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| Joss Whedon and Firefly: a galaxy of rape |
| 2008-03-26 |
| I have become increasingly interested in examining Joss WhedonÂ’s work from a feminist perspective since I had a conversation with another lesbian feminist sister at the International Feminist Summit about whether Joss was a feminist. I am really quite shocked by how readily Joss is accepted as a feminist, and that his works are widely considered to be feminist. I decided to start re-watching Buffy: The Vampire Slayer and also to watch Firefly and the movie Serenity. I have to say that now that I have subjected myself to the horror that is Firefly, I really am beyond worried about how much men hate us, given that this was written by a man who calls himself a feminist. There is so much hatred towards women contained within the scripts and action of the series that I doubt very much that this post will even begin to cover it. Much more in this vein, it's hilarious. It took me a while to realize that she was dead serious and not making a parody. The best part is at the comments at the end, though. click here to view. Writer: Let me just say now that I have never personally known of a healthy relationship between a white man and a woman of colour. Poster: Like you've personally known of a healthy relationship between a man and a woman? Writer: heh, true. You can't make this stuff up, people. |
| Posted by:gromky |
| #9 Angela Dworkin? Angela Dworkin? Has someone come up with a Artificial Stupidity-based feminist article-generator? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2008-03-26 23:34 |
| #8 Serenity was awesome - got the box set and Serenity DVD....hope I din't upset the feminist with the term "box-set", she seems to hypergynoventilate at every other reference to a woman IOW, a DIPSHIT |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-03-26 22:16 |
| #7 The villains in Serenity are... well, highly authoritarian Democrats. Think about it: the bad guys are constantly striving to create a centralized utopia with no sharp edges and no frontiers. |
| Posted by: Secret Master 2008-03-26 21:38 |
| #6 Yes the show is clearly Libertarian. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-03-26 18:44 |
| #5 Loved Firefly. My all time favourite TV show. I think she hates the show, because the heroes are clearly not liberals. |
| Posted by: Phil_B 2008-03-26 17:37 |
| #4 My son's taking an enrichment course at MIT on Firefly - I'll have to get his take on this swill. He's a level-headed conservative/libertarian for the record. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2008-03-26 14:49 |
| #3 Gromky, I just read that load of tripe. Other than the fact that it confirmed my opinion that most feminists are complete idiots, it was a complete waste of time. I appreciate the effort but IMHO, the 'Burg would be better off without this crap; it has a net negative effect on one's intelligence. I'm damned glad I'm never likely to meet that article's author in person. |
| Posted by: Pancho Elmeck8414 2008-03-26 13:08 |
| #2 Interesting the most cultured person in the show was a woman. The most kick-ass person in the show was also a woman. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2008-03-26 12:46 |
| #1 Good to know that there are people laying awake at night worrying about titanic issues like this so I don't have to... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-03-26 12:15 |