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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]lilychan
2011-03-13 10:09 am UTC (link)
I don't understand it either and it scares me a little bit more. I remember once a bunch of guys were yelling, "RAPE RAPE RAPE" and laughed about it. I told them that I was uncomfortable with them and I asked as politely as I could to stop.

One guy thankfully understood but his friends started to talk about what they wanted to do with me. In front of me.

Thankfully, the one guy was bigger than the rest and got them to stop or he'd beat them up even worse.

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