tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post2302610186865200896..comments2023-04-23T13:10:44.188+09:00Comments on this is how she fight start: Offensive Things - Number Twokamohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-24713661376869726622012-06-27T21:21:08.985+09:002012-06-27T21:21:08.985+09:00Given the subject of this post, that was a slightl...Given the subject of this post, that was a slightly worrying way to start a comment ;)<br /><br />Honestly, maybe half the links are hideously self-indulgent references to other stuff on this blog. But if you filter those out, there's a lot of good stuff there. Be interested in your thoughts.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-34080667106977637542012-06-27T21:18:36.636+09:002012-06-27T21:18:36.636+09:00Yep, I had a quick google and now it's in my a...Yep, I had a quick google and now it's in my amazon basket. Thanks for the tip.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-31447226912906470922012-06-27T16:55:06.614+09:002012-06-27T16:55:06.614+09:00Well, it has a writing-a-rape-scene-scene, or rath...Well, it has a writing-a-rape-scene-scene, or rather... a published-rape-scene, that you might find interesting. Especially the various reactions to it.Bobby Judohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533305201171769334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-83259752844055796852012-06-27T14:51:54.909+09:002012-06-27T14:51:54.909+09:00ok, now i'm mad at you. (not for the link to ...ok, now i'm mad at you. (not for the link to the catelyn stark thing. that is awesome.) i only have ten minutes before the brats get home and all those interesting links in this post? i can't read them!! wah wah wah, FWP, i got them.<br /><br />hopefully i'll be able to come back later and comment properly. when i've finally read all these deliciously interesting posts elsewhere.illaheehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08109064612619771372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-44440813590077662932012-06-24T21:38:51.141+09:002012-06-24T21:38:51.141+09:00Fortunately, I've very little real world exper...Fortunately, I've very little real world experience of this stuff. Which is partly why I was hesitant about putting this up, it could seem pretty trivial getting worked up about rape depictions in fiction as opposed to the real world.<br /><br />It's also why I've tried to 'show my working' here, this is more about my own realisation of the pervasiveness of this trope. Given the fun we've all been having recently with discussing other ingrained assumptions, it makes for an illuminating compare and contrast. Or at least I think so.<br /><br /><br />Really, the dribble cake wasn't up your street? Obviously you're under no obligation to like everything (or even anything) here, but I'll confess to being slightly surprised that out of everything that's what stands out for you. Each to their own.<br /><br />As to what I think I'm missing, well, if I knew that...<br /><br />'Unknown unknowns' and all.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-6708383719236042042012-06-24T21:29:29.174+09:002012-06-24T21:29:29.174+09:00You're welcome. It's true though, once I&#...You're welcome. It's true though, once I'd got past that initial knee-jerk 'that's not what I meant' reaction and actually thought about it, it's a completely relevant and valid point.<br /><br />I could never really care about the whole 'misery lit' thing either, but that's the thing. I'm really not trying to seek this stuff out, but even so, there's just so much of it.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-7178076485561137412012-06-24T21:25:57.135+09:002012-06-24T21:25:57.135+09:00"I'm not a writer I'm a button pusher..."I'm not a writer I'm a button pusher."<br /><br />Dunno about that. On your day you can write as well as anyone out there, but I take your point. You get a pass though because of the 'genuine engagement' thing. You're not some Offence Seagull, flying in, shitting all over everything then flying out again, squawking about how you got people to notice you. <br /><br />It's not that this stuff shouldn't be touched, but you can't just throw it about without considering the implications. And you generally don't, so it's all good.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-78738554863876826572012-06-24T21:20:57.478+09:002012-06-24T21:20:57.478+09:00No, and yes, of course. Though I've just resto...No, and yes, of course. Though I've just restocked the 'to read' pile, so it might take a while to get to it.kamohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10785763841038321633noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-70920849904934648202012-06-24T19:26:30.660+09:002012-06-24T19:26:30.660+09:00Apparently I am missing something that everyone el...Apparently I am missing something that everyone else seems to get with the rape meme. As the island of the rising sun has a very vertical social structure, the power dynamics can be pretty brutal at times. From my experience. <br /><br />For a number of people, ignoring problems is a way many people deal with them. If you believe you may only be here for a few years, thinking this way might make the 'visit' easier. Until one day, you sit up and realized a decade has passed. <br /><br />Yet, most of what you mention in this post deals with books and places beyond the rock. I wonder if you are planning on writing about a bit more of the reality that you have witnessed here. <br /><br />Not that I mind, either way. I have yet to read a post on this blog that wasn't engaging on one level or another. Though I didn't find the cake and frosting gag all that palatable. <br /><br />Though, the most important question is what do you think you may have been missing? At least, that is what I am interested in.Willhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09661426960326013304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-21876280599837289062012-06-23T22:36:40.241+09:002012-06-23T22:36:40.241+09:00Thanks for the "brilliantly perceptive" ...Thanks for the "brilliantly perceptive" comment :)<br /><br />I can in some ways understand the rape cliche. It works in symbolic sense of so many ways. Funny that Bobby Judo mentioned The World According to Garp because I was actually think of Irving's Hotel New Hampshire when I read this. Have you read it? He says rape is the most violent act you can have committed against you and survive (prolly says it a less clunky than that though).<br /><br />Like any metaphor, it loses it's effectiveness when overdone. I remember when the Oprah book club was huge. I was never a big reader of those type of books but knew ppl who were really into it and it was like omg another book about child abuse.Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08699328937978331608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-8198079982773319232012-06-22T22:43:49.535+09:002012-06-22T22:43:49.535+09:00I'm not a writer I'm a button pusher. I re...I'm not a writer I'm a button pusher. I read that Prison Rape intro to the book and nearly puked in my mouth. I could do better. I laughed as I typed that last sentence. Cuz I realized right as the thought emerged...it's true.<br /><br />My life has enough stories that I don't need to make one up to try and grab attention...shit I gotta NOT tell those stories because it would be a very bad idea....looking at others turn a simple thought into an elaborate failed attempt at being the blogging world's Stanley fucking Kubrick is nauseating.<br /><br />I think Rape is something I may have never mentioned except in the comment section in a reply to another comment Re: Japanese crime statistics v.s. "Reality"<br /><br />Your post made me feel less bad (love that English ;) ) about not reading much since The Art of War and Machiavelli.<br /><br />Some folks buttons just got pressed by you...I hope the comment instead of being voyeurs.Chrishttp://badboyinjapan.blogspot.jp/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-596203844533164378.post-89770657243649160052012-06-22T18:44:33.035+09:002012-06-22T18:44:33.035+09:00Have you read "The World According to Garp?&q...Have you read "The World According to Garp?" If not, can I recommend it?Bobby Judohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533305201171769334noreply@blogger.com