tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post113703559690148088..comments2023-08-08T04:50:25.894-05:00Comments on A Blog Found on a Garbage Heap: Refrigerator Culture and PrivilegeHaute Corbeillehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185246237238633338noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1158093950926702832006-09-12T15:45:00.000-05:002006-09-12T15:45:00.000-05:00*applauds*I have much to say, but no good way to s...*applauds*<BR/><BR/>I have much to say, but no good way to say it. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137444610745089762006-01-16T14:50:00.000-06:002006-01-16T14:50:00.000-06:00Nicely put Dan.Nicely put Dan.Jon Silpayamananthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17956747018534076778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137386864525020852006-01-15T22:47:00.000-06:002006-01-15T22:47:00.000-06:00Kudos to you sir, for articulating so well what I ...Kudos to you sir, for articulating so well what I could not in the three column series! You made some very thought-provoking remarks and have my deepest repsect.<BR/><BR/><BR/>-Ronée Garcia Bourgeois<BR/>"What A Girl Wants"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137190242502112302006-01-13T16:10:00.000-06:002006-01-13T16:10:00.000-06:00Pretty well stated, Dan.A recent example of absolu...Pretty well stated, Dan.<BR/><BR/>A recent example of absolutely outrageously inappropriate behavior was revealed to me not long ago, by the offended party. She asked if I thought she should allow the experience to be revealed in a public forum. My answer was a resounding "yes," primarily because the person who made the offending comment (at an industry gathering) is a complete asshole who is looked upon as a shining beacon of the industry's retailing community. She apparently disagreed with me, not wanting to put herself in the spotlight, but to me it underscores that the comics community plays be a different set of rules from the rest of the world. <BR/><BR/>It's not my place to bring the incident to light, but it's one more black mark in my mental notebook.<BR/><BR/>The comment he made would have drawn censure in any other industry.<BR/><BR/>That type of sexist behavior is just one more example of what happens when socially retarded men (of which there are a disproportionate number in comics) find themselves in positions of prominence, and it's not going to stop anytime soon.B. Clay Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04833657395213884232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137173460031546522006-01-13T11:31:00.000-06:002006-01-13T11:31:00.000-06:00Thanks for the comments, everyone. And I'm really ...Thanks for the comments, everyone. And I'm really sorry.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad that there are enough women and fairly sympathetic men who are interested in comics now that this was able to be brought up and that this creator could find some support. <BR/><BR/>Given that the bulk of the creators of comics in the US are the fans of years past, I can be cautiously optimistic that the growing presence of women as a market force now will result in a growing presence of women as a creative force in the future. As that happens, hopefully a large part of the discomfort and general creepiness will go away. Even so, it's sort of a shame that it has to happen that way, that we can't just say, "Stop it!" and have it go away. Not that that should keep us from expecting it to just stop; after all, if we are willing to accept less, than less is what we'll probably get.<BR/><BR/>Elayne, thanks for the recommendation. I will look into it, as I've been looking forward to the carnival for a while now.<BR/><BR/>-DanHaute Corbeillehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07185246237238633338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137169965994415792006-01-13T10:32:00.000-06:002006-01-13T10:32:00.000-06:00Thanks for the plug, Dan! I do want to add the di...Thanks for the plug, Dan! I do want to add the disclaimer that it was only the guys on my blogroll who hadn't mentioned the toipc, and that the When Fangirls Attack! gals did inform me that a number of male bloggers have posted about it. In fact, their compilation for 1/12/06 was how I found this post! By the way, I love your sentence: " People who are not the problem...are not the problem." It's a variation of what my husband says a lot - "if you don't think the post/comment is about you, it's unproductive to take offense on behalf of someone else; if you DO think the post/comment is about you, you have far bigger problems than someone pointing this out!" Oh, and might I suggest you submit this post to the next Carnival of Feminists (which is focusing on pop-culture)?Elaynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15009119466346396986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137141098059913972006-01-13T02:31:00.000-06:002006-01-13T02:31:00.000-06:00I must agree with the rest, that was well said and...I must agree with the rest, that was well said and refreshing to read. Thank you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137127983683276192006-01-12T22:53:00.000-06:002006-01-12T22:53:00.000-06:00That was fantastic, thank you.-Lisa JonteThat was fantastic, thank you.<BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>-Lisa JonteAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137127712945318082006-01-12T22:48:00.000-06:002006-01-12T22:48:00.000-06:00Wow, thank you so much for putting that into words...Wow, thank you so much for putting that into words better than I ever could. <BR/><BR/>Janet HarveyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8262996.post-1137125475333043372006-01-12T22:11:00.000-06:002006-01-12T22:11:00.000-06:00I just fell a little bit in love with you.I just fell a little bit in love with you.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com