Comments on: Asswad World http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:17:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Victimization | Lisa's Blog http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-116901 Victimization | Lisa's Blog Tue, 29 Apr 2008 11:02:05 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-116901 [...] not quite as sweet as mine. So if you’re under 18 or terribly sensitive, skip ‘em.  I blame the patriarchy [...] [...] not quite as sweet as mine. So if you’re under 18 or terribly sensitive, skip ‘em.  I blame the patriarchy [...]

]]> By: ramou http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-59028 ramou Sat, 05 May 2007 23:35:10 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-59028 Point well taken. I do question the "non-mainstream" nature of her postings, which I've heard put less politely and in a manner implying inappropriateness. So let's call it scumbags who make up lies to justify their scumbag behavior, when no amount of lying could ever justify it. Point well taken.

I do question the “non-mainstream” nature of her postings, which I’ve heard put less politely and in a manner implying inappropriateness. So let’s call it scumbags who make up lies to justify their scumbag behavior, when no amount of lying could ever justify it.

]]> By: Artemis http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-58987 Artemis Sat, 05 May 2007 18:41:31 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-58987 Not to pick nits, but, well, I will. Not because nits need picking per se, but because there seems to be a trend in public rape discussion about the behavior, dress, and attitude of the victims. We've been over this all for the last million years. No one deserves to be threatened with bodily injury, period. That's why there's a whole category of criminal law related to "assault" in this country that is differentiated from "battery." While it's a perfectly nice compliment, the fact that Sierra "was pleasant, articulate, and not at all inflammatory" has nothing whatsoever to do with her being threatened. If Kathy Sierra was a belching, smelly, inarticulate, and inflammatory nincompoop, it's still wrong to threaten her. Not to pick nits, but, well, I will. Not because nits need picking per se, but because there seems to be a trend in public rape discussion about the behavior, dress, and attitude of the victims. We’ve been over this all for the last million years. No one deserves to be threatened with bodily injury, period. That’s why there’s a whole category of criminal law related to “assault” in this country that is differentiated from “battery.”

While it’s a perfectly nice compliment, the fact that Sierra “was pleasant, articulate, and not at all inflammatory” has nothing whatsoever to do with her being threatened.

If Kathy Sierra was a belching, smelly, inarticulate, and inflammatory nincompoop, it’s still wrong to threaten her.

]]> By: ramou http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-58922 ramou Fri, 04 May 2007 22:11:39 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-58922 Her views are mainstream, if you're a Software Engineer (or in a directly related field, which is to say not comp. sci.-troglodyte). She presented, as a keynote speaker, at an undergrad conference I attend (yay Montreal! Yay CUSEC). She was absolutely one of the highlights of the conference! She was pleasant, articulate, and not at all inflammatory. More importantly, she was an inspiration to my students. Having actually spoken to her in person and seen her lively and feisty nature in action, I consider it a huge blow to the world at large that this has happened to her. Here's the audio of her presentation at that conference: http://www.cusec.net/archives/2006/audio/2006_Kathy_Sierra.m4a ... now I have to refrain from starting to complain about that conference's founder, whom I have a long standing feud with due to the fact that he's a sexist pig. Her views are mainstream, if you’re a Software Engineer (or in a directly related field, which is to say not comp. sci.-troglodyte). She presented, as a keynote speaker, at an undergrad conference I attend (yay Montreal! Yay CUSEC). She was absolutely one of the highlights of the conference! She was pleasant, articulate, and not at all inflammatory. More importantly, she was an inspiration to my students.

Having actually spoken to her in person and seen her lively and feisty nature in action, I consider it a huge blow to the world at large that this has happened to her.

Here’s the audio of her presentation at that conference:
http://www.cusec.net/archives/2006/audio/2006_Kathy_Sierra.m4a

… now I have to refrain from starting to complain about that conference’s founder, whom I have a long standing feud with due to the fact that he’s a sexist pig.

]]> By: Johanna http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52813 Johanna Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:24:35 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52813 Cute nickname, by the way. Cute nickname, by the way.

]]> By: Ben Dover http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52806 Ben Dover Sat, 21 Apr 2007 18:02:34 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52806 <strong>[Comment deleted by Twisty on grounds of poor spelling, undocumented claims, redundancy, and moron screen name.]</strong> [Comment deleted by Twisty on grounds of poor spelling, undocumented claims, redundancy, and moron screen name.]

]]> By: Johanna http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52719 Johanna Sat, 21 Apr 2007 11:57:11 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52719 Since some random guy comes in here to this radical feminist blog and tells us that Kathy Sierra totally lied, I will now completely change my mind. You are so right, manly man! Since some random guy comes in here to this radical feminist blog and tells us that Kathy Sierra totally lied, I will now completely change my mind. You are so right, manly man!

]]> By: Ben Dover http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52435 Ben Dover Fri, 20 Apr 2007 17:29:00 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52435 Kathy Sierra blatantly lied about being threatened. End of story. She is a professional victim. Kathy Sierra blatantly lied about being threatened. End of story. She is a professional victim.

]]> By: Sylvanite http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52137 Sylvanite Wed, 18 Apr 2007 15:23:16 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52137 Evidently, Mr. Clarke went out as an entirely neutral, non-controversial sort of "woman" and starting receiving sexually-tinged threats almost immediately. Everywhere he went on the internet. Regardless of the subject. I don't know if presenting yourself as a sexbot will even prevent it. Apparently, one does not have to present as a feminist at all to attract a great amount of animosity. My own personal experience with the internet thus far has been benign, but then I seldom post anywhere but here, and have no gender-identification markers in my tag. I did attract a ton of immediately hostile commentary on rottentomatoes the one time I made the mistake of mentioning that my ex was not a particularly great guy, and gave examples. Saying that one man, whom none of the commenters knew, was sort of a jerk, brought forth a ton of anger and attack. It's not like I was talking about men in general, or speaking to his friends. Simply saying that one man could possibly be sort of a loser, speaking about my personal experience with that one man, was apparently <i>verboten</i>. Evidently, Mr. Clarke went out as an entirely neutral, non-controversial sort of “woman” and starting receiving sexually-tinged threats almost immediately. Everywhere he went on the internet. Regardless of the subject. I don’t know if presenting yourself as a sexbot will even prevent it. Apparently, one does not have to present as a feminist at all to attract a great amount of animosity.

My own personal experience with the internet thus far has been benign, but then I seldom post anywhere but here, and have no gender-identification markers in my tag. I did attract a ton of immediately hostile commentary on rottentomatoes the one time I made the mistake of mentioning that my ex was not a particularly great guy, and gave examples. Saying that one man, whom none of the commenters knew, was sort of a jerk, brought forth a ton of anger and attack. It’s not like I was talking about men in general, or speaking to his friends. Simply saying that one man could possibly be sort of a loser, speaking about my personal experience with that one man, was apparently verboten.

]]> By: DeadMan http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52119 DeadMan Wed, 18 Apr 2007 12:57:58 +0000 http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/2007/04/13/asswad-world/#comment-52119 "So, seriously, men. Go out into the interweb and present yourselves as female everywhere you go. Then you can come back to us and tell us how much fun it was." The problem with that is the kind of men who would actually learn anything from this kind of exercise aren't gonna become rad feminist women on the net, they'll become patriarchy approved sex-bots (aka they'll become the women they want). They won't get death threats; they'll get a cookie for being the “right” kind of women. (Unless of course they actually try and act like men while “dressed” as women … then the threats and beat downs would come faster than a monkey on fire) “So, seriously, men. Go out into the interweb and present yourselves as female everywhere you go. Then you can come back to us and tell us how much fun it was.”

The problem with that is the kind of men who would actually learn anything from this kind of exercise aren’t gonna become rad feminist women on the net, they’ll become patriarchy approved sex-bots (aka they’ll become the women they want). They won’t get death threats; they’ll get a cookie for being the “right” kind of women. (Unless of course they actually try and act like men while “dressed” as women … then the threats and beat downs would come faster than a monkey on fire)

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