I understand, however, I feel that the critique of this meme is an overreach and, frankly, misdirected. By focusing on this as a problem, we risk diverting attention from the real, substantive issues that need our energy and advocacy. It’s important to pick our battles wisely and concentrate on fighting blatant sexism and inequality, rather than reading into harmless humor. We do a disservice to the cause by attacking allies over perceived slights that, in reality, are neutral and unrelated to the broader struggles women face in our field.
Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 10 months ago
Like I said, I don’t think you meant it.
Independent of who you are the meme could be read in a certain way.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 months ago
Or you could replace either character and the meme would still work.
Kuori@hexbear.net 10 months ago
cringe
StalinForTime@hexbear.net 10 months ago
If you think this doesn’t exist then you haven’t spent enough time differentiating Marxism from liberal identity politics.
Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 10 months ago
If 1) is true then taking a stand on 2) and 3) is pointless at best and callous at worst.
Like you said, the joke works equally well with the genders reversed to remove the possibility of misinterpretation.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 months ago
I understand, however, I feel that the critique of this meme is an overreach and, frankly, misdirected. By focusing on this as a problem, we risk diverting attention from the real, substantive issues that need our energy and advocacy. It’s important to pick our battles wisely and concentrate on fighting blatant sexism and inequality, rather than reading into harmless humor. We do a disservice to the cause by attacking allies over perceived slights that, in reality, are neutral and unrelated to the broader struggles women face in our field.
milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 10 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 10 months ago
No! I refuse! Take my silly memes and have a good night you beautiful bastard!