[LAU] Fuck your sexism

[hermann meyer]

Am 10.02.2013 19:36, schrieb Dan MacDonald:
> Great work L!
>
> I got a great laugh out of your response - I'm still laughing now!
>
> :D
>

Indeed, Louis
this brings a smile in my face, thanks !!!
> On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 6:33 PM, Louis Gorenfeld 
> <louis.gorenfeld at gmail.com <mailto:louis.gorenfeld at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     http://www.extentofthejam.com/PoliteGrind.mp3
>
>     Lyrics:
>     "Sure, the image was a little bit sexist. But I think you're
>     overreacting a little. Why can't we all get along? GRRAAAAAAAAHHHHH!"
>
>     -Louis
>
>     On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 10:24 AM, Bill Gribble
>     <grib at billgribble.com <mailto:grib at billgribble.com>> wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     > Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com
>     <mailto:alexandre.prokoudine at gmail.com>> wrote:
>     >>I'm afraid I'm missing the required cultural reference. What is it
>     >>exactly that you found offensive?
>     >
>     > I think that a large number of people find it offensive to use
>     sexualized images of women in the context of activity such as
>     music creation or recording that has nothing to do with sex, and
>     in particular nothing to do with male sexual fantasy, which is
>     what Lolita images represent.
>     >
>     > At best, it is insensitive to women users of the software who
>     didn't ask to see some fantasy images of young girls portrayed as
>     objects of sexual desire.
>     >
>     > At worst, it can appear to be an aggressive attempt to push away
>     women as users by intimidation, in the same way that men have used
>     pinup images of women in workplaces to keep real women out, or "in
>     their place", or always conscious of their outsider status.  This
>     is particularly a problem in the technology and free software
>     worlds, so we should be extra-sensitive to it.
>     >
>     > I understand that falktx is pulling in the image in question
>     from a source (Vocaloids)  that is relevant to computer audio
>     production; it's a bit like a glamour shot of a "real" music
>     celebrity, but even more relevant to an audio software
>     distribution.  It's not a bad choice on all levels.  I doubt he
>     thought the image would be offensive.  That doesn't change the
>     fact that it IS offensive to at least some people, and that "best
>     practices" of sexism avoidance would guide one to leave this image
>     out.
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Bill Gribnle
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
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