Re: [LAU] Fuck your sexism

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(a)billgribble.com> wrote: 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. to see some fantasy images of young girls portrayed as objects of sexual desire. 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. 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. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list Linux-audio-user(a)lists.linuxaudio.org http://lists.linuxaudio.org/listinfo/linux-audio-user