My two cents...

[rockinhamburger]

I am in full support of Olivia Munn on The Daily Show and in general. I just want to be clear here because I've seen people coming down on her for about a year, in a few different fandoms, and now it's happening again in yet another beloved fandom.

Now, look, I have no problem with people not enjoying her comedy or her general body of work, but I do have major issues with people casting aspersions on her for reasons unrelated to her work. If she makes a joke about her sex life (a joke =/= autobiographical), it is not an invitation to call her a whore or a slut, or to even insinuate that she's either.

I have spoken about this before, of course. There's this ugly, unfortunate tendency in many fandoms to rip apart the women there (usually because they're women), and it makes me FUCKING LIVID. PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF WOMEN, SUPPORT OTHER WOMEN. Considering that we have ONE OTHER WOMAN on The Daily Show apart from Munn, it might be a good idea to lift her up and celebrate her achievements like the supportive women we're capable of being. Olivia Munn is a PERSON, not a character; not an article in a magazine; not a Playboy pin-up; not a slutty whore, A PERSON. When we reduce this woman to just these aspects of her career or invent our own ideas of what her personality must be like based solely on her career choices, we are judging her and holding her to a ridiculously high standard of behaviour that is rooted in defeatism and self-hatred, a by-product of many centuries of gender oppression. We should be loving this lady, who has clearly worked hard to get on THE FUCKING DAILY SHOW GOD FUCKING DAMN IT, and not ripping her a new one in word form from behind our computer screens.

I couldn't care less if you're not a fan, but FUCK, keep your internalized misogyny and sexism to yourself!

Comments

[fangirl1981.livejournal.com]

Couldn't agree more.

[rockinhamburger.livejournal.com]

Thank you, hon.

[iamashamed.livejournal.com]

this

[iamashamed.livejournal.com]

ok wait, I still think people have a right to dislike her, but the sexism and misogyny is unnecceary.

[rockinhamburger.livejournal.com]

I did say people have the right to dislike her, although the question of why people dislike her is important; it shouldn't be related to her gender is all I'm trying to get across. Hon, I want you to know this rant is not directed at you at all. You have every right to not like Olivia; it's, as you just said and as I said above, the sexism and misogyny that rubs me the wrong way and gives me rage-induced blackouts, ya know?

:)

[iamashamed.livejournal.com]

oh I'm glad it wasn't me, hah<3. ohh, I know what you mean. Just reading the Miley Cyrus post on ONTD and it's is getting me angry ugh.

[rockinhamburger.livejournal.com]

Uh oh. What's going on there?

[iamashamed.livejournal.com]

the comments, og the comment...

http://community.livejournal.com/ohnotheydidnt/47790199.html?view=7972691063#t7972691063

[openmoments.livejournal.com]

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