10 Feb
2013
10 Feb
'13
7:43 p.m.
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(a)gmail.com <mailto:louis.gorenfeld@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(a)billgribble.com <mailto:grib@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.
Alexandre Prokoudine <alexandre.prokoudine(a)gmail.com
<mailto:alexandre.prokoudine@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
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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