Fanfic 'feminism': The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

[deathpixie]

A few links popped up on various friendslists recently, so I thought I'd compile them for people to read.


The Good is from Jezrana, on Insane Journal, who I found via a [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] post. Here, she brings some much needed sense to a very scary place.

The Bad: Dissenter (who seems to be the same [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com] who comments first on the next link below), and her essay on slash as misogynistic. Jezrana's post is in response to this, which is the same pseudo-intellectual twaddle as the next post:

The Ugly: [Bad username or site: @ livejournal.com]'s post on Firefly as a propaganda vehicle for the male patriarchy, and in her comments states her belief that Joss Whedon rapes his wife, since anyone who wrote Firefly has to be the worst example of men ever.


Both Dissenter and _allecto_ have comment screening policies, in that they delete anything that contradicts their rather offensive drivel. I've always loathed this type of feminist, the sort that seems to believe the greatest sin anyone can commit is to be born male - if you have a penis, according to them, you have no redeeming qualities whatsoever. *grfs*

Comments

[diamond-dust06.livejournal.com]

You know, the slash person has a point. I find often slash to be homophobic, in that there's always such a focus on who's top and who's bottom, and what sort of characteristics people in those roles play. It's not hateful, it's just ignorant. And it's also not misogynistic, because it has nothing to do with women or femininity beyond the stereotypical reserved bottom. Which in a way is misandrystic, because it assumes that all men act one way or another, and that "another" is meant to be dominated.

But then again, the people who write like that just want to imagine hot boys fucking each other up the ass and don't know how to write anything actually engaging, so their opinions are pretty much worthless.