lauraxsynthesis (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} lauraxsynthesis) wrote,@ 2008-10-26 18:39:00 |
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Word to my comrade Andrew (from his m*****e blog:
Burlesque. Hahahahaha. Fucking burlesque. The victory of patriarchy over the post-feminist ideal. IT'S JUST STRIPPING WITH FRILLY PANTS! It's not empowering just because the people who do it are from a richer socio-economic group. Why are alternative women doing this instead of starting their own bands? And yes, some of it is good, and asexual and artistic, but most people doing it are simply kidding themselves.
Suicide Girls. Initially I was drawn. I find women with bright coloured hair and tattoos and piercings extremely attractive. But the I saw through the deception. It's just shit soft-core porn with tattoos and piercings. Nothing alternative about it at all. The women are all skinny and often a bit scared looking. Now, if skinny and scared looking is your bag, that's fine, but surely you can find that elsewhere, and done better? Suicide Girls perpetuates the patriarchal gender roles in the alternative scene. The men make the music. The women make themselves look nice and set themselves to be looked at. Value in physical attractiveness. There is actually a lot of real alternative porn about, and the people involved don't have brightly coloured hair or tattoos.
More women in bands, less women taking their clothes off.
Burlesque. Hahahahaha. Fucking burlesque. The victory of patriarchy over the post-feminist ideal. IT'S JUST STRIPPING WITH FRILLY PANTS! It's not empowering just because the people who do it are from a richer socio-economic group. Why are alternative women doing this instead of starting their own bands? And yes, some of it is good, and asexual and artistic, but most people doing it are simply kidding themselves.
Suicide Girls. Initially I was drawn. I find women with bright coloured hair and tattoos and piercings extremely attractive. But the I saw through the deception. It's just shit soft-core porn with tattoos and piercings. Nothing alternative about it at all. The women are all skinny and often a bit scared looking. Now, if skinny and scared looking is your bag, that's fine, but surely you can find that elsewhere, and done better? Suicide Girls perpetuates the patriarchal gender roles in the alternative scene. The men make the music. The women make themselves look nice and set themselves to be looked at. Value in physical attractiveness. There is actually a lot of real alternative porn about, and the people involved don't have brightly coloured hair or tattoos.
More women in bands, less women taking their clothes off.
