tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post5056335592960856519..comments2024-03-26T12:23:29.784-04:00Comments on Philosoraptor: Helpless Girls: Self-Defense Doesn't Work, Contributes To "Rape Culture"Winston Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-14095811847784459782014-09-22T18:48:31.710-04:002014-09-22T18:48:31.710-04:00I agree.
But there's just nothing notably &qu...I agree.<br /><br />But there's just nothing notably "rapey" (as they say) about the lyrics to "Blurred Lines." It's a complete fabrication. <br /><br />Let me reformulate my claim: I see no possible way to criticize the lyrics of "Blurred Lines" without being puritanical. <br /><br />The view we would have to adopt in order to make the lyrics of "Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-49558780725705683402014-09-22T15:29:20.790-04:002014-09-22T15:29:20.790-04:00"If we've got to indict that song, we'..."If we've got to indict that song, we've got to indict not only a huge chunk of pop music and pop culture (which is pretty crappy in a lot of ways), but we've also got to indict a huge swath of the ordinary ways adults talk to each other when sex and eroticism are afoot."<br /><br />I agree with this statement, though "indict" is too strong. (One can be critical cbnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-11127215257470783752014-09-22T14:36:12.768-04:002014-09-22T14:36:12.768-04:00Seems like a good campaign, and I'm happy to s...Seems like a good campaign, and I'm happy to see any reasonable steps that mitigate the problem.<br /><br />But I can't agree about "Blurred Lines." Just another crappy pop song, IMO. If we've got to indict that song, we've got to indict not only a huge chunk of pop music and pop culture (which is pretty crappy in a lot of ways), but we've also got to indict a huge Winston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-13508480957910265802014-09-22T13:47:48.575-04:002014-09-22T13:47:48.575-04:00I don't have a very good guess myself. I guess...I don't have a very good guess myself. I guess I thought that things were going in a good direction overall--really emphasizing conscious attention to consent, and that... There has always been a kind of rape extremism on the leftmost edges of feminism, IMO...but I suppose I didn't really see any of the current specific types of nuttiness until the last year or maybe two...and didn'tWinston Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08780746334199630779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5264937.post-90316261892827319762014-09-22T11:20:50.818-04:002014-09-22T11:20:50.818-04:00Could you give me a timeframe when you feel the ge...Could you give me a timeframe when you feel the general liberal attitude has switched from sane, reasonable rape prevention strategies to what you call "politically correct madness"? <br /><br />I've definitely felt that the conversation has shifted within the past 10 years or so and wanted to know if you felt similarly or if you feel it's a more recent or longer-lived change.cbnoreply@blogger.com