Manufacturing Consent -
The Political Economy of the Mass Media by Noam Chomsky
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Wednesday, 10 June 2015
quote [ I simply held up a sign that said "There Is No Rape Culture In the West" -- and the reaction wasn't exactly positive.
My camera man was shoved, my sign was torn up and I was called a "bitch" (by other women.) So much for the SlutWalk being the "safe place" it had been promoted as. ] Hot topic and I see her point. I find some of there reactions especially at 4:20 to be an interesting point.
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Jack Blue said @ 6:27am GMT on 11th June
There's a lot of rape in the show that is not in the books. A lot of consensual sex is being portrayed as rape. A thing I got against GoT and a lot of other media is male nudity. Gay males can be nude. Otherwise male nudity is hostile or wierd/comedic.
Female nudity is always young and ample, victimized or just there to make the frame interesting. At least women also get to be nude and erotic.
One thing I thought about. Emilia Clarke was nude quite a bit earlier. In the latest season, she gets to cover up, even during sex scenes. Makes me wonder how her contract changed and the fact that she must have thought being nude on camera was not desirable to begin with.
Jack Blue said @ 3:15am GMT on 11th June
There's a lot of rape in the show that is not in the books. A lot of consensual sex is being portrayed as rape. Don't quote me on this, but I don't mind rape. I don't mind sex or nudity. I mind rape that serves no purpose and I mind nudity that is just there to cater to my male hetero gaze. And only those gazes.
A thing I got against GoT and a lot of other media is male nudity. Gay males can be nude. Otherwise male nudity is hostile or wierd/comedic.
Female nudity is always young and ample, victimized or just there to make the frame interesting. At least women also get to be nude and erotic.
One thing I thought about. Emilia Clarke was nude quite a bit earlier. In the latest season, she gets to cover up, even during sex scenes. Makes me wonder how her contract changed and the fact that she must have thought being nude on camera was not desirable to begin with.
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Jack Blue said @ 6:27am GMT on 11th June
There's a lot of rape in the show that is not in the books. A lot of consensual sex is being portrayed as rape. Don't quote me on this, but I don't mind rape. I don't mind sex or nudity. I mind rape that serves no purpose and I mind nudity that is just there to cater to my male hetero gaze. And only those gazes.
A thing I got against GoT and a lot of other media is male nudity. Gay males can be nude. Otherwise male nudity is hostile or wierd/comedic.
Female nudity is always young and ample, victimized or just there to make the frame interesting. At least women also get to be nude and erotic.
One thing I thought about. Emilia Clarke was nude quite a bit earlier. In the latest season, she gets to cover up, even during sex scenes. Makes me wonder how her contract changed and the fact that she must have thought being nude on camera was not desirable to begin with.
