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

KILLJOY CANUCK (

mad) wrote in

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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 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) (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) (Hide 92 comments) (Show 92 comments)

	no subject laddical 2010-10-29 07:26 pm UTC (link)
	The sweeping generalization that this is how every conversation on sexism ever goes and the blank faces filled only with gender symbols while dividing the two factions along strictly gender lines goes a long way to giving that impression. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 91 comments) (Show 91 comments)

	no subject nezchan 2010-10-29 07:28 pm UTC (link)
	This, for some strange reason, reminds me of how every public discussion of women's issues ends up with someone, without a trace of irony, bemoaning, "But...the poor men!" Just sayin'. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 9 comments) (Show 9 comments)

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laddical
2010-10-29 07:41 pm UTC (link)

Huh. I... I don't see any self-pity or gender-pity in my statement. Merely a response to the question of why someone might interpret this comic as saying all men are insensitive dicks. In this comic, all women are right and all men are wrong; there is no cross-over wherein some women support the male blogger and some men support the female artist. Where there is no specificity, only generalization, it's not hard to get the idea that "the insensitive dicks depicted here represent all men."

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	no subject airawyn 2010-10-29 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	Wow, you guys are doing a fabulous job of convincing me that not all men are sexist dicks. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 67 comments) (Show 67 comments)

	no subject icon_uk 2010-10-29 08:09 pm UTC (link)
	But my dick is sexist... it only reacts to cute guys! :) (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 15 comments) (Show 15 comments)

	no subject thebigapricot 2010-10-29 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	Boo fucking hoo. It's not about every conversation on sexism. It's specifically about internet conversations go. And um, hello kettle - you're black. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject laddical 2010-10-29 07:44 pm UTC (link)
	Pardon me for leaving out an adjective. Also: this is not my point of view. It is a specific response to a specific question. A devil's advocate, if you will. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject laddical 2010-10-29 07:42 pm UTC (link)
	Where did I get indignant? You asked a question; I responded with why some people might see it that way. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 3 comments) (Show 3 comments)

	no subject halialkers 2010-10-29 07:37 pm UTC (link)
	All generalizations are false. You do realize this is, technically speaking, proving the point that the comic itself made? The comment in reference to it is rather inappropriate and in real life might well lead to drama llamas of a potentially very nasty sort. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject mad 2010-10-29 07:29 pm UTC (link)
	It generalizes, sure. The men are all entitled and ignorant and the women are all in agreement and making sense. Reality doesn't often happen that way, it's true. The levels of sexism aren't quite equal against both genders though. It might be worth noting that the creator of this comic is male. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject jeyl 2010-10-29 07:35 pm UTC (link)
	Well, all men in the hollywood system at least. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject halialkers 2010-10-29 07:36 pm UTC (link)
	Erm.....if someone says "I wanna fuck you because I like this comment" that's creepy no matter how you slice it. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 9 comments) (Show 9 comments)

	no subject liara_shadowsong 2010-10-29 07:38 pm UTC (link)
	Motto. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject falseaesop 2010-10-29 07:49 pm UTC (link)
	I agree, saying something like that would be creepy as all hell. I have never said anything like that, but I have seen both men and women make statements like that, even here on this community. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 6 comments) (Show 6 comments)

	no subject halialkers 2010-10-29 07:52 pm UTC (link)
	But you object to a comic that addresses what too often happens if someone objects to that kind of comment? One does not follow from the other. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Expand) (Hide 5 comments) (Show 5 comments)

	no subject superfangirl1 2010-10-30 05:00 am UTC (link)
	Actually had that happen to me and when I argue about it. They said it was my fault somehow by being in a semi all male forum. Being a tease. :/ Which I guess being friendly and nice is flirting. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject khamelea 2010-10-29 07:50 pm UTC (link)
	I think that the title of the comic itself is a clear enough indication of the hyperbolic tone that it's intentionally adopting. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject fifthie 2010-10-29 08:12 pm UTC (link)
	Panel 23 by the second comment, amazing. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent) (Thread) (Hide 2 comments) (Show 2 comments)

	no subject gargoylekitty 2010-10-29 08:23 pm UTC (link)
	Mte. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

	no subject sallymustard 2010-10-29 08:25 pm UTC (link)
	LOL exactly. (Reply to this) (Thread from start) (Parent)

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