tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post1188867852106337880..comments2024-03-24T00:16:17.304-07:00Comments on Storming the Ivory Tower: Supergirl Is Not FeministSam Keeperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-80663450011456823182017-03-17T20:57:15.045-07:002017-03-17T20:57:15.045-07:00Oh hey dude :P Wasn't expecting to see you her...Oh hey dude :P Wasn't expecting to see you here, particularly not on an article from last year<br /><br />Don't try to make sense of it, is my recommendation. It's pretty garbled.Sam Keeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00863236889998956170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-43162606827912125532017-03-17T20:52:31.496-07:002017-03-17T20:52:31.496-07:00"What happened to anti-Semitism? I'd wage..."What happened to anti-Semitism? I'd wager too many critics like you..."<br />-I have trouble parsing this as a criticism of criticism (is that what you were going for?). Didn't anti-Semitism subside throughout western society because people railed against it?TPmanWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08415910295872695542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-71723557023825874542016-11-25T22:19:44.722-08:002016-11-25T22:19:44.722-08:00As a bi male feminist (despite being told I'm ...As a bi male feminist (despite being told I'm not allowed in the club by "better feminists" who were born better at it) this is spot on and really lays out my exact problems with the first couple episodes of this show. I want it to be good, fucking everyone wants it to be good, but it wasn't, but no one is allowed to say that, and that's not progress, that's the opposite of societal progress, but I'm really really not fucking allowed to say any of that, because of how I was born. Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09254480072729219185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-6336974641878604282016-11-25T22:16:03.291-08:002016-11-25T22:16:03.291-08:00""if you criticize us fuck you you'r...""if you criticize us fuck you you're the REAL anti-feminist." It's just... I can barely wrap my head around it."<br /><br />Even people who live with it affecting their lives in serious ways on a daily or weekly basis can't wrap their heads around it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-83930692437426792222016-03-23T16:00:27.076-07:002016-03-23T16:00:27.076-07:00As a gay (male) feminist that lives in an objectiv...As a gay (male) feminist that lives in an objective reality far closer to that protrayed in Supergirl than whatever "ideal" feminist super-hero milieu you have in mind, I find your comments bitter, overly critical, and ultimately more rant than reason. Supergirl is, like it or not, about as feminist a superhero-show our collective culture is ready for. Terrible hunh? So is misogyny, but FAR WORSE is making feminism so UNPALATABLE that no one watches it and thus no one learns from it to confront misogyny. How do I know -- we've been trying this same experiment with racism (particularly shows like Star Trek) and homophobia. What happened to anti-Semitism? I'd wager too many critics like you...<br /><br />Do yourself and the world a favor -- SHUT UP. You want a better show? YOU WRITE IT *_AND_* get it on TV. Until then, celebrate what successes their are and push for more. And do NOT speak for the gay community...ugh!<br /><br />Oh, and try the kids' show, Steven Universe. If you find fault with that, intentionally ENGINEERED to be The Feminist show for kids, please just get some therapy and lock yourself in a room without a keyboard...Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00774829537094824596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-80698204368290441282016-01-24T20:56:29.958-08:002016-01-24T20:56:29.958-08:00I was just realized that unintentionally or not, t...I was just realized that unintentionally or not, the writers using Cat as the "feminist" Aesop dispenser is similar to a critique I've heard pointed at the use of the unreliable narrator.<br /><br />Whatever the narrator says happened actually occurred, unless it's too implausible, in which case he made it up. Thus allowing the writer to have their cake and eat it too. <br /><br />Similarly, Girlpert Murdoch is tough but fair, and wise about the world and how to survive in it as a woman. That is unless what she's saying is horseshit, in which case she's a meanypants who probably has internalized misogynys. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-60432594570896832112016-01-22T18:53:10.442-08:002016-01-22T18:53:10.442-08:00I thought you would find Strong Female Protagonist...I thought you would find Strong Female Protagonist very interesting! I think you forgot the link, though.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10481690663658766374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56230747868041478.post-71846452647712052932016-01-21T19:37:11.963-08:002016-01-21T19:37:11.963-08:00It also just seems odd for them to have the older ...It also just seems odd for them to have the older woman, not someone Kara's own age, be the one to say "well I'm a girl and I'm powerful so clearly the problem is with you sweetie :)"<br /><br />IDK how old the character Cat Grant is supposed to be, but Calista Flockhart's over 50, so ... the dialogue would suck regardless of the ages of who was saying it, but it seems even more nonsensical for an older woman to be talking to a much younger woman about the word "girl" as if they would have the same relationship to it.Lindsayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10860246538349067232noreply@blogger.com