Posts by Josh Addison
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In the Incredibly Strange section, Splice was good fun, if entirely predictable.
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Most homoerotic films of recent memory: The Transporter 1 & 2, The Covenant, 2 Fast 2 Furious.
Not sure if The Transporter counts, since I understand that both the director and Jason Statham have stated that his character actually is gay. And then along came a new director on Transporter 3 and made him straight. Curses.
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Yep, that's the one I read, too. What I found most offensive was the author's explicit refusal to countenance opposing viewpoints in the comments.
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I'd be keen to hear more from Josh and others about some of the relevant academic points about that, but that's just me.
Sorry, just noticed that. I can't really offer any stirling academic insights - A) It was 1997 and I can barely remember any of it, and B) it was a Philosophy paper, so the emphasis was on surveying the issues and not really coming to anything remotely resembling a conclusion.
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(Please, don't make me link to the famous Joss Whedon is a Sexist Arsehole essay, please.)
Bugger, I was just going to bring that up, assuming that the one I've read is the same one that you're talking about - is this the one that concludes that Mr. Whedon almost certainly beats his wife?
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I took the Stage 2 Philosophical Issues in Feminism paper at Auckland Uni (no idea if it's still offered), where we looked at things like the definitions of discrimination, sexism and feminism. As the only guy in my tutorial (and one of about three doing the paper), at one point I asked "so... is it possible for me to be a feminist?" The consensus was a resounding "um?"
Nevertheless, it feels weird to see people telling other people they they can or can't be feminists directly underneath a post that contains:
Can't we just accept a diversity of opinion? Is the label really so important that it's worth alienating people over? I'd be much more likely to self-describe as feminist if nobody felt they had the right to tell me that I wasn't.
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I have to say I laughed my ass off at the review. I just enjoyed it as a work of comedy, without considering the feminist (shit - in the context of this discussion, do I put "feminist" in scare quotes or not?) implications, although going by her Twitter feed, Ms. West eventually did:
My To-Do List: "aged vagina joke; slut shaming; lesbian bashing; gratuitous use of cunt as insult; transbashing; gay mocking; FGM joke."
10:48 AM May 27th via webSorry to be so misogynistic in my objections to misogyny, y'all!
10:49 AM May 27th via webHey, you guys are right. The word "prostitute" was a misstep. What I meant was "one-dimensional sex monster." Apologies to the sex workers.
10:33 PM May 28th via webAlso, I'm strongly of the opinion that "making a joke that involves X" is not the same as "making fun of X" or "implying that X is inherently funny", although the line that separates them can be very easy to cross (see the collected works of Seth McFarlane). I'm not opposed to "rape jokes" that fit into the first category (nor do I believe that such jokes are impossible).
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Good day to you, sir - you're an officer and a gentleman. Well, a gentleman. Well...
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So, for instance, you'd start with "Woah", and if nobody got it add "Your other left", then on to "There is no spoon", etc.
Easy: Dog Soldiers - the next quote would be "I love it when a posh bird talks dirty", right?
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Trailers are awesome these days.
Except for the trailers to horror movies, which seem to delight in spoiling the ending. Quarantine, Paranormal Activity, I'm looking at you...