And it's only Tuesday.

[rogueslayer452]

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The song used in the promo is "A Little Taste" by Skyler Stonestreet

++ Why The Public Slut-Shaming of Kristen Stewart Matters For Young Women

This article is amazing, as is this one that was written a while ago, and both pretty much describes my feelings on this particular issue. I have other feelings and thoughts as well, which I feel like it will turn into a complete rant. But I will simply state this: after everything that has happened, I will stand by and support Kristen Stewart because the blatant sexism only to blame and shame her is absolutely disgusting. This kind of shit continues to happen to women everywhere and it needs to stop.

++ EXCLUSIVE: Meet Billy, the first gay male Slayer of the Buffyverse comics. Jane Espenson and Drew Z. Greenberg gives a detailed interview discussing this new character that will be introduced in Buffy Season 9, issue #14. Essentially, his character isn't called and he doesn't have superpowers, but decides to fight vampires and demons regardless. There seems to be some debate going on with comparing Billy to other male characters of the universe who similarly hunt and fight vampires, but reading the interview I got the feeling that his story is going to be more symbolic and circumstantially it is different when compared to other characters like Gunn or Wesley or Xander. In my opinion, judging from the interview and description itself, it seems like Billy is choosing to self-identify with being a Slayer, fully embracing and being empowered by the mythology and the strength of the Slayer line, and something he can most identify with on a personal level. I think this is more significant than, say, a male character saying they are a demon hunter or fighter. We'll just have to wait and see how the story itself turns out.

++ There's been a lot of hate in fandom lately, and I mean just in general in multiple areas of fandom. From hate mail to death threats and persistent harassment, it just needs to stop. It's one thing to express opinions, it's another to completely go too far and cross that morality line just because you can due to anonymity.

Comments

[aubade-saudade.livejournal.com]

I've never liked K's acting or personality, so it's hard for me to support her. I had a bit of a conflict bc I wanted to, but I just couldn't make myself like her


However, I don't support society's shaming and blaming of her. There's that.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

I was kind of indifferent towards her until much recently. She seems like such a nice, sweet girl who unfortunately doesn't really like the attention that the Hollywood media likes to shine on her all the time and can be viewed with being a little standoffish. I can understand how people can interpret that as her being unpleasant and such, but I just don't see it that way, personally. In a way, I understand her attitude esp towards the paparazzi who are always hassling her.

But to me, the support shouldn't come from whether you like her acting ability or her personality, since that's all personal preference, but the fact that she's been unfairly scrutinized by the media because of our sexist society.

If nothing else, we need to shed light to this particular issue because it is damaging to women in general. I've seen people who hated Kristen before and used this ~scandal as a way of justifying their hatred even further. The media, the haters, they are vultures looking for fresh meat to rip apart while no one is talking about the real issue underneath all of this. This happens to women all the time, and we need to step up and stop this shit from happening. I support Kristen because, no matter what happened, it is none of my business and it's nobody else's business either. I feel horrible for Kristen because the way this has been paraded around.

I support her on the default that no one deserves this kind of treatment, no one deserves to have their private personal matters (good or bad) publicized for the entire world to see and judge.

So yeah, that's my little mini-rant.

[aubade-saudade.livejournal.com]

Yeah, idk. I haven't rly seen anything of her's but the usual so that's all I have to base my interpretations of her personality. I feel about her kind of like I feel about white republican women, minus the deep dislike, but in the same level of "we have nothing in common."


Sometimes society puts all women in the same corner, whether they want to go to that corner or not. That's when I even feel supportive of those republican ladies...but I've gone twice on the road they're just coming from and they're not my sisters.

[aubade-saudade.livejournal.com]

If nothing else, we need to shed light to this particular issue because it is damaging to women in general. I've seen people who hated Kristen before and used this ~scandal as a way of justifying their hatred even further. The media, the haters, they are vultures looking for fresh meat to rip apart while no one is talking about the real issue underneath all of this. This happens to women all the time, and we need to step up and stop this shit from happening. I support Kristen because, no matter what happened, it is none of my business and it's nobody else's business either. I feel horrible for Kristen because the way this has been paraded around.

It's a dirty sort of hunger to see a woman they hate brought down as a slut on the figurative public square. The same dirty hunger that feeds witch hunts. On that level? Yes. I'll never Stan her though, but then...I dont need to bc this isn't rly just about her.