Posts tagged as Rape-Rape

It's worthwhile taking this refresher course on rape culture in the wake of that maliciously executed New York Times story about the rape of an 11-year-old in Texas. (I can't even think about that story without becoming enraged!) And here is a good follow-up to that first piece: "I don’t understand a culture that punishes women for the slight transgression of, like, forgetting to shave their vagina for a week but then drops their monocles and implies they deserve to be brutally raped if they fall in line and put on some mascara and a skirt."

Blow-Ups

Keith Olbermann: "I am Not a Rape Apologist"

Choire Sicha | December 16, 2010

@CMRanapia I am not a rape apologist. Please retract that ridiculous statement.less than a minute ago via webKeith Olbermann
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So yes, Keith Olbermann had a chit chit with Michael Moore the other night and Moore described Julian Assange's sexual assault charges in a very incredible, not at all good way! Now it's war, reasonably—spearheaded by Awl pal Sady Doyle on behalf of, you know, women who press rape charges and are met with scorn, suspicion and undermining—with Olbermann totally unwilling to understand why people are upset.

.@KeithOlbermann You have 166,512 followers. You exposed the names of rape accusers & lied about those women to all of them. Rape apologism.Thu Dec 16 05:08:53 via webSady Doyle
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@KeithOlbermann if your position is "none of us knows" why did you allow @mmflint, unchallenged, to call the accusations "a bunch of hooey"?Thu Dec 16 06:37:14 via webjay smooth
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This will go on today.

In any event, Julian Assange's bail was granted and then denied by a higher court:

In dismissing the appeal by prosecutors, the judge said he also accepted arguments by the prosecution that many of those who were posting bail for Mr. Assange were doing so because they supported WikiLeaks and might regard “absconding as a right and justified act” to keep the beleaguered Web site running.

Blinders Up

Internet Destroying Itself Over Julian Assange

Choire Sicha | December 7, 2010

The Internet is in full froth over the Julian Assange arrest. You pretty much don't want to hear it from either side! For instance, a man weighs in! To him, the charges against Julian Assange "have always seemed, if not false, lame." False or lame, either way! But then do you want to hear about how women should be judged by the company they keep—from the left? Or watch Naomi Wolf trying on sarcasm? Probably none of that either! Also Tumblr is back online, so there's a lot of serious lady-fighting. :( It's a nightmare out there, maybe read a book until this all blows over.

Corrections

GTA: Vice City, Duke Nukem 3D Certified Totally Rape-Free

Choire Sicha | November 17, 2010

"An editorial on Friday about the Supreme Court’s review of a California law barring the sale or rental of violent video games to minors incorrectly described the content of three games. Grand Theft Auto: Vice City, Postal 2, and Duke Nukem 3D graphically depict many repellent acts. They do not depict rape." READ MORE

Culture and TV

'Glee': Now with Drug-Rape (Or Rape-Rape?) Plots!

Choire Sicha | April 14, 2010

I have never, ever seen this television program called "Glee," because I don't watch any program set in a high school. (I had to not really watch "Vampire Diaries" for a couple episodes when recently we were reminded that these 27-year-olds were actually supposed to be high school students!) But apparently "Glee"-related stuff went sort of off the rails last night? According to brave TV watcher Halle Kiefer, things got a little weird and rapey: "Sue Sylvester is obviously the best part of the show. Schuester is a whiner, Rachel be crazy, the football player is like, 'I am very old to be playing a high school student!' Sue gets the best lines and we love her because she is just so, so hilarious, the pitch-perfect quality of which lets us mitigate the fact that she is perpetually trying to destroy everyone else. And now she is a rapist. A rapist who not only drugged and took advantage of a coworker, but is now currently BLACKMAILING HIM OVER IT. LOLZ! Uh oh, how did this puke get everywhere? It's in my eyes! O WAIT, NO, THAT'S JUST GLEE." And to think that everyone at Columbia sat in front of the Jumbotron and watched it together.

Quicklink

But Are Speed Cameras Rape Or Rape-Rape?

Alex Balk | January 11, 2010

Spencer Ackerman checks in on The Daily Caller, which launched today. What are they talking about over there? "Legalized rape. What's that you say? Rape isn't sanctioned in this country? Then you must not live in a city with red-light or speed cameras, where it happens every day.... the only deterrent effect the technology has is deterring your government from being honest about raping its own citizenry. If you're going to slide me a roofie, Government, at least take me to dinner and a movie first." Ah, okay!

Best Possible SEO-Friendly Content on Lady Sex Fantasies

Choire Sicha | January 6, 2010

This is from one of those other sides of the Internet-web content in pursuit of Google traffic-except that's mostly situational, because the actual content is awesome. (The site in question, Our Cheating Ways, is run by a woman who says that "our promiscuous, cheating ways are having a detrimental effect on our society." Okay!) The topic is the Top Five (Most-Googled) Sexual Fantasies of Women, and it is not at all impaired by the fact that it was written by a man. Hence, Fantasy Number Three: "Rape fantasies, sometimes called ravaging fantasies, are extremely common among women. In fact, they are the basis for many of the romance novels we read when we are in our teens and just discovering our sexuality. But, real rape is about violence. Fantasy rape is about the loss of romantic control." Got that, Whoopi Goldberg and Dolce and Gabbana? Rape rape: totally not either rape or fantasy rape.