there is no Mrs. Whedon

[wisdomeagle]

Her name is Kai Cole, okay. Seriously.

(and other wtf as well). I go away for one week, fandom, and you dredge up this?

Comments

[tornyourdress.livejournal.com]

Oh the crazy. I know, I know.

[cetacea.livejournal.com]

Ugh. I saw that essay. It was so disturbing.

[rowena742.livejournal.com]

I used to have a character for a crack RP who was a stereotypical radical feminist. Sometimes I feel guilty for having trivialized some of the concerns they raise in that way...and then I read stuff like this and remember that some folks really are that far beyond the pale.

[hermionesviolin.livejournal.com]

I hate that the OP is so oblivious (like hi, Mal was Zoe's commanding officer, that's why she calls him "sir") and also that because she's so over-the-top it's so easy for people to dismiss the legitimate criticisms buried in there. Plus, as a commenter somewhere else (deadbrowalking? *checks* yes) said, She's missing acres of forest. Oh, and I hate that her comment moderation policy includes "pro-porn, pro-prostitution, and pro-capitalism."

What a load of crap...

[zinelady.livejournal.com]

I stopped reading when she made the comment about his wife. I don't read real people fiction and I definitely don't read when someone starts trashing a real person's personal life. That's libel. She lost me right there, even if I had agree with any of that crap she was sprouting.

[rogueslayer452.livejournal.com]

It's beyond batshit crazy and entered a whole new level of WTF. Srsly, this bitch is delusional like whoa.

Oh fandom, you bring all the wank to the yard.

[del-writes.livejournal.com]

Oh, dear God, I just want to scream. I don't think I can even begin to count all the levels of wrong in this.

I don't actually view Buffy as particularly feminist. Buffy herself depended way too much on a relationship (any relationship) with a man to define herself for me to ever really be comfortable with that label, though it did promote many feminist values.

But Firefly is absolutely a feminist text. Zoe and Inara are two of the strongest female characters I've ever come across in fiction, and Kaylee only slightly less so. The ridiculous assertions about the evils of the Companion system and the "I have never personally known of a healthy relationship between a white man and a woman of colour," bit really infuriated me. I'm sorry that her experience with relationships is so limited, but her not personally knowing of such a relationship makes it neither impossible for one to exist or wrong to portray one on television. Grr. This annoyed me enough I may have to write up a response to it, but I won't bother posting it as a comment because I'm sure it would violate her ban on "pro-porn, pro-prostitution, and pro-capitalism." Grrr.

[cheshire23.livejournal.com]

OMGWTF *brain break*

That part about Inara servicing the male passengers and crew?! When she specifically said she would NOT do any such thing???

[charis-kalos.livejournal.com]

Didn't make it all the way through the article. Found it too weird. Truly a WTF moment!

But, come on, the scene between Book and Inara is all about Inara servicing men? Is she kidding? It's about the 'prostitute' acting as confessor and spiritual advisor to the 'priest'; it's an absolute "woman anointing Jesus" moment. The reversal of which of them has the spiritual insight. How can she not see how much Inara is empowered in that scene?