Comments on: Spinster aunt curls lip as sexploitation reports pour in and jerks bloviate

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Thu, 19 Mar 2009 05:53:11 +0000

[...] three great problems of the century—the degradation of man through pauperism, the corruption of woman through hunger, the crippling of children through lack of light—are unsolved; so long as social [...]

By: mearl

mearl — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 17:43:10 +0000

Jezebella, in a coupla years when I get these ideas down, I will be coming round to consult you!

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:46:25 +0000

I would pay at least double the normal movie fee to see that film, assuming the ending doesn’t involve jail or death. Instead, the vigilantes should franchise their method, building a secret training school in the Himalayas (or the Texas Hill Country, whichever) and spreading their awesomeness world-wide.

By: mearl

mearl — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 19:25:38 +0000

Once upon a time when we had more freedom and peace of mind to be creative, my best buddy and I used to dream up crackpot ideas for screenplays. One was about a pair of women buddies (not-so-loosely based on us) who would bait and beat up would-be rapists. How the women did so was that one woman (dressed up like a hooker or not, depending on the scene) would walk around urban neighbourhoods at night looking meek and confused as to where she was headed, against all recommendations of striding along confidently at night and watching who’s around you. Of course, she didn’t have much to worry about, being armed, and knowing that the other woman was keeping pace with her on the other side of the street or from behing buildings and bushes. Assuming a rapist or group of rapists happened along and started giving the first woman a hard time and assaulting her (for the purposes of our movie idea, they did), the other woman would then jump out with a large gun, and the two women, trained in martial arts, would beat the shit out of the rapist(s)/harasser(s). They would never go so far as to kill the guy, since that would cause an uproar. They would then leave a Zorro-like mark, and it would be in the news the next day.

Sort of a Mafia-esque, vigilante-type warning, in the style of the guerrilla women in Sri Lanka, Uma Thurman’s Bride character in Kill Bill, and Thelma and Louise, that rapists and johns would be at risk EVERY time they attempted to enact their Patriarchal sense of entitlement on women. Of course, the world would look upon this notion of vigilantism the way they look upon Aileen Wuornos, and any actual screenplay would require the women to be either locked up or killed in the end.

By: Jezebella

Jezebella — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 20:47:46 +0000

Despite its connotations, I enjoy using the term “house porn” and the like to shock my co-workers here in Buttcrack, Mississippi. Is that so wrong??

By: Hedgepig

Hedgepig — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 07:44:53 +0000

orlando, I’ll let you off just this once.

Hey, where’s my green constipated sumo wrestler gone??

By: Frumious B.

Frumious B. — Sun, 08 Mar 2009 00:04:19 +0000

HistoricUpstart, when I read your comment, I automatically thought by “p*rn” you meant actual depictions of women’s degradation. That someone out there wants pictures of women in wedding dresses and centerpieces to aid their manual activities didn’t cause me even an ounce of doubt (although I did briefly wonder what role the centerpiece played). This is mostly a reflection on how unsurprising I find every new form of depictions of women’s degradation to be, since the P seems to delight in finding new ways to depict degraded women. Sigh.

By: orlando

orlando — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 21:49:18 +0000

The German version carries the bonus of a Freud pun. As in: The only useful Freud is schadenfreude.

Apologies to Hedgepig, who hates puns.

By: HistoricUpstart

HistoricUpstart — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 19:10:38 +0000

Yeah, I’m getting hitched next year (don’t kill me!) and you wouldn’t believe how many wedding websites have entire sections dedicated to “wedding porn” and “dress porn,” and “centerpiece porn!” Ughh. It was enough to make me run for the hills, swearing to never ever visit an internet site dedicated to getting married ever again. I’ll plan it all myself, thanks. I have plenty of good ideas in my own non-pornified brain.

By: Joel

Joel — Sat, 07 Mar 2009 17:23:10 +0000

Oaktown Girl: “Skadeglädjen är den enda sanna glädjen”. It’s essentially the same as what auntieintellectual wrote in german (as far as I can tell, I don’t speak german).