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branchandroot) wrote2009-01-30 01:28 pm
branchandroot) wrote2009-01-30 01:28 pm
What /is/ this?
Okay, seriously, what the fuck?
My rant on women in KHR was far from the first thing I've written castigating some anime/manga or other for presenting women as useless frills or objectified sex shows or whatever other negative stereotype was in question. I'm fairly sure it wasn't the first time such an entry has been linked on a meta comm.
So why is this particular entry drawing so much fire? I just ran across yet another (annoyingly clueless) screed against it while googling for a KHR timeline for pity's sake!
Is there really such a concentration of anti-feminist women (I shudder that such a phrase can still be written) in KHR, or did this particular entry just happen to fall into the orbit of a small knot of them and I have the bad luck to keep stumbling over their excrescence?
My rant on women in KHR was far from the first thing I've written castigating some anime/manga or other for presenting women as useless frills or objectified sex shows or whatever other negative stereotype was in question. I'm fairly sure it wasn't the first time such an entry has been linked on a meta comm.
So why is this particular entry drawing so much fire? I just ran across yet another (annoyingly clueless) screed against it while googling for a KHR timeline for pity's sake!
Is there really such a concentration of anti-feminist women (I shudder that such a phrase can still be written) in KHR, or did this particular entry just happen to fall into the orbit of a small knot of them and I have the bad luck to keep stumbling over their excrescence?
Re: Sorry...I babble more at night.
On the plus side, there is this bit of sunshine concerning Japan. At least they're trying to do something about their demographic problem that ISN'T encouraging women to be constantly pregnant. However its disheartening that Japan wouldn't do anything until now to encourage thinkers to stay. Even if they article focuses on poorer immigrant families, imagine what language programs could do for its intellectual community. I will point out that some McDonald's already offer English language programs to their workers, for very reduced costs.
Re: Sorry...I babble more at night.
*stares at the article* That's... that's huge. I mean, Japan's public and approved image for the last *thinks* four hundred years almost has been so completely insular. So utterly anti-outsiders. Wow. If that initiative works, I imagine it really will be a turning point.