Er, Etsy is allowing seller “youstupidbitch” to offer cards that “display the picture, but it’s worse than you think, depicting a naked woman huddled in the shower with the tagline, “Congratulations, you got bad touched.”" Read more about it here at the Daily Kos.
The vendor claims the card could be ironically give to someone who’s been through an airport pat-down or something, but again: the vendor’s name is YouStupidBitch. It’s very clear exactly what these cards are about.
Oh, but just in case that doesn’t convince you:
UPDATE: The same user on Etsy also sells cards that “congratulate” breast cancer patients and mock mothers of special needs children. Tell Etsy to remove all of these cards ASAP!
But the good news is, that “convince you” link goes to a petition to tell Etsy that having “no control over the quality, safety, morality or legality of any aspect of the items listed” doesn’t exonerate them from needing to disconnect this seller’s account or something.
For what it’s worth, no website can ever really claim zero responsibility for what’s on their servers. Hopefully, Etsy will feel the pressure and realize this is not just tacky and irresponsible. It’s hate speech.
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I think Gina did an article on the “whitewashing” of the live action movie.
Casey(Quote) (Reply)
Wait, of the Last Airbender? I think Gena’s working on one
Maria(Quote) (Reply)
Pretty much. Views on it and such.
Ahhh, I don’t even know what I’m saying now…
Red(Quote) (Reply)
Working on another full article about TLA (aside from the casting one recently)? If yes: *squees with joy*
Sabrina(Quote) (Reply)
I’d kill to see all of your thoughts on the cartoon, actually
Attackfish(Quote) (Reply)
@Attackfish:
Mine? XD Or Hathor’s in general? I’d totally support the latter! I suggested it in the Favourite Feminist thread, haha. ATLA is splendid material for an article!
Sabrina(Quote) (Reply)
Hathor in general, though I wouldn’t mind yours either,
Attackfish(Quote) (Reply)
If you haven’t seen them, there was a series of article on Shakesville about the cartoon that was pretty good: the first
and here’s the last one because they don’t link forward
Quib(Quote) (Reply)
yep, saw those, they are good, thank you.
Attackfish(Quote) (Reply)
He had enough nerve to argue over park rights via his “RESERVATION” with a group of people that were planning a silent vigil for the Arizona shooting victims. Apparently both parties plans coincided, and instead of his group moving elsewhere, he made it pretty clear that his agenda was far more important than the silent vigil.
His group was going to have cheeseburgers, carry around Christmas trees, drink booze… while on bikes. Sounds pretty fucking important.
Thanks for sending out the message that cyclists are selfish babies and assholes.
From the Seattle Stranger:
“im sorry, westlake is already booked with cyclists, booze, and christmas trees this thursday at 7pm. you’re going to have to yield the park.”
http://www.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2011/01/10/a-seattle-vigil-for-the-tucson-victims&view=comments#6244818
The person informing others about the vigil was nice enough to try to work around the stupid cyclist party.
I wonder how it all turned out last night.
And I kind of feel like the MeetDerrick page, which is no longer avail, was his own work. Self indulgence is quite the drug.
Willis(Quote) (Reply)
I’m wondering, Jennifer, if you’ve got some thoughts on hipster privilege (which is certainly the environment in which these cards were born).
I’m very bad at putting my thoughts into words, so I have to link to someone else’s:
http://meloukhia.net/2009/07/hipster_racism.html
[resumes lurking]
Patito Gigante(Quote) (Reply)
“Hipster Privilege” is a good term for what’s going on here, and I used to positively wallow in it.
Casey(Quote) (Reply)
“Cultural Tourism” is a good one, too. In this case, it’s rape culture.
*barf*
Patito Gigante(Quote) (Reply)
You know, the article you link is awesome, and hipster privilege is one of those things I have trouble distilling my thoughts on. I feel like it’s so obvious why it doesn’t work that I can’t explain it.
I’ll try to tease something out of my brain in the near future, though. I mean, the basic problem boils down to this: there’s still racism. There’s still misogyny. There’s still ablism. These things are not gone, so how can you satirize their existence by “just pretending” you’re part of that culture? A joke that clearly makes fun of bigots/bigotry itself? Now, THAT would be ironic, satirical and not bigoted.
Jennifer Kesler(Quote) (Reply)
Awareness of their own privilege (via liberal upbringing) becomes carte blanche to mock the powerless, which seems unique among bigots. I can’t map out the ethical gymnastics required to turn awareness of social injustice into justified contempt for its victims– a few pieces of the puzzle have rolled under the couch, I think…
Patito Gigante(Quote) (Reply)
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