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Pyrate Jenni ([info]pyratejenni) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2011-08-18 00:55:00
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Neo_prodigy silences a feminist critic
Over at LJ's inclusive_geeks community, korinna posts about neo_prodigy's misogyny, not only in his personal posts, but in his How To Write Slash posts and his published novel. She includes a large document of examples of his misogyny from the latter. Tee document can be downloaded here.

Why do you have to download it?

Because neo_prodigy responded like all good professionals to criticism and had LJ suspend the post, and when it was transferred to Wordpress, had that suspended as well..

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[info]full_metal_ox
2011-08-19 01:11 am UTC (link)
I hate the cliche of showing how intelligent and well-read your character is by name-dropping important books the author's probably never cracked (or in this case, couldn't be bothered to actually name).

And--to be expected of authors themselves unread in the subjects in question-- almost invariably dogpaddling within the Small Reference Pool.

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[info]cleolinda
2011-08-19 01:59 am UTC (link)
Is this related to the "here are my favorite books; appparently I never read anything outside of high school English" thing?

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[info]seiberwing
2011-08-19 02:18 am UTC (link)
"I'm in high school and not very interested in education but Dracula is my favorite book!" Yeah, the abridged edition, maybe.

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[info]sandglass
2011-08-19 02:28 am UTC (link)
Which is a real pity because Dracula is the book where secretarial skills took down a primordial evil, making it completely awesome.

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[info]seiberwing
2011-08-19 02:28 am UTC (link)
And cutting edge technology, for its time period.

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[info]cleolinda
2011-08-20 12:50 am UTC (link)
I WAS THINKING THAT THE OTHER DAY! Dracula was basically the Jurassic Park of its day. Or something.

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[info]phosfate
2011-08-19 05:48 am UTC (link)
"I am gonna word process the ever-loving fuck out of this undead bastard!"

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[info]brennalarose
2011-08-30 12:16 pm UTC (link)
"Eat 60 words per minute, you bloodsucker!"

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[info]full_metal_ox
2011-08-20 12:05 am UTC (link)
Is this related to the "here are my favorite books; appparently I never read anything outside of high school English" thing?

That's actually not the worst-case scenario--it could be born of a "I snoozed through high-school English and based my reports on Cliff's Notes, but there are certain works that I keep seeing referenced in the media, so why not use those, since they're obviously the gold standard?" thing. Therefore, psychology equals Freud (perhaps Jung if you want to establish that your character is learned enough to have two whole points of reference); classical music equals Beethoven; painting equals the Mona Lisa and Picasso; literature equals Shakespeare.

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[info]cleolinda
2011-08-20 12:56 am UTC (link)
"She settled down to read her favorite Shakespeare play," or similar, was something I saw in writing workshops a lot. That, and "his favorite music: smooth jazz." (If the character was more intellectual: classical.) It's like, you know that [Most Famous Thing] is Quality, and so your character liking it means they are automatically awesome, whether you can name any specifics or not.

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[info]phosfate
2011-08-23 08:27 pm UTC (link)
On the other hand, bonus points if she's reading Titus Andronicus.

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[info]full_metal_ox
2011-08-23 11:37 pm UTC (link)
Or if he's listening to a classical piece by Frank Zappa.

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