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mouse

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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 4:42 pm Post subject:

Gregolama wrote:

Its a big world out there. Not everyone is going to be infatuated with exactly the aame things you are. you should check it out sometime.

you realize this is the pot calling the kettle black, right?
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ratanx

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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:06 pm Post subject:

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ratanx

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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:11 pm Post subject:

mouse wrote:

....and in any event, as this thread shows, the new 'do seems to be inspiring lust. so yeah, not yet escaping the patriarchy.

You could never avoid this, no matter how you look. And inspiring lust is hardly sexist or a bad thing.
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Miss Magenta

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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:25 pm Post subject:

Heretical Rants wrote:

It's OK to not like things, brah.

Oh, I was planning on linking that to him but you beat me to the punch. DANG.
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Tdemon

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Posted: Tue Nov 01, 2011 8:42 pm Post subject:

Gregolama wrote:

Heretical Rants wrote:

If you have any actual criticism, please share. Otherwise stop whining about it just because you don't like the subject

this is supposed to be a comic but it isnt funny. again.

as for the specific subject matter of gender inequality, what does hair length have to do with anything? how does that right the wrongs of gender equality? if the 'evil' Tat is aiming at here is expectations of beauty for women, he might consider stopping his tendancy to draw women fitting into the stereotypical notion of beauty. its a little like cosmo telling women to empower themselves but they have an airbrushed picture of a size zero supermodel on the cover.

I never post on here, but gods above you are annoying as hell. I always lurk in the shadows and I have never once seen you post something productive. If you hate the comic so much, why are you here?

Sinfest is a comic. But comics are not always funny. Batman's current arc is pretty dark. How about Maus, ever read that? I don't think there was much funny in that and it won quite a few awards.

This is an arc. We haven't gone into detail about why or what significant her hair length is. It's like reading the first page of a chapter and instantly going, "What does this have to do with this?" You don't know, keep reading.
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Oneponytoruleall

Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 7:43 am Post subject:

Gregolama wrote:

The next step in the radical revolution, something totally unheard of: Nique is going to burn her bra.

Ugh.

Nope.

Ace bandage boob strapdown. Maybe even have to bandage dat ass.

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xtf

Joined: 30 Sep 2011
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:45 am Post subject:

Tdemon wrote:

Sinfest is a comic. But comics are not always funny. Batman's current arc is pretty dark. How about Maus, ever read that? I don't think there was much funny in that and it won quite a few awards.

Check out Palestine... One of the best graphic novels out there - and one of the most depressing ones.

Anyway, Gregolama is whining because Sinfest is usually funny, while Maus was never meant to. But demanding that a comic strip that has been running for more than ten (10) years to be funny to everyone every single day, especially when it is clearly going through a storyline development period... Yeah, that's pretty ridiculous.

xtf

Joined: 30 Sep 2011
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 8:52 am Post subject:

mouse wrote:

xtf wrote:

The idea that changing your hairstyle would change you is the exact opposite of what feminism is about.

this is kind of how i feel. she reacts to the knowledge that she is responding to molding by the patriarchy by becoming...a man? to me, feminism is being powerful as a woman, without having change into anything else. if you want to reject the molding of the patriarchy, then give up the pantyhose and high heels and obsessive fear of not looking perfect, because those are things you do to conform to the desires of others, not for yourself. inspire respect, not lust.

....and in any event, as this thread shows, the new 'do seems to be inspiring lust. so yeah, not yet escaping the patriarchy.

I like you. Smile

Rune wrote:

mouse wrote:

xtf wrote:

The idea that changing your hairstyle would change you is the exact opposite of what feminism is about.

I'm mostly on board with this, but do want to point out that short hair is not necessarily mannish, nor is long necessarily feminine. I mean, you know, Vikings.

I also think that 'Nique is specifically reacting to her newfound guilt of being a "colluder" rather than striking a blow at the Patriarchy itself. She has benefited a lot from playing to traditionally patriarchal notions of female desirability. That's pretty realistic, some women do. As an individual with the "right assets," there is a lot to be gained from doing so -- relative to not doing so -- if you are operating within a prevalent system. Now, thanks to her pill trip, 'Nique is feeling guilty for doing so. The haircut is kind of a symbolic restitution, apology, turning away from all that. Ridding herself of, as she's feeling currently, an ill-used "feminine asset," without getting extreme. You know, like tossing the shoes. Wink

Yet.

I like you as well. Smile

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 9:17 am Post subject:

mouse wrote:

Gregolama wrote:

Its a big world out there. Not everyone is going to be infatuated with exactly the aame things you are. you should check it out sometime.

you realize this is the pot calling the kettle black, right?

If someone comments "love the new 'do", you wont see me explaining to them that they are wrong, that they need to wait and see, or that they should go find a hair-fetish forum.

If I comment that I've been reading sinfest for a year because I like it but that this whole "Patriarchy" thing is falling flat for me, some fanboy will be compelled to tell me how wrong I am.

Rune

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:04 am Post subject:

xtf wrote:

I like you as well. Smile

d'awwww, thanks Very Happy

Oneponytoruleall

Joined: 02 Jan 2011
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:20 am Post subject:

Rune wrote:

xtf wrote:

I like you as well. Smile

d'awwww, thanks Very Happy

Get out of here, you hippies!

Go peddle your free love somewhere else.

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MerchManDan

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:21 am Post subject:

Miss Magenta wrote:

Heretical Rants wrote:

It's OK to not like things, brah.

Oh, I was planning on linking that to him but you beat me to the punch. DANG.

But it's cool to hate, don't you guys know that?
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Ronald

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:27 am Post subject:

Rune wrote:

xtf wrote:

I like you as well. Smile

d'awwww, thanks Very Happy

http://www.sinfest.net/archive_page.php?comicID=2669

Heretical Rants

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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:36 am Post subject:

Gregolama wrote:

If I comment that I've been reading sinfest for a year because I like it but that this whole "Patriarchy" thing is falling flat for me, some fanboy will be compelled to tell me how wrong I am.

...if that were all you were saying... no. There's a difference between,
"I don't like this arc -- it's falling a bit flat for me. I don't like the issues that it's presenting and hope that the next arc is better."

and "ZOMG PREACHY FEMINIST BULLSHSHSHAKALALALALLALALA BULLSHAKALAKA \ TAT ACCIDENTALLY THE ENTIRE COMIC AND I WILL CONTINUE TO COMPLAIN"

MerchManDan wrote:

Miss Magenta wrote:

Heretical Rants wrote:

It's OK to not like things, brah.

Oh, I was planning on linking that to him but you beat me to the punch. DANG.

But it's cool to hate, don't you guys know that?

I hate everything.
I love everything.

I like stuff.
I don't like stuff.

But stuff is awesome.

Argh, whatever.

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xtf

Joined: 30 Sep 2011
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Posted: Wed Nov 02, 2011 11:41 am Post subject:

Oneponytoruleall wrote:

Rune wrote:

xtf wrote:

I like you as well. :)

d'awwww, thanks :D

Get out of here, you hippies!

Go peddle your free love somewhere else.

I'm no hippie, I'm a punk ^^

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