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 1 year 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 1 year ago
Or you could replace either character and the meme would still work.
Kuori@hexbear.net 1 year ago
cringe
StalinForTime@hexbear.net 1 year ago
If you think this doesn’t exist then you haven’t spent enough time differentiating Marxism from liberal identity politics.
Tankiedesantski@hexbear.net 1 year 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 1 year 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 1 year ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 1 year ago
No! I refuse! Take my silly memes and have a good night you beautiful bastard!