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napalmnacey ([info]napalmnacey) wrote in [info]unfunny_fandom,
@ 2011-03-10 00:07:00


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Star Trek endorses Rape Culture
(TW: Rape Culture, objectification, enslaving women)

Hey everybody? You know what Star Trek needs? More objectification and exploitation of women! But we'll make them *green*, and alien so that it differentiates them from Earth women. That'll throw off the feminist hordes!

What am I talking about?

Why, Official Star Trek Fratboy shirts featuring the words "ORION SLAVES GONE WILD" on a t-shirt specifically being marketed to Frat Boys for Spring Break.

I wish I was kidding. I *so* wish I was kidding. I think what hurts the most about this is this is Star Trek. Ostensibly, it's supposed to be inclusive.

Bonus: These shirts were advertised on the official Star Trek Facebook page! No warning, no words, just a trigger out of the friggin' blue, with a heapin' help of "Get back in the kitchen" jokes for any women that complained about it in the comment thread.

ETA: http://www.facebook.com/StarTrek/posts/194446503919172

- I get threatened to be whipped.
- One guy threatened to show me what it was like to *not* survive a rape, but thankfully that was taken down. You see the fallout of that comment later.

Why is it when someone merely *mentions* that something might be exploitative or offensive in a firm tone that challenges the status quo, the death threats and the rage!posting occurs? It's like fucking clockwork.


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[info]napalmnacey
2011-03-10 12:50 am UTC (link)
See, I don't mind what they do on Risa, as long as it's consensual. It's been fairly obvious in the series that Riker and Kirk only did what they did with willing, enthusiastic women. Funny, that.

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[info]agent_hyatt
2011-03-10 12:58 am UTC (link)
Besides being wholly consensual, Risa's usually portrayed as completely equal-opportunity with the hedonism. It's a planet for everyone to play around with whoever they want, not just for guys to have their fill of interchangeable girls.

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[info]eisoj5
2011-03-10 01:47 am UTC (link)
Yeah...but judging from the tone of the comments described around this unfunny, I'm guessing the commenters for whom the shirt was designed probably don't think the same.

I <3 the Picard/Vash Risa episode, just to be clear ;) Just...am cynical enough to think that the other commenters aren't so much into being clear about being consensual.

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