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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]littleshebear
2011-03-10 01:11 am UTC (link)
He can say he's trolling and doing it for the lulz all he likes but at the end of the day, these tactics are about intimidating and shaming women into silence (or into agreeing and cheerleading for them) and quite frankly, I was buggered if I was going to go along with that.

It's the level of agression and vitriol that slays me. Are they so intimidated at a women expressing an opinion that they have to lash out like this? It's really pathetic.

I'm so sorry this happened to you. You really shouldn't have to put up with this bullshit.

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[info]napalmnacey
2011-03-10 01:18 am UTC (link)
Well, I wish I could say it was a surprise, but after the bullshit that was the Penny Arcade Clusterfuck, I'm not. I'm really not.

But thanks. I think the most upsetting thing is that a lot of these people that harrassed me are younger than I am, and are probably nowhere near as dedicated to Trek as I've been in the past. Doesn't count if you had the dumb luck (or lack there-of) to be born a woman.

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