so far, these are the kind of responses I’m getting:
{Content: racism, cissexism, slurs}
- “lighten up”
- “Moderators can’t read every post!” (even though it’s a rule on AVEN that they have to…)
- I need a thicker skin
- racial slurs like the N word are totally fine if the person is not TRYING…
Holy shit am I glad I stopped visiting AVEN around 2008. I don’t remember witnessing racism/sexism/cissexism while I was there, but I’m sure that it was and I just wasn’t aware of it. That thread was painful to read through. How can people that lacking in self awareness even function?
