scans_daily: Gabby's Playhouse: Discussing Sexism on the Internet

KILLJOY CANUCK (

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@ 2010-10-29 02:40 pm UTC

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medium: webcomic, trigger warning: misogyny/sexism

Gabby's Playhouse: Discussing Sexism on the Internet

So, recently Kate Beaton made some comments on Twitter about how sometimes guys that like her work will respond with comments she finds creepy/uncomfortable/offensive.

Gabby's Playhouse then did a webcomic entitled "How Every Single Discussion About Sexism and Woman-Type Stuff on the Internet (and real life) Has Ever Happened And Ever Will Happen, Always, Forever, Until the Earth Finally Falls Into The Sun. (Or until the patriarchy is finally dismantled.)"

Comic by Gabbysplayhouse.com

[Source.]

I don't quite get that last panel, but the rest of it is kinda recognizable.

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	no subject hyperactivator 2010-10-29 07:05 pm UTC (link)
	I love the fragility of the men in this. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject mad 2010-10-29 08:10 pm UTC (link)
	IKR. It's kind of a nice illustration of how women are expected to put up with so much in language and culture that is hateful toward them, but the slightest bit of criticism of generalized male behaviour is treated as a crime against humanity. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject falseaesop 2010-10-29 07:11 pm UTC (link)
	I like this in and of itself is sexist by catagorizing all men on the same boat of being insensitive dicks. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 110 comments) (Show 110 comments)

	no subject valtyr 2010-10-29 07:22 pm UTC (link)
	I like this in and of itself is sexist by catagorizing all men on the same boat of being insensitive dicks. Where in the comic does it say 'the insensitive dicks depicted here represent all men'? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 92 comments) (Show 92 comments)

	no subject pizoxuat 2010-10-29 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	Thank you? For that reminder? What? (Replies frozen) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject shadowpsykie 2010-10-29 07:18 pm UTC (link)
	no gay men? :( gay men more often than not side with women, or in the very least provide a lense for both sides to relate to :) then again it mighgt still not get through the logic force field :) (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 10 comments) (Show 10 comments)

	no subject liara_shadowsong 2010-10-29 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	Maybe the gay men were just off-panel? Or they decided to stay out of this particular instance? And anyone of either sex with a logic force field will not listen to logic from anyone, opposite sex or their own; I bet the only people commenting there were the handful that happened to need another minute to catch on to the presence of said field. :P (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject mad 2010-10-29 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	Also kate beaton comics are so great. This is true. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 12 comments) (Show 12 comments)

	no subject thanekos 2010-10-29 07:30 pm UTC (link)
	you know, this is how i always figured shakesville worked. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject twigcollins 2010-10-29 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	Shakesville works? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject retro_nouveau 2010-10-29 07:32 pm UTC (link)
	All true. This planet is doomed to forming two lines, XX on one side and XY on the other. :( Men are from Mars, women are from Venus ... and it ain't any easier over here on Saturn, let me tell ya. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 14 comments) (Show 14 comments)

	no subject liara_shadowsong 2010-10-29 07:54 pm UTC (link)
	What about on Krypton? [/completely missing the point] (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject mullon 2010-10-29 07:33 pm UTC (link)
	Right, if anybody needs me I'll be in my bunker until the storms passes. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 9 comments) (Show 9 comments)

	no subject proteus_lives 2010-10-29 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Got room for one more? I got canned goods and shotgun shells! (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 8 comments) (Show 8 comments)

	Counterpoint seriousfic 2010-10-29 07:34 pm UTC (link)
	Jensen Ackles: Here is my performance in the syndicated TV series Supernatural, in which I play Dean Winchester. Fangirls: Your performance is so good I want to fuck you. Maybe we should just call a moratorium on all fucking-based compliments? (Replies frozen) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 16 comments) (Show 16 comments)

	no subject mad 2010-10-29 07:53 pm UTC (link)
	But the "I want to breed with you" aspect is creepy too. Why not say "I wish I could clone your brain" or something? Why babies? Personally, I've never really been too bothered by the "want to have your babies" line, but then again I've mostly only ever come across it as being said by girls/women. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	This straight white male is not amused by these shenanigans strannik01 2010-10-29 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	Lordy... If a woman thinks you are being creepy, you are being creepy. This isn't about some objective truth, it is about a person's feeling, which are innately subjective. So, to anybody who gets offended that their comments creeped someone out - don't. Apologize and move on. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	Re: This straight white male is not amused by these shenanigans ravenous_raven 2010-10-29 08:03 pm UTC (link)
	Exactly. It doesn't matter if you meant anything to be sexist/racist/offensive or not. Take a slice of humble pie, admit your mistake, and apologize. Otherwise, persisting in your comments is harassment and defending yourself is ignorant. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject sallymustard 2010-10-29 08:01 pm UTC (link)
	Haha this is perfect! (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject cuntfucius 2010-10-29 08:36 pm UTC (link)
	The tears over it are even more perfect. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject jogadoresesquecidos.blogspot.com 2010-10-29 08:16 pm UTC (link)
	I'd DEFINETELY not want to be at the receiving end of that 'compliment'... (Reply to this)

	no subject geoffsebesta 2010-10-29 08:22 pm UTC (link)
	That's some pretty dang good cartooning right there. I especially like the bits with feeding the paper into the internet. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

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	Re: PS mad 2010-10-29 08:28 pm UTC (link)
	Me too. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	PS seriousfic 2010-10-29 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	Not to be too flippant, but how about we replace the offending "I want to have your babies" with "I want to adopt kittens with you"? Not much danger of misinterpretation there. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Hide 16 comments) (Show 16 comments)

	Re: PS jogadoresesquecidos.blogspot.com 2010-10-29 08:26 pm UTC (link)
	Kittens YAY! I want to raise kitties with you? No wait, that can still me misinterpreted... :( (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 15 comments) (Show 15 comments)

	no subject gargoylekitty 2010-10-29 08:30 pm UTC (link)
	I might have missed it, but where was it implied that it's only creepy when it's a man giving such compliments to a women and not just something creepy overall that? (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject gargoylekitty 2010-10-29 08:31 pm UTC (link)
	I especially love the part where the comic gets further proven to have a valid point in this post. And by 'love', I mean 'what the hell...' (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 7 comments) (Show 7 comments)

	no subject halialkers 2010-10-29 08:33 pm UTC (link)
	Having contributed to that myself, I must agree that it's a very well-done webcomic. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 1 comment) (Show 1 comment)

	no subject liara_shadowsong 2010-10-29 08:41 pm UTC (link)
	Teabaggers scare me. T_T That is all. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject recognitions 2010-10-29 08:42 pm UTC (link)
	Wow. I was just here a few hours ago, and now this happened. (Reply to this) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 4 comments) (Show 4 comments)

	no subject jogadoresesquecidos.blogspot.com 2010-10-29 08:43 pm UTC (link)
	RICHAAAARD! All hail Richard! \o/ (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject kingrockwell 2010-10-29 08:52 pm UTC (link)
	THIS THIS THIS (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)