Comments on: “Tramp Stamp”? How classy of you.

By: jfpbookworm

jfpbookworm — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 17:42:32 +0000

Libertine: I don’t think anyone’s said you can’t be turned off by what you’re turned off by, or vice versa. Everyone’s got likes and dislikes.

However, the implicit statement when it’s brought up is that one’s personal preferences are important and relevant enough to merit discussion. And that’s an awfully privileged assumption.

By: Libertine

Libertine — Sun, 11 Jun 2006 06:50:50 +0000

I can’t stand the “tramp stamp” tattoos. But it’s got nothing to do with said woman’s sexual habits, as I don’t think there’s anything wrong with being a “slut”. If I did, that would make me a hypocrite, as I’m a libertine myself. I’ve always believed that what’s good for the goose is good for the gander and all that.

I just hate tattoos period. On anyone. Male or female. I don’t have any and I don’t want any. I’m not particularly turned on by piercings all over the body either, and the growing practice of shaving every bit of pubic hair off creeps me out — I prefer women to look like women and not prepubescent girls.

Of course, everyone has a right to do with their body as they wish, but that doesn’t stop me from being turned off by such things.

By: Weefz

Weefz — Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:35:11 +0000

Yep - I get you. You were objecting because you thought he actively approved the comment, giving it his stamp of approval. I thought you were expecting (requiring?) him to engage in an off-topic debate on his own blog which, from your update, was not the case.

By: tekanji

tekanji — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 22:29:15 +0000

That being said, not everyone has the energy to fight every battle against every form of oppression all of the time.

There’s a difference between not fighting oppression all the time and endorsing oppressive views. I was trying to figure out if Hanzi Smatter was the latter. In this case, Tian’s response made it very clear that he is not interested in having biogted comments on his blog. I’d also like to point out that with the exception of Cute Overload, all the other blogs I’ve removed were feminist blogs that engaged in oppressive arguments.

So, you know, it’s not about fighting the “feminist fight” — it’s aboutrecognizing that oppression needs to be fought in all corners, even the ones that you personally don’t focus on.

By: Weefz

Weefz — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:36:50 +0000

If it’s a requirement that blogs in your blogroll fight the feminist fight all the time regardless of subject matter then yes, it’s certainly justification for removing Hanzi Smatter.
That being said, not everyone has the energy to fight every battle against every form of oppression all of the time. That doesn’t make their fight for their corner of oppression any less valuable but hey, if you require of all your blogrollees to uphold your feminist beliefs then that’s your prerogative. Don’t feel bad about it.

By: Another Jeff

Another Jeff — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 15:20:58 +0000

Were it me, it would depend on whether Tian “endorsed” the message by publicly saying it was acceptable (I’m one of those link-phobics, so I haven’t checked), or just silently let the comment stand.

By: Darth Sidhe

Darth Sidhe — Thu, 01 Jun 2006 14:00:53 +0000

I’ve taken people off my blogroll for less.

So what’s stopping you this time?