Comments on: what th’? http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th News about Alison Bechdel's comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For, and her graphic novel Fun Home Tue, 07 Feb 2012 05:50:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=250 By: nmuh http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-199296 nmuh Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:09:37 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-199296 <i>Throw</i> down. God. Typoriffic, or just Freudian? I need their benevolent dictatorships! Seriously, they should team up and rule the world. Institute that cruel vengeful lesbo matriarchy all the antifeminists keep insisting that we want to happen. Throw down. God. Typoriffic, or just Freudian? I need their benevolent dictatorships!

Seriously, they should team up and rule the world. Institute that cruel vengeful lesbo matriarchy all the antifeminists keep insisting that we want to happen.

]]> By: nmuh http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-199295 nmuh Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:07:27 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-199295 Speaking of which, I'd dearly love to see Alison and Twisty thrown down. Twisty maybe has the verbal edge, but AB can sketch like the wind. Do it! Do it! Speaking of which, I’d dearly love to see Alison and Twisty thrown down. Twisty maybe has the verbal edge, but AB can sketch like the wind. Do it! Do it!

]]> By: nmuh http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-199292 nmuh Mon, 28 Jul 2008 16:02:26 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-199292 <i>I think we all get the ‘whoa cowboy’ message occasionally. It’s just one of the quirks that makes this blog so enjoyable.</i> That, and <a href="http://blog.iblamethepatriarchy.com/" rel="nofollow">I Blame The Patriarchy</a> bearable. For those who suspect I'm lacking a sense of humour. ;) I think we all get the ‘whoa cowboy’ message occasionally. It’s just one of the quirks that makes this blog so enjoyable.

That, and I Blame The Patriarchy bearable. For those who suspect I’m lacking a sense of humour. ;)

]]> By: Andrew B http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192670 Andrew B Thu, 17 Jul 2008 15:00:44 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192670 NLC, yes, the Archie Bunker comparison is apt. I hadn't yet seen the New Yorker cover when I posted my comments yesterday. I have seen it now. If anybody cares, I can see why the Obamas would really take offense -- as opposed to the type of calculated response I was suggesting yesterday. For a New Yorker cover, it's disappointing at best. NLC, yes, the Archie Bunker comparison is apt.

I hadn’t yet seen the New Yorker cover when I posted my comments yesterday. I have seen it now. If anybody cares, I can see why the Obamas would really take offense — as opposed to the type of calculated response I was suggesting yesterday. For a New Yorker cover, it’s disappointing at best.

]]> By: NLC http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192600 NLC Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:24:02 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192600 Ack! The reply-mechanism keeps eating my HTML! Anyway, the URL I was trying to post: http://alisonbechdel.blogspot.com/2005/08/rule.html (Or check the "Dykes to Watch Out For" article on Wikipedia.) Ack! The reply-mechanism keeps eating my HTML!

Anyway, the URL I was trying to post:
http://alisonbechdel.blogspot.com/2005/08/rule.html

(Or check the “Dykes to Watch Out For” article on Wikipedia.)

]]> By: NLC http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192599 NLC Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:22:17 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192599 Concerning the "Bechdel Test": Click <a>Here</a> Concerning the “Bechdel Test”:

Click Here

]]> By: j.b.t. http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192373 j.b.t. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 03:43:13 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192373 Hey - how did the "Bechdel test" get started??? Love it! J. Hey – how did the “Bechdel test” get started???

Love it!

J.

]]> By: NLC http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192178 NLC Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:36:58 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192178 Andrew B: OK, I see you're distinction now. Rather than the "heads on a pike", perhaps a more apt comparison --in view of your point-- might be when "All in the Family" first came out, and folks started realizing that there were people out there who were laughing <i>along with</i> (not <i>at</i>) Archie Bunker. Andrew B: OK, I see you’re distinction now.

Rather than the “heads on a pike”, perhaps a more apt comparison –in view of your point– might be when “All in the Family” first came out, and folks started realizing that there were people out there who were laughing along with (not at) Archie Bunker.

]]> By: cybercita http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192106 cybercita Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:23:00 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192106 re: the new yorker cover. i thought it was brilliant and hilarious. i'm more disappointed than i can say that the obama camp is taking offense. i thought they were smart and edgy enough to get it. re: the new yorker cover.

i thought it was brilliant and hilarious. i’m more disappointed than i can say that the obama camp is taking offense. i thought they were smart and edgy enough to get it.

]]> By: Andrew B http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192103 Andrew B Wed, 16 Jul 2008 16:17:51 +0000 http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/what-th#comment-192103 NLC, I understood that you were trying to compare the reactions. What I was trying to say is that I thought the reactions differed, because the reaction to Alison's cartoon was spontaneous, but the reaction to the New Yorker cover looks to me like it has mostly been manufactured. The first criticism I saw of it came from the Obama campaign itself, as has virtually all the rest of the criticism I've seen. Putting aside the question of whether the campaign was responding to an already existing controversy or creating one, I think I can see why they would take the position they've taken. A well-intentioned joke could provide cover for ill-intentioned sneers. Trying to express this in detail would take an essay, but think about bullies who defend themselves by claiming they were just joking, and think about how the Republican smear machine has already gotten started on Obama ("baby mama", for instance). The campaign might reasonably think that this whole topic has to be put out of bounds, regardless of individual intentions. I'm not talking about the corruption of weaker vessels, as Duncan observes some people are. I'm talking about vicious people using the concept of a joke as a cover for their malice. NLC, I understood that you were trying to compare the reactions. What I was trying to say is that I thought the reactions differed, because the reaction to Alison’s cartoon was spontaneous, but the reaction to the New Yorker cover looks to me like it has mostly been manufactured. The first criticism I saw of it came from the Obama campaign itself, as has virtually all the rest of the criticism I’ve seen.

Putting aside the question of whether the campaign was responding to an already existing controversy or creating one, I think I can see why they would take the position they’ve taken. A well-intentioned joke could provide cover for ill-intentioned sneers. Trying to express this in detail would take an essay, but think about bullies who defend themselves by claiming they were just joking, and think about how the Republican smear machine has already gotten started on Obama (“baby mama”, for instance). The campaign might reasonably think that this whole topic has to be put out of bounds, regardless of individual intentions.

I’m not talking about the corruption of weaker vessels, as Duncan observes some people are. I’m talking about vicious people using the concept of a joke as a cover for their malice.

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